"Women and the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail" Topic

"There can be few historical milieus as thrilling and iconic as the lives of men at sea in the glorious Age of Sail. Images stay long in the mind, of salty sea dogs swabbing decks and deckhands in the rigging, riding out the lashings of great oceanic tempests. Here is Admiral Nelson gazing across the maelstrom of combat at Trafalgar, awaiting his apotheosis. Over there are Sir Francis Drake circumnavigating the globe in the Golden Hind and Captain James Cook braving the vast unknown of the Pacific Ocean. In literature too we find no end of delights, from Jack Aubrey on the far side of the world to Horatio Hornblower riding the waves in search of the French. And of course, there is the ever-present, sturdy Jack Tar – the nickname given to all lower deck seamen…"

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Armand

Very limited evidence to work with, makes statements on their prevalence hard to substantiate. Also the medal was for those who served, to 'serve' you would need to have been listed on the ships books which I doubt was the cae for most.

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Armand

Lots of claims, no evidence given.

Glup!…

Armand