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From: Jim Brownfield <>
Subject: Re: Died at sea in 1120 ?
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 05:32:36 GMT


In <> "D. Spencer Hines" wrote:
> D DeFrank wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > The presence of livestock, sides of beef, or cooking facilities on board
> > those ships are not mentioned at all by chroniclers.
>
> This negative "proof" you offer up is not worth a tinker's dam. Cooking
> facilities are rather mundane matters and would not necessarily be noted by
> chroniclers. You have stated that the White Ship was "large" ---- it
> reputedly was carrying 300 passengers. In the event of adverse sea or wind
> conditions, this voyage and *future planned LONGER ones* would encompass
> more than 24 hours --- at the minimum. It would be most foolish, and
> therefore unseamanlike, not to have made some provision for cooking
> onboard.

I'm not a seaman, Naval Officer, or even a historian, but I find it
interesting that not having cooking provisions would be "unseamanlike."
However, operating a seagoing vessel while soused apparently would be
seamanlike.

Annapolis must be one really cool place! ;-)

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