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Hi /his/, I have a question for you, and I apologize in advance if it's stupid. I was wondering how in old ships they managed to stay warm? Like, if you were in a battleship and were in the Northern Atlantic, how did they manage to keep themselves warm at night. I assumed the crew mainly slept in hammocks or make-shift sleeping areas below deck, and maybe they could close portholes to stop heat from escaping, but unless they had large blankets, I assume they couldn't have fire aboard a wooden ship? Can anyone explain?
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>>3091016
welll they did actually have fireplaces on wooden ships, bizarre as it may sound, you gotta cook the food somehow, and yeah basically lots of warm cothes and blankets
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The actual stove on HMS Victory
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>>3091022
That's interesting I always though fire hazards were one of the biggest concerns of wooden ships. But I guess if your crew needs a fire to not freeze to death there's no going around it. Are there any events where one caused a ship to burn down. I can't believe there hasn't been some point in were someone drunk on rum mismanaged the fireplace.
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>>3092120
Has it occured to you wooden houses also have fireplaces?
And are not surrounded by water that can be used for extinguishing purposes?
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>>3092134
Oh yes I have one in mine actually. The difference is that a house that burns you can get out of if you have time. If your ship burns in the middle of the atlantic you're fucked.
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>>3092157
True enough.
Then again, you're similarly fucked if your isolated homestead catches fire in a Northern winter, eh?
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