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Keel Haul this
If u have ever heard of the expression Keel Hauled, well i dont think it would be so easy on the seacat here.
In the Navy during the 17th and 18th century if a sailor committed a crime one of the punishments was Keel Hauling. Hands and feet would be tied to one piece of rope threaded under the boat. Thrown over board they were then pulled under the ship from port to starboard and back again! Barnacles and the like would scratch and cut the sailor. They might have drown, been knocked uncooncious or well whatever.
If the is such a thing as reincarnation i just wouldn't want to be back as a bad ass attitude press ganged sailor with a hatred of the sea and authority on a keel hauling Capts ship in the 18th century!!!! Don't think i'd last too long.
Where did all that come from....!!!!
Donnamarijne posted a shot of the seacat getting a steam bath and my o level history came flooding back!!!!
added......good old google.....
The Dutch invented "keel-hauling" called in France "le supplice de la grande cale," which can be translated as the torture of the grand ducking.
Keelhauling was a form of corporal punishment practiced in the Royal Navy.
First let us remember that in the Royal Navy on the high seas, the Captain was the law and could and did hand out punishments as he saw fit. This was also the case among many of the merchant ships belonging to such out fits as the Royal Africa Company. Many of the punishment were quite cruel and harsh. Some forms of punishments were in fact a death sentence. This was the case, for the most part for keel hauling.
How it was done
The guilty party would be stripped of clothing and a rope would be passed under the ship from port to starboard. The man's hands would then be secured to the rope . Often his legs would also be bound together to prevent him from swimming. He was never weighted down in any way, for this may prevent him from hitting the bottom of the ship. He would then be tossed overboard and a selected group of men would then attempt to the pull the man out of the water, by passing him under the boat and out the other side.
Of course the captain would select the men but it rarely mattered how many people hauled the man out.
If the man was pulled slowly he would most likely drown. The shock of the cold ocean combined with the wake of the moving ship was usually more than enough to cause the strongest man to fill his lungs with sea water.
If the man was pulled quickly, he would undoubtably hit the bottom of the ship, which was covered with razor sharp barnacles. In the end he most likely bled to death from the injuries incurred or suffered a slow painful death from infection.
There was also the possibility that the rope would snap while rubbing against the keel. And then to make matters worse, if the man did actually survive, the Captain could always accuse the crew of doing the punishment incorrectly and order it done again!
With such a cruel punishment facing one's possible future it becomes readily understandable why a crew might mutiny under a cruel Captain.
Incidentally for those who do not know, the Keel is the back bone of ship which runs from stem to stern. (front to back)
Keel Haul this
If u have ever heard of the expression Keel Hauled, well i dont think it would be so easy on the seacat here.
In the Navy during the 17th and 18th century if a sailor committed a crime one of the punishments was Keel Hauling. Hands and feet would be tied to one piece of rope threaded under the boat. Thrown over board they were then pulled under the ship from port to starboard and back again! Barnacles and the like would scratch and cut the sailor. They might have drown, been knocked uncooncious or well whatever.
If the is such a thing as reincarnation i just wouldn't want to be back as a bad ass attitude press ganged sailor with a hatred of the sea and authority on a keel hauling Capts ship in the 18th century!!!! Don't think i'd last too long.
Where did all that come from....!!!!
Donnamarijne posted a shot of the seacat getting a steam bath and my o level history came flooding back!!!!
added......good old google.....
The Dutch invented "keel-hauling" called in France "le supplice de la grande cale," which can be translated as the torture of the grand ducking.
Keelhauling was a form of corporal punishment practiced in the Royal Navy.
First let us remember that in the Royal Navy on the high seas, the Captain was the law and could and did hand out punishments as he saw fit. This was also the case among many of the merchant ships belonging to such out fits as the Royal Africa Company. Many of the punishment were quite cruel and harsh. Some forms of punishments were in fact a death sentence. This was the case, for the most part for keel hauling.
How it was done
The guilty party would be stripped of clothing and a rope would be passed under the ship from port to starboard. The man's hands would then be secured to the rope . Often his legs would also be bound together to prevent him from swimming. He was never weighted down in any way, for this may prevent him from hitting the bottom of the ship. He would then be tossed overboard and a selected group of men would then attempt to the pull the man out of the water, by passing him under the boat and out the other side.
Of course the captain would select the men but it rarely mattered how many people hauled the man out.
If the man was pulled slowly he would most likely drown. The shock of the cold ocean combined with the wake of the moving ship was usually more than enough to cause the strongest man to fill his lungs with sea water.
If the man was pulled quickly, he would undoubtably hit the bottom of the ship, which was covered with razor sharp barnacles. In the end he most likely bled to death from the injuries incurred or suffered a slow painful death from infection.
There was also the possibility that the rope would snap while rubbing against the keel. And then to make matters worse, if the man did actually survive, the Captain could always accuse the crew of doing the punishment incorrectly and order it done again!
With such a cruel punishment facing one's possible future it becomes readily understandable why a crew might mutiny under a cruel Captain.
Incidentally for those who do not know, the Keel is the back bone of ship which runs from stem to stern. (front to back)