How much evidence is there regarding the naval punishment of keelhauling? Keelhauling is a famous naval punishment under which the offender would by dragged beneath the hull of the ship This would have been encrusted with shellfish such as barnacles which would - at the very least - have caused some nasty lacerations Some claim it was usually lethal either due to drowning or severe trauma
How was a line looped under a sailing vessel for keelhauling? The Wikipedia article on keelhauling says: The sailor was tied to a line that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern)
If a merchant ship captain joined the Royal Navy during the age of sail . . . @MarkC Wallace That's almost another question altogether The RN hired merchant vessels for 4 main roles, troopships cavalry ships (for moving the army about), army victuallers (army supplies), navy victuallers (navy supplies) and naval store ships (supplying overseas dockyards and bases)
Has there been a naval battle where a boarding attempt backfired . . . The most famous example of this would be Blackbeards defeat The pirate boarded Maynards vessel, while the latter hid most of his troops below deck, causing the boarding action to fail and leading to Blackbeards death
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architecture - How much did brigs of 200 tons vary in 1800? - History . . . All that the description - "a brig of 200 tons" - really tells you is that the vessel was brig-rigged, that is it had 2 masts (fore and main), and it had an approximate hull volume calculated at 200 tons (not to be confused with displacement)
naval - Ships:Biggest One Ever - History Stack Exchange What was the biggest merchant ship ever created that dwarfed existing ones and still is considered a behemoth today?To clarify,It can be a Merchant vessel or a naval warship (Also can be a list too)
How unusual was an unanswered naval salute of 150 guns? To answer your title question, a 150 gun salute would have been very unusual, not just because of the great number but because salutes were generally done with an odd number of guns