Comments | caduceus: RN resource: Discipline and Punishment in the RN

caduceus

RN resource: Discipline and Punishment in the RN

Jun 09, 2007 22:10

joyful_molly kicked this off by posting a resource about the punishment of sodomy in the Royal NavySince between the two of us we could open a private RN library, and since I know how much I appreciate being fed interesting morsels without having to read a 700-page monster (or to pay for that big bad book), I thought I'd share excerpts from some of the books I ( Read more... )

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sagakure June 15 2007, 05:13:32 UTC

*clings lovingly to excerpts, weeps miserably for the books she had to leave behind when she moved* ;_;
*ponders rebuying them* XD

caduceus June 17 2007, 13:06:48 UTC

Gah! Leaving books behind must be really cruel. Not sure I could do it...
Hope you find a solution (or replacements for your books)!

sagakure June 18 2007, 13:58:43 UTC

Yeah, the problem is, I have way too many, which makes moving difficult.
Thanks!

hms_dauntless June 20 2007, 06:33:18 UTC

Very, very interesting ! Thank you for posting these excerpts. These are definitely must-have books.

I'm currently reading James Cook's Journals of his first voyage with the Endeavour, and he too was one who, althouth not refraining from punishiment, resorted to it only when it was strictly needed.

In the navy as a whole only two officers were condemned to death for sodomy during these wars;
Wich confirms that, all in all, you *could* be a RN officer and have a homosexual relationship, provided you were cautious enough and avoided doing it on the long nines *G*