Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Rasor Bibliography
View entry no. 1612
Full entry text:
Baynham, Henry W.F. From the Lower Deck: The Old Navy, 1780-1840. London: Hutchinson; Barre: Barre, 1969, 1970, 200 pp. Anthology of memoirs, 9 impressed seamen.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; discipline; impressment; Royal Navy; seaman;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor