The Royal Navy Lost 2 Million Men β Vikings Almost None
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Two ships. Same ocean. Same storms.
One carried four hundred men, a trained surgeon, a medicine chest, and the full power of the British Empire. The other carried thirty-two men, dried fish, and no doctor.
Between 1500 and 1800, an estimated two million sailors died aboard European ships. Not from enemy fire. From their own food, their own water, their own system.
The Royal Navy built the most powerful fleet in history. The Vikings built the one that brought its men home. This video asks why β and the answer has nothing to do with medicine.
π Chapters
00:00 β Two Decks, Two Futures
01:14 β The Navy That Bled From the Inside
04:03 β What They Ate, And What Ate Them
08:27 β Dragged Aboard
11:37 β Beaten Into Line
15:16 β How Many Men Stayed
18:14 β When the Machine Finally Broke
20:21 β The Machine and the System
π This video covers:
Royal Navy scurvy crisis and the two million sailor death toll
Viking provisions vs British naval rations
Why the Navy ignored a proven scurvy cure for 48 years
Press gangs, impressment, and forced recruitment
Viking leidang system and voluntary service
Cat o' nine tails and Royal Navy discipline
Viking Thing assembly and crew voting rights
Desertion rates: why one in four British sailors ran
The Spithead mutiny of 1797
Why Old Norse has no word for mutiny
π Sources & References
Scurvy death toll (~2 million): Jonathan Lamb, Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery (2017); Stephen Bown, Scurvy (2003)
Seven Years' War naval casualties (184,000 enlisted / 133,708 lost to disease & desertion): Steuzel, cited in USNI Proceedings (1914)
Anson's circumnavigation & HMS Centurion losses: Glyn Williams, The Prize of All the Oceans (1999)
James Lind's citrus trial, HMS Salisbury 1747: Lind, A Treatise of the Scurvy (1753)
Press gangs & impressment system: Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity (2013)
Royal Navy discipline, pay freeze 1658β1797 & cat o' nine tails: N.A.M. Rodger, The Wooden World (1986); The Command of the Ocean (2004)
Spithead & Nore mutinies / HMS Hermione: Conrad Gill, The Naval Mutinies of 1797 (1913); Dudley Pope, The Black Ship (1963)
Gokstad ship & Viking vessel design: Viking Ship Museum Oslo; Nicolaysen (1882)
Viking leidang system & crew structure: Niels Lund, Lid, leding og landeværn (1996)
Viking provisions & landing site archaeology: Daniel Serra & Hanna Tunberg, An Early Meal (2013); Westerdahl maritime landscape studies
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A bad leader quickly became so unfamous that every Viking avoided him leading to personal bankruptcy very fast.
On the contrary, a fair leader, who treated his men well and equally with the spoils, his good reputation grew exponentially and it was a competition to get into his Viking crew.
If the interior of the barrel cask was lined in copper strips to hold drinking water which meant the water would be safe to drink.
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The Royal Navy Lost 2 Million Men β Vikings Almost None
Vikings Life
3,857 views
#Vikings #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Two ships. Same ocean. Same storms.
One carried four hundred men, a trained surgeon, a medicine chest, and the full power of the British Empire. The other carried thirty-two men, dried fish, and no doctor.
Between 1500 and 1800, an estimated two million sailors died aboard European ships. Not from enemy fire. From their own food, their own water, their own system.
The Royal Navy built the most powerful fleet in history. The Vikings built the one that brought its men home. This video asks why β and the answer has nothing to do with medicine.
π Chapters
00:00 β Two Decks, Two Futures
01:14 β The Navy That Bled From the Inside
04:03 β What They Ate, And What Ate Them
08:27 β Dragged Aboard
11:37 β Beaten Into Line
15:16 β How Many Men Stayed
18:14 β When the Machine Finally Broke
20:21 β The Machine and the System
π This video covers:
Royal Navy scurvy crisis and the two million sailor death toll
Viking provisions vs British naval rations
Why the Navy ignored a proven scurvy cure for 48 years
Press gangs, impressment, and forced recruitment
Viking leidang system and voluntary service
Cat o' nine tails and Royal Navy discipline
Viking Thing assembly and crew voting rights
Desertion rates: why one in four British sailors ran
The Spithead mutiny of 1797
Why Old Norse has no word for mutiny
π Sources & References
Scurvy death toll (~2 million): Jonathan Lamb, Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery (2017); Stephen Bown, Scurvy (2003)
Seven Years' War naval casualties (184,000 enlisted / 133,708 lost to disease & desertion): Steuzel, cited in USNI Proceedings (1914)
Anson's circumnavigation & HMS Centurion losses: Glyn Williams, The Prize of All the Oceans (1999)
James Lind's citrus trial, HMS Salisbury 1747: Lind, A Treatise of the Scurvy (1753)
Press gangs & impressment system: Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity (2013)
Royal Navy discipline, pay freeze 1658β1797 & cat o' nine tails: N.A.M. Rodger, The Wooden World (1986); The Command of the Ocean (2004)
Spithead & Nore mutinies / HMS Hermione: Conrad Gill, The Naval Mutinies of 1797 (1913); Dudley Pope, The Black Ship (1963)
Gokstad ship & Viking vessel design: Viking Ship Museum Oslo; Nicolaysen (1882)
Viking leidang system & crew structure: Niels Lund, Lid, leding og landeværn (1996)
Viking provisions & landing site archaeology: Daniel Serra & Hanna Tunberg, An Early Meal (2013); Westerdahl maritime landscape studies
π΅ Music
Music: Prepare for War by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Music: Battlefield by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Music: Celtic Atmosphere by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Music: Dungeons and Dragons by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Music: Dramatic Documentary Cinematic Suspense - Coming For You (No Drums) by BreakzStudios on Pixabay
Music: Cinematic-documentary-epic-dramatic-fallen-kingdom-no-drums
by BreakzStudios from Pixabay
Music: Epic Drums by Playsound from Pixabay
"The imagery presented in this video has been crafted using AI to help visualize and illustrate the concepts discussed."
#VikingHistory #VikingAge #HistoryDocumentary #AgeOfSail #medievalhistory #Britishnavy #scurvy #AncientSurvival