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Provisions and Plight of Sailors in the Navy Document
A lengthy parliamentary testimony laments deficient navy provisions. It cites sea rations tasted wrong, shore allowances mispaid, and profits from slop-clothes schemes harming sailors. It notes beer shortages and fraud at the Brewhouse, urging relief and accountability for managers and victuallers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Navy
England
Fince
Eygli
Hman
Nevil
West- Indies
Counteyam
Bray
House of Commions
St.Katheriness
Dennerson
Commissioners of Excise and Vicualing
Slop
Portsmouth
Charice
Slopfeller
Greenwich