Captains bed

[Don Case]

I was just watching a video tour of the Victory. They showed Nelsons bed which was a coffin on ropes. The narrator made it sound like this was normal for the Navy but I haven't been able to find any other sites that say this. Was this normal for officers to sleep in their coffin?

 

[Uwek]

Often they used no beds with legs on the floor, but these types of hanging coffins. They are like hammocks which were much more comfortable because of the movements of the ship on the waves.





Nelsons Hammock


One additional advantage was, that either the normal seamen hammocks (450 on the Victory), but also this from the officers were foldable and easy removable when the shipo had to get ready for action.

Captain Hardy´s



Only Nelson had in addition a real, but foldable bed when the ship was in harbor



not used as a bed it was folded and used as a furniture



Everything was foldable - also the chairs and tables - to be removed completely when there was Action to be expected

 

[Don Case]

Thank you Uwe. The first picture, is that officers beds? Regular seamen used standard droopy hammocks, right?

 

[Bluebeard]

Interesting view of items that does not much mentioned.

 

[lucyames]

Often they used no beds with legs on the floor, but these types of hanging coffins. They are like hammocks which were much more comfortable because of the movements of the ship on the waves.

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Nelsons Hammock
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One additional advantage was, that either the normal seamen hammocks (450 on the Victory), but also this from the officers were foldable and easy removable when the shipo had to get ready for action.

Captain Hardy´s

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Only Nelson had in addition a real, but foldable bed when the ship was in harbor

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not used as a bed it was folded and used as a furniture

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Everything was foldable - also the chairs and tables - to be removed completely when there was Action to be expected

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[AndyA]

Here's another approach to comfortable sleeping on a ship. This is a view of the skipper's cabin on the whaling bark Charles Morgan at Mystic Seaport Museum. The bed is on gimbals attached to a bulkhead at the head and to a post on the deck at the foot. I would guess this was more comfortable than the arrangements shown above since the swing would be less. However, it could not be removed easily when clearing the decks as needed on a fighting ship. Fair winds!