what was the royal Navy Like?
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- Created on: 05-10-16 10:27
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- What was the Royal Navy like?
- Crews
- 1793: 120,000 men 1812: 140,000 men (1000) vessels
- Recruitment
- No Conscription
- Relied on impressment (recruitment didn't provide enough men in wartime
- Impressment Service: had the power to force seafarers ages 15-55 to join Royal Navy.
- Press gangs sent out to round up men
- By 1805 half the Royal Navy's crews were pressed men.
- Press gangs sent out to round up men
- Impressment Service: had the power to force seafarers ages 15-55 to join Royal Navy.
- By 1805 half the Royal Navy's crews were pressed men.
- Quota System
- Every country required to supply certain number of volunteers, based on population and number of seaports.
- Offered criminals the option to volunteer in stead of complete sentences.
- Every country required to supply certain number of volunteers, based on population and number of seaports.
- Many Sailors not British
- Discipline and Teamwork
- Foundation for navels strength
- drove seamen to work for the continual threat of punishment
- Officers
- Leant ropes as lowly midshipmen.
- Taught crucial skills: maths, astronomy and navigation
- Most middle class--> sons or relations of other naval officers.
- Family influence meant that some officers were fast tracked (Horatio Nelson)
- Leant ropes as lowly midshipmen.
- Crews
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