Global Information Lookup Global Information

Rum ration information


A sailor on board HMS York measures out tots of rum for the ship's company, in preparation for the Royal Navy tradition "Splice the Mainbrace"

The rum ration (also called the tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was abolished in 1970 after concerns that the intake of strong alcohol would lead to unsteady hands when working machinery.

and 26 Related for: Rum ration information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8149 seconds.)

Rum ration

Last Update:

The rum ration (also called the tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships. It was abolished in 1970 after concerns that the intake...

Word Count : 1340

Rum

Last Update:

produced rum, the British changed the daily ration of liquor given to seamen from French brandy to rum. Navy rum was originally a blend mixed from rums produced...

Word Count : 5986

Grog

Last Update:

Frisia" made of rum, sugar and water and heated to boiling point. In Swedish, a "grogg" means a highball.[citation needed] Until the grog ration was discontinued...

Word Count : 2603

Black Tot Day

Last Update:

Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration (the daily tot). In the 17th century, the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer...

Word Count : 761

Splice the mainbrace

Last Update:

afterward, and then the name of an order to grant the crew an extra ration of rum or grog. Braces are the lines that control the angle of the yards. On...

Word Count : 1647

United States military ration

Last Update:

There was also a spirit ration. In 1785, it was set at four ounces of rum, reduced to two ounces of whiskey, brandy, or rum in 1790. In 1794, troops...

Word Count : 1653

Teetotalism

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 2500

Bravo Zulu

Last Update:

to "splice the mainbrace," i.e., providing the crew with an additional rum ration, it is ordinarily followed simply with the signal or statement "Bravo...

Word Count : 655

Delirium tremens

Last Update:

Occasionally, a very high body temperature or seizures (colloquially known as "rum fits") may result in death. Delirium tremens typically occurs only in people...

Word Count : 3072

Man Group

Last Update:

supply the Royal Navy with rum for its daily rum ration, a tradition under which all sailors were allocated a daily rum ration. This tradition continued...

Word Count : 1741

Rum Rebellion

Last Update:

The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was a coup d'état in the then-British penal colony of New South Wales, staged by the New South Wales Corps in order to depose...

Word Count : 4327

Speakeasy

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 2111

Absinthe

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 10696

Rationing in the United Kingdom

Last Update:

Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war. At the start...

Word Count : 6062

Driving under the influence

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 3403

Beer day

Last Update:

operational stand-downs commonly referred to as Steel Beach Picnics. Rum ration Steel beach picnic Alcohol in the Navy, 1794-1935 "OPNAVINST 1700.16A...

Word Count : 249

Mutiny on the Bounty

Last Update:

supply. Bligh punished the whole crew for this theft, stopping their rum ration and reducing their food by half. Feeling that his position was now intolerable...

Word Count : 11391

Pancreatitis

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 4131

Moonshine

Last Update:

Homebrewing Moonshine by country Moonshine in popular culture Nip joint Rum-running Sour mash Kosar, Kevin (15 April 2017). Moonshine: A Global History...

Word Count : 3767

Holiday heart syndrome

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 1346

Cirrhosis

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 11119

Khamr

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 1996

Dutch courage

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 599

Prohibition

Last Update:

After several years, prohibition failed in North America and elsewhere. Rum-running or bootlegging became widespread, and organized crime took control...

Word Count : 6350

Buckfast Tonic Wine

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 2459

Gastritis

Last Update:

Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol Rum ration Rum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...

Word Count : 2741

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net