1000 sailors lost ? That had to be a big warship....wow.
My first thought, as well. I ain’t buyin’ it. No ship back then was nearly big enough to hold 1000 sailors.
Not really.
These first and second rate line of battle ships were cramped, tiny, and had people out the gills in every space imaginable.
It wasn’t unheard of that these ships had anywhere from 800 to 1500 people onboard.
And conditions were pretty bad as food couldn’t be refrigerated.
Bunks were hammocks strung up three deep or more.
There was the ship’s crew, plus a marine detachment onboard.