Yore Life as a British Sailor During Napoleonic Wars - P7

The Napoleonic Era of the late 1700s and early 1800s is considered the British Royal Navy's most lauded era in the history of the British Royal Navy.. It is the era made famous by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. However, there are other stories that haven't been told as frequently. Stories of valor, bravery and glory...and even sadness and despair. Enter YOU, a British sailor with merchant experience who was "impressed" into the British navy. You will experience the life and history of a British Royal Navy sailor.

You find yourself a 19th century British Navy sailor onboard the HMS Hercule one of the British Navy's 3rd rate 74 gun ship of the line. You will experience actual events that occurred in history aboard a ship and its officers that lived and breathed the era!

Additional resources include:
"The Seafarers: The East IndiaMen" - Russell Miller
"Playing at Command: Midshipment and Quarterdeck boys in the Royal Navy 1793-1815" Thesis of Samantha A. Cavell
"Nelson's Navy" - Philip Haythornthwaite & William Younghusband
"The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War" - Brian Lavery
"The Royal Navy 1793-1815" - Gregory Fremont-Barnes
"Commissioned officers' Careers in the Royal Navy, 1690-1815
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"Empire on the Seven Seas, the British Empire" - Charles Schriber & Sons
"The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII" - Edward Pelham Brenton
"The British Navy: its strength, resources, and administration, Volume 1" - Thomas B Brassey
"The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present, Volume 6" - Various Authors
"Poor Jack: The Perilous History of the Merchant Seaman" - Ronald Hope
"A New History of British Shipping" - Ronald Hope
"The British Mercantile Marine" - Edward Blackmore
Music Sources:
All music from epidemicsound.com

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