Committed to the deep : A post about burial at sea.

[nodbear]

My recent post on Ned Pellew's final orders No singing no sermon

made eglantine_br ask what form his funeral would have taken in that case.

Some thoughts on that and how the TV series depicts burials at sea follow under the cut.

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Thinking of the boy who fell from the mast in Mutiny. And Styles saying 'We can pray over him later.' That was a scene that made me so unhappy that I had to writer the fix-it where he falls on Cleveland.

Thank you for answering my question.

[vespican]

I'll have to watch Mutiny again. I remember the scene and the line, but not that well... I'm thinking that other events at that time caused Styles to say what he said, that it wasn't necessarily callousness on his part. (If I'm reading your tone correctly.)
Dave

[anteros_lmc]

I can't tell you how much I love the fact that you fixed it by having him fall on Cleveland :)

[mylodon]

I get into a total lather at the burial at sea scene/s in Master and Commander.

[anteros_lmc]

Gets me every time :'(

[anteros_lmc]

This is fascinating. You know how clueless I am about such things so I knew nothing of this, though I was vaguely aware of the "commit his body to the deep" bit. I wonder if there is / was a different service used for burial at sea by the Church of Scotland?

I have to say I'm inclined to agree with you about "full fathom five", the imagery there is much more inspiring.

This also makes me think of the wonderful and very moving video kittycallum made for "We Have Fed Out Seas". Perhaps I'll repost it here to remind folk...