Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 342
of any sail set aback. Hecomplained, too, of the neglect of sea officers educa-tion. One may add that the only training which navalofficers received at this time was by going to sea. Theycame from the shore to the quarter-deck and picked upwhat knowledge they could. It is true that, in 1727,George… … a a c a o It: M p. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY long, but in 1806 was raised to the dignity of a RoyalNaval College. The eighteenth-century midshipman of the RoyalNavy was a man of low social standing. His age variedfrom ten to forty-five, the older men having been pro-moted from before the mast. Mere…
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