hello all, I am building the santisima trinidad by occre. oO the front of the ship, on the bow, there are two half moon structures, what are these... latrine?
hello all, I am building the santisima trinidad by occre. oO the front of the ship, on the bow, there are two half moon structures, what are these... latrine?
Yes - these are the so called "roundhouses" for the lower officers. The closed toilets.
The normal seamen had to use the open "seats of ease" - f.e the HMS Victory had six of them (for appr. 800 seamen)
Some ships had also some piss-dales on the forward end of the waist. (not often shown in models)
The higher ranks had their toilets in the quarter galleries.
Answer (1 of 22): Medieval sailors had to deal with many challenges and hardships on their ship, including how to go to the bathroom. There was no standard or sanitary way of doing so, and different ships and cultures had different methods and practices. Here are some of the common ways that medi...
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and a much better explanations you can read after download this Thesis-document:
The Development of External Sanitary Facilities Aboard Ships of the Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
Joe John Simmons