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Armed Forces / Victorian warship 1854
« on: Tuesday 03 January 23 13:05 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to write up a family story, and find that the things I don't know are many! Below is part of a plan of the lower deck of a ship. Am I right in assuming that the oblong objects are fixed tables where the men would have eaten? And that hammocks were slung above them at night? Or at other times for men on night watches? I do try and look things up, and I have gathered that the same groups of men ate together - a mess? A word which is familiar of course, but never needed to be explained before. The names are only those who were stricken with a mystery illness.