The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... seamen , and the seamen were not gentlemen ' applies even more forcibly to the Tudor navy . Until the reign of Charles II there was no such thing as a Royal Navy , in the sense of a permanent professional fighting force con- sisting of ...
... seamen , and the seamen were not gentlemen ' applies even more forcibly to the Tudor navy . Until the reign of Charles II there was no such thing as a Royal Navy , in the sense of a permanent professional fighting force con- sisting of ...
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A History of Naval Life and Policy Christopher Lloyd. and 19s . for Ordinary Seamen . It was a good wage in 1651 , but it is typical of the gradual deterioration of the status of seamen that this rate was not materially altered until ...
A History of Naval Life and Policy Christopher Lloyd. and 19s . for Ordinary Seamen . It was a good wage in 1651 , but it is typical of the gradual deterioration of the status of seamen that this rate was not materially altered until ...
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... seamen were required they were often pressed off ships returning from long voyages . This was naturally a serious grievance , because seamen preferred the easier life of the merchant service to that on board a man - o ' - war . A gunner ...
... seamen were required they were often pressed off ships returning from long voyages . This was naturally a serious grievance , because seamen preferred the easier life of the merchant service to that on board a man - o ' - war . A gunner ...
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