I'm writing a novel that takes place at sea in the 1750's aboard a Royal Navy ship of the line. I'm mindful of some advice I picked up on this board (probably Uncle Jim) that the three things writers get wrong are guns, horses and sailing ships. I know far more than I ever cared to know about the oar propelled navy cutters (port stroke of the cutter St. John, that's me) but not a lot about frigates or ships of the line of that era. Any suggestions of sites I could check out?
I can visualise the deck just fine. Movies like Pirates of the Caribean are fine for that but what were the below decks like? A ship of the line might have as many as 800 crew members so they must have been awfully crowded.
I can visualise the deck just fine. Movies like Pirates of the Caribean are fine for that but what were the below decks like? A ship of the line might have as many as 800 crew members so they must have been awfully crowded.
