The sailors in the First Fleet drank a very inferior type of rum which was purchased for them.
Shakespeare talks about people drinking mead. It was an alcoholic drink made from honey and water which was fermented with yeast. I'm sure the most common drink was water though. Actually I thought water was very dangerous at those times, so it was only drunk if desperate. True with the mead though! Thanks!
So you can tell if the liquid is too hot to drink. They were used in WWII and were called "watch mugs" and had no handles to keep the watch sailors' hands warm.
Of the 2,999 people who died because of the attacks on 9/11, 55 were listed as military personnel at the Pentagon. No sailors were listed as active sailors but may have been sailors acting in a different capacity.
Sailors deffinately need to know how to tie their shoes. Aslo, sailors need to know how to swin, hunt, bike, rin, and how to saddle a whale.
Grog .
fleas because sailors needed ALL their water to drink not bathe
18th century
The sailors in the First Fleet drank a very inferior type of rum which was purchased for them.
Beer or ale
Historically, rum was issued daily to sailors. This is no longer the case and sailors consume a wide variety of alcoholic beverages.
Because the sea water is salty and it can harm us .
That's right. Drinking seawater will eventually kill a person.
Grog was traditionally made from a mixture of water and rum. It was a popular drink among sailors in the 18th century.
The collective noun for 'sailors' is a crew of sailors, whether there are two sailors or hundreds of sailors.
crew
Generally, no. First of all, salt water dehydrates people. (The salt in the salt water pulls water out of your cells.) Second, it was very difficult to purify water prior to the mid-1800s, because it was more-or-less impossible to remove diseases and contaminants. Most people did not drink water on any regulars basis. Sailors were especially incapable of purifying their supplies of water. Most sailors drank beer and hard liquor, which tended to preserve better and remained antibacterial.