Just For Fun
The Lost Tiki Lounge’s Definitive Guide To Grog
Have a little history with your alcohol, the better to pretend that you’re not a drunk, you’re an intellectual… Happy summer 🙂
Life and Duties
Life and Duties
“Which It Is A Soused Hog’s Face” – The Hidden Culinary Genius of Patrick O’Brian
The pudding was Jack’s favourite, a spotted dog, and a spotted dog fit for a line of battle ship, carried in by two strong men. ‘Bless me’ cried Jack, with a loving look at its glistening, […]
Just For Fun
Three Sheets to the Wind with Jack Aubrey and Crew
The common trope of the drunken sailor is alive and well in our beloved series, both below decks and in the gunroom. Here is a list of many of the beverages mentioned in the series, […]
Life and Duties
Archaeologists Reconstruct Diet of Nelson’s Navy
This fascinating article explains the results of chemical isotope analysis done on the bones of sailors in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail. Read on for an education on the diet of the […]
Events
A First-Hand Account of the Mutiny at the Nore
From the Sheerness Guardian, June 12th, 1869 The following interesting account of the Mutiny at the Nore was written by an eye-witness of the events described, then a workman in the Sheerness Dockyard. We have […]
Events
Eight Articles of Demand of the Nore Mutineers
These Articles of Demand were presented to Admiral Buckner by the Nore mutineers. It should be noted that the Admiralty received them and immediately rejected them. The official reply was “All that could reasonably be […]
Events
The Breeze at Spithead and the Gale at the Nore
The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. There was also discontent and minor incidents on ships in other locations in the same year. The mutinies […]
Events
The Execution of Admiral Byng
“Any court-martial is a perilous thing, whether you are in the right or the wrong – justice has nothing much to do with it. Remember poor Vincent of the Weymouth: remember Byng – shot for an […]
Life and Duties
Customs in Aubrey’s Royal Navy: The Wardroom
Generally speaking the customs practised by officers were those of polite civilian society, with modifications to suit naval circumstances, plus other changes caused through historic development.
Just For Fun
How To Make and Eat Hardtack
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a flat hard biscuit made from flour and water (often saltwater) that was used as a staple food where fresh and perishable foods won’t survive. Also known as “pilot bread,” […]