life onboard a 74 gun ship

**mta35** · May 26, 2008, 11:13 AM

life onboard a 74 gun ship

http://www.musee-marine.fr/public/vi...ord/index.html

**vamperium** · May 26, 2008, 11:41 AM

Nice site, very informative.

**Harry Lime** · May 26, 2008, 12:54 PM

Moved to Historical Research Center > Ships and Naval power

**ablitzkrieg** · May 26, 2008, 12:56 PM

Very Nice site.

**KozCDVI** · May 26, 2008, 03:29 PM

Hornblower did a double-episode on a 74 called 'Renown', the captain goes mad ad they have to mutiny to keep order. It's not half bad actually... Shows a lot of fights and brawls between sailors. Not accurate for the most part, but enjoyable.

**Scandinavisksoldat** · May 27, 2008, 02:27 AM

Originally Posted by mta35

life onboard a 74 gun ship

http://www.musee-marine.fr/public/vi...ord/index.html

Quite interesting...

**Cadmus** · May 27, 2008, 08:39 AM

Thanks for the link, have been searching for something like this, ever since I lost my book about the life on a 18th century ship from when I was a child. +Rep

**Captain Jin** · May 27, 2008, 03:09 PM

Very cool site man. I like the little illustrations of the sailors and such.

Although they forgot to say that Marines fight in the tops. That was their most common use in battle except under a Captain that followed Nelson's system or rules closely. Nelson was against musket fire in in the tops for fear that it would light up the sails.