Nelson's Victory 101 Questions & Answers About HMS Victory, Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar 1805
Free Download Peter Goodwin - Nelson's Victory: 101 Questions & Answers About HMS Victory, Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar 1805
Conway Maritime Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0851779883 | English | 120 pages | PDF | 59.63 MB
How much gunpowder and shot did the Victory carry - 35 tons of powder, 120 tons of shot.
What was the age of the people on Victory - Walter Burke, purser, was sixty seven, Tom Twitchet, the youngest was 12.
How many marines were on Victory - 146, four of whom were officers.
How was meat kept fresh - By keeping live animals. Victory sailed with 30 head of sheep, plus chickens, geese and ducks.
What are slops -the collective name for clothing issued to seamen.
There are 101 questions like these, along with their answers in this little book. In addition there are a series of photographs of Victory down through the years. One interesting picture shows the Victory with the Hood (of Bismark fame) in the background.
In addition to providing information about the Victory, there is enough general information to say a lot about the nature of the navy of its day. Quite an interesting book.
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