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Magazine filling room
Note, in the gunpowder storage room (next picture) the copper on the walls. This was to discourage the rats from eating through the wood and escaping, often with bits of gunpowder on their fur, which as they ran too close by a lantern would explode. Not a good thing on a wooden ship! Also note the leather between the barrels, to reduce friction and the build up of heat, also not a good thing in a gunpowder room on a wooden ship.
Masts
Mess table
Rank has privilege! Each sailor was given 16 inches of width to call their own. Claim 17 inches and you could meet with some disciplinary action. Officers often got up to a whopping 22 inches of personal living space at night. The hammocks also served as your coffin. For officers they had wooden hammocks that were basically a hanging coffin idea. Each was custom made for you.
Gun deck, you ate by your cannon
Long view of the gun deck showing the drumhead to raise the anchors
Kitchen stove
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