"Don White" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
Jim Carter wrote:

"Dr. Dr. Smithers" Ask Me about my Phd @ Diploma Mill .com wrote in
message ...

Harry,
Are you sure their were many injuries and deaths on a war ship? Did
the
infantry during that time have many injuries and deaths when they went

into

battle?

I took Harry's comment to mean that every day life aboard ships, in
those
days, would be risky to life and limb.
Do your replies have to be so sarcastic? Why don't you grow up and act
your age?

Jim



That's precisely what I meant. You just never knew when you stepped
aboard a warship or even commercial ship in the 19th Century whether you
would return and if you did whether you'd have all your limbs, and you
didn't even have to be in a battle to sustain a horrific shipboard
injury. It was very dangerous work.

Smithers is a lost cause. He's only here to see who he can hector, and
he's in a permanently ****ed-off mode because I never see about 90% of
the "barbs" he tosses at me.

Here the British Navy had to operate 'Press Gangs' to re-man their ships
and replace sailors injured, sick or dead in the course of their duties.
Especially after the ungrateful rabble in Boston threw out the Brits, my
home port became the main naval base on this side of the Atlantic. Up to
70 British naval ships could be here at one time....and few people
clamored to join up.
http://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/halifaxcity.html

They had to force people to man the ships as after a naval battle, most of
the gunnery crews were deaf, and could not hear orders. They had to be
replaced.