18TH CENTURY NAVY LIFE THE NUMBER OF SEAMAN IN TIME OF WAR WHO DIED OF SHIPWRECK CAPTURE, FAMINE, FIRE OR SWORD, ARE BUT OF INCONSIDERABLE IN RESPECT OF SUCH AS ARE DESTROYED BY THE SHIP DISEASES, AND BY THE USUAL MALADIES OF INTEMPERATE CLIMATES. JAMES LIND, 1753 Today: 4 June 201Today: 4 June 2014 18TH CENTURY NAVY LIFE “THE NUMBER OF SEAMAN IN TIME OF WAR WHO DIED OF SHIPWRECK, CAPTURE, FAMINE, FIRE OR SWORD, ARE BUT OF INCONSIDERABLE IN RESPECT OF SUCH AS ARE DESTROYED BY THE SHIP DISEASES, AND BY THE USUAL MALADIES OF INTEMPERATE CLIMATES.” - JAMES LIND, 1753