[Oztrich Boy]

The thing which surprises me is that a ship of that era had well over a thousand sailors on it.

Figure it out. 110 guns each requiring 8-16 men, to man half of then takes c.650 crew. Officers, midshipmen, Warrant/petty officers, ships boys adds 100-150. Some men are presumably still needed for ship handling during battle.

[Cordio]

My husband, who has read many many military and historical novels, says it was written you could "smell" the ship over the horizon as there were over 1100 sailors on a 200 foot long ship. I know you all wanted to know that. :-) Cordio

[tdscpa]

Wow! Man/gun ratio gun going up fast. Let me attempt to “buy now”. I bid 50 men/gun!