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http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2002.26.1.055

Manning Structure and Working Conditions of British Merchant Seamen during the 18th Century  

Kim, Sung-June (Researcher of Korea Maritime Research Institute Lecturer of Korea University)
Abstract
The eighteenth century in Great Britain was the period of transformation, Great Britain externally experienced several wars intermittently mid internally transformed into the industrial country in the course of the 18th century. British shipowners were faced with short of seamen mainly due to several wars and expansion of shipping tonnage British shipowners tried to solve the mooing problem by decreasing the number of seamen from 22-23 sailors per ship of 100 tonnage in 1710's to 5 in 1810 and increasing seamen's wage from shillings per common seaman per month in the 17th century to 25 shillings in the middle of the 18th century and equation omitted during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. What caused and resulted by specialized shipowners to cope with changeable market situation with flexibility was decrease of the number of seamen per ship and increase of wage.
Keywords
Seaman; Merchant Ship in England; the industrial revolution;
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