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Turning Over

One of the greatest of the seamen's grievances was the custom of turning over men from one ship to another. Many years before, a secretary of the admiralty 1720 had commented, " This custom is very disagreeable to the seamen, and has begot that aversion we have seen in them to the service. It takes from them the freedom of serving where they like, and many times the small (petty) officers are turned before the mast. It abridges them from the pleasure of seeing their families." in Shield of Empire, by Brian Lavery

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These transfers were not only bad in that the men were simply transferred. It was also often the case that petty officers in particular lost their rank when all the ranks on the other ship were already taken. If they even missed pay day on their old ship, they only got one ticket and often had to fight to get their pay afterwards. If they ever got it at all. And what was more, these men who had been away for a long time, were about to come home, were transferred and sailed on again without ever setting foot on land or seeing their families or letting them know what had happened to them. They could only hope that one of their comrades had the heart to inform them.

This practice served to supply the departing ships with missing men. Those coming home had time to replenish, recruit and press new men. This practice was especially common during wartime.

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