The age of fighting sail is often associated with battles between large ships, led by admirals like Nelson and Collingwood. Frigates, the oldest ships in the early American Navy, formed the backbone of this military. These wooden warships sailed quickly across the seas, displaying French-American friendship and highlighting a pivotal time in history. Edward W. Taylor, a corporal of Marines assigned to the USS Constitution, is the world’s oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat.
The Royal Navy Frigate, HMS Lancaster, is visiting St Helena and offers a special tour to see life on British navy ships. These wooden masterpieces of craftsmanship attract huge crowds in various events and museums. A Great cabin on the Grand Turk, a replica of a three-masted English 18th-century frigate, is located under the poop deck and opens the stern gallery. Crew quarters usually had two quarter galleries, one for sleeping and one set up for dining. Sailors and lesser hands stayed in the bottom deck, just above the hold, where the ceiling was perhaps four feet high in the middle. Flogging was the most common practice, with the whole crew often made to watch.
The British frigate HMS Amphion rode peacefully at anchor in Plymouth Harbour on September 22, 1796, while she was in the process of completing repairs. The design with the two anterooms as sleeping and dining room was also found on the ship of the lines first rates.
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