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CHAPTER 8 WAR IN THE COLONIES Go to http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/1797/Victory/index2.html 1. Read the introduction and decide if
each question is true or false. If the question is incorrect, rewrite it
correctly.
1 There is another eighteenth century ship of the line in the port of
Sydney, Australia. 2 HMS Victory looks exactly
the same as she did at the Battle of Trafalgar. 3 At the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Nelson shot a French marine
on the warship Redoutable. 4 HMS Victory had a major
overhaul before the Battle of Trafalgar. 2. Click on Victory - Facts and Figures. Match the information to the
correct date. 7 May 1765 The Admiralty ordered a new 100 gun
battle ship. 1759
After a lot of discussion, the ship was given the name Victory. 13 December 1758 Horatio Nelson was born in Norfolk in this
year.
1758
The Victory was launched on
this day. Now match these measurements with their meaning. Length of gun deck
227 feet (68metres) Area of sails 186 feet (56 metres) Quantity of wood used
220 feet (66 metres) above sea level Length of Victory 4 acres (16,188 metres
squared) Height of mast 2,000 oak trees
3. Now click on the relevant sections to
find the answers to the following questions.
Click on The Weather Deck. 1 Which members of the crew were responsible for steering the ship? 2 What is located behind the wheel? 3 What happened to Nelson on the quarter deck? 4 What was a ‘smasher’ and how were they useful when the Victory was close to another ship? Click on Hands aloft. 5 What happened to a man if he fell into the sea from one of the
masts? 6 Where does the expression one
hand for the ship, one for yourself come from? Click on Action – the gun deck
7 How long did it take the gun crew to reload a gun? 8 What was the job of the sixth member of the gun crew? Click on The sickbay – health
on board 9 What was scurvy caused by
and how was it cured?
10 How did the crew reduce the risk of disease on the gun deck? 11 How did the crew kill rats and bacteria? 12 Why was the sickbay unpopular among the crew? Click on Food and the Galley 13 When was the galley stove put out? 14 What was a mess and a duty cook? 15 Why were men told to eat the ships biscuits with their eyes closed? 16 What happened to the small
amount of fresh food on board?
4. Now click on Life on the
lower decks and The Admiral’s
cabin. Read the 2 texts to compare life on board the Victory for the Admiral and the sailors. |
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