Daily amount of rum given to Royal Navy sailors; abolished in 1970
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.
The rumration (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...
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...
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...
Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rumration (the daily tot). In the 17th century, the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer...
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...
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...
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to "splice the mainbrace," i.e., providing the crew with an additional rumration, it is ordinarily followed simply with the signal or statement "Bravo...
Occasionally, a very high body temperature or seizures (colloquially known as "rum fits") may result in death. Delirium tremens typically occurs only in people...
supply the Royal Navy with rum for its daily rumration, a tradition under which all sailors were allocated a daily rumration. This tradition continued...
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...
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Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...
Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war. At the start...
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operational stand-downs commonly referred to as Steel Beach Picnics. Rumration Steel beach picnic Alcohol in the Navy, 1794-1935 "OPNAVINST 1700.16A...
supply. Bligh punished the whole crew for this theft, stopping their rumration and reducing their food by half. Feeling that his position was now intolerable...
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Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...
Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...
Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...
Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...
After several years, prohibition failed in North America and elsewhere. Rum-running or bootlegging became widespread, and organized crime took control...
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Dipsomania Gilbert Paul Jordan Gin Craze List of deaths through alcohol RumrationRum Rebellion Shebeen Six o'clock swill Speakeasy Whiskey Rebellion General...