The full experience of life aboard a man o’ war in Aubrey’s Royal Navy is not something that can be easily summed up in a short article. It’s not something that can be easily summed […]
“And on the last Friday of all, the day I was there, Old Jarvie winked his eye, said ‘You want to go to sea? Then to sea you shall go, sir,’ and had him pressed […]
The following letter from a Lieutenant to his Captain on the Venerable in 1803 brings home the rather hopeless prospects of ventures within the impressment service. Sir, In pursuance of your order, I went last night to […]
“The press brings in all sorts.” – Captain Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander England’s sailors, while the first line of defense for the small island nation, were notorious for being the dregs of English society. At the […]
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