Comments by "Alex" (@Alex-cw3rz) on "The Drydock - Episode 098" video.

  1. 35:53 an interesting point here is the large amount of black sailors in the royal navy and impressed into the royal navy during the early 1800s and late 1700s. Black sailors were seen in a very favourable light due to the much smaller amount of desertion as unfortunately there skin colour could often get them killed or sold off into slavery for appearing in settlements (this occurring mainly in the Americas). The admiration went so far that black sailors are commemorated on nelson column and many paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar, usually depicted as the man pointing out the sniper who shot Nelson. After the defeat of France and the subsequent huge reduction in the royal navy, the amount of people from foreign backgrounds reduced dramatically.
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