Posted on 01/22/2012 8:39:16 AM PST by Makana
Nissan Armada maybe ......:o)
Yeah I guess this old warship was the original hotbunk’n hell !
Of interest *ping*
Not necessarily. Wood doesn't decay in the same way in anaerobic conditions. The much older Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship, was raised in a well-preserved state from the bed of soft silt in which she lay.
On a three-decker like the Victory, every deck below, 2 gun decks and probably one or more decks below would be strung every night fore and aft with hammocks, which I think were allowed a regulation 16 or 18 inches width so that they could string hundreds of hammocks on each deck. In addition to these sleeping quarters, there would be separate spaces for midshipman, lieutenants, bosun, carpenter and others. And that answers how they could have 1,000 men aboard.
Yeah, it was tight, cramped, full of people.
And these days we have huge steel ships.
And at times it’s hard to find anyone else onboard.
Depends how deep the water is there and what the bottom is like. If it sank into mud it might be very well conserved indeed.
Reporters, academics....make up stuff all the time, yes. Yes, they do. Now....maybe in this case they’re dead accurate. Maybe, in the 18th century, they could build and sail a ship capable of carrying 1000 men along with provisions, supplies, etc., for more than a day cruise. Maybe so.
Still ain’t buying it.
“Still ain’t buying it.”
Ok man.
Enjoy the ball game.
Academy grad. Aircraft commander. These facts about 19th century crew size are easily verifiable. Do yourself a favor: carry out five minutes of research and then back away from your position with your dignity relatively intact.
http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=112
Again, sorta depends on who and what you read.....and who or what you believe.
This is a great web site, but the HMS Victory referred to in this post is not the same ship. The website you included is for the HMS Victory that was Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar in 1805. I believe it is in dry dock at Portsmouth today. The HMS Victory that will be recovered from the sea bed is its predecessor, which sank in 1744 with all hands lost. Contemporary accounts (one of which is posted above) put its crew at around 1100, which is larger than the crew of the 1805 HMS Victory.
I’ve never been to the UK, but when I do visit the HMS Victory will be on the short list of places to visit.
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About the wood: I don’t know why some wood rots, and some doesn’t. And I don’t know the temps of the waters where the ship sank. But, they have recovered loads of wood lost in the Great Lakes from the late 1700s to the late 1800s and they sell it for furniture. It’s quite valuable.
Thank you for that link. I added it to the destinations folder that I am compiling for when the husband and I visit England in the distant future.
I think the wood you speak of is at extremely great depths and sometimes protected by the mud at the bottom.
Go get a book about ships of that era. The triremes of BC times were ever so much smaller,, no bigger than 50 foot yacht, and still carried a couple hundred men on board.
Thirty guys to man the sump pump?
Oh, my...
No wonder they had to “impress” people into service ...
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