The Royal Navy . been a preferenceshown for scarlet faced with blue, or blue faced with scarlet,both from the portraits of the commanders and the printsof the time. Smollett makes Commodore Hawser Trunnionexpress a wish to be buried in the red jacket which I worewhen I boarded the RenummyP The Renommez was cap-tured on 13th September 1747, by the Dover, Captain , who afterwards became Earl Ferrars, and it is pos-sible that Fitzroy Lee, who is supposed to have been theprototype of Trunnion, may have been on board her. Smollettmay also be consulted for the costume of Captain Whipple, an
The Royal Navy . been a preferenceshown for scarlet faced with blue, or blue faced with scarlet,both from the portraits of the commanders and the printsof the time. Smollett makes Commodore Hawser Trunnionexpress a wish to be buried in the red jacket which I worewhen I boarded the RenummyP The Renommez was cap-tured on 13th September 1747, by the Dover, Captain , who afterwards became Earl Ferrars, and it is pos-sible that Fitzroy Lee, who is supposed to have been theprototype of Trunnion, may have been on board her. Smollettmay also be consulted for the costume of Captain Whipple, anaval dandy in a pink silk coat, and Lieutenant Bowling,in a striped flannel jacket and red breeches, as examples ofvarieties of naval officers* dress during the period in whichhe wrote. From about 1719 to 1750 the seamen are invariably de-picted in the grey jackets, striped waistcoats, and red wide-kneed trousers supplied by the slop-sellers. Kerchiefs of -V ^ SEAMANS DRESS, THE TARS OF TRAFALGAR Circa 1805. THE SEAMANS DRESS 349 various colours were worn round the neck, flat-topped, three-cornered hats, or leather caps faced with red, and not infre-quently a petticoat of canvas or baize. A full description ofthis clothing is given in The British Fleets taken from anorder issued on 24th August 1706 by Prince George ofDenmark, then the Lord High Admiral. It is worth noting,also, that in Betaghs voyage to the Pacific in 1719, thewriter mentions how, meeting another vessel, we knew herto be English because the seamen wore trousers.** Thechanges in the uniform of the marines are also shown facingp. 342. Here, then, we have the dress of the men who fought inthe battles of Bantry Bay, Beachy Head, La Hogue, Vigo,Malaga, Cape Passaro, the taking of Portobello, and Mathewsaction off Toulon, while it was also that of the crew of theCenturion in Ansons famous voyage round the world. In 1748, a uniform was first established for all naval officersof executive rank, with a distinctive
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