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Sailing ship "Constitution» («USS Constitution») could take on board the 184,000 liters of fresh water. This amount was enough for the team of 475 sailors and officers of the fresh water swimming for six months.
According to the records in the logbook, July 27, 1798 "Constitution" has departed from Boston, with a full team within a quantity of 475 sailors and officers, 184,000 liters of fresh water, 7.400 cores for guns, 5.300 kg of gunpowder and 300,000 (!) Liters of rum. The mission of the vessel: Dispose of British merchant ships.
October 6, 1798 the ship came to about. Jamaica, where the team is loaded on board the 375 kg of flour and 258.000 liters of rum.
November 12, 1798 the ship came to the Azores. The provision is supplemented vessel 250 kg of beef jerky, and 243,000 liters of Portuguese fortified wine.
November 18, 1798 the ship sailed to the shores of Albion. Along the way it has destroyed 5 British warships and 12 merchant ships were flooded, taking on board the only rum stocks from each of these courts.
January 26, 1799 on the "Constitution" ended gunpowder and cannonballs. Despite this, the ship has committed the night raid in the Bay of Firth of Clyde from the coast of Scotland. Landing party captured the factory and loaded on board the dawn 151.000 liters of whiskey. Then the ship sailed home.
February 20, 1799 "Constitution" returned no gunpowder, no nuclei, without food, without a drop of rum, whiskey or wine, but with 146,000 liters of stagnant fresh water!
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According to the records in the logbook, July 27, 1798 "Constitution" has departed from Boston, with a full team within a quantity of 475 sailors and officers, 184,000 liters of fresh water, 7.400 cores for guns, 5.300 kg of gunpowder and 300,000 (!) Liters of rum. The mission of the vessel: Dispose of British merchant ships.
October 6, 1798 the ship came to about. Jamaica, where the team is loaded on board the 375 kg of flour and 258.000 liters of rum.
November 12, 1798 the ship came to the Azores. The provision is supplemented vessel 250 kg of beef jerky, and 243,000 liters of Portuguese fortified wine.
November 18, 1798 the ship sailed to the shores of Albion. Along the way it has destroyed 5 British warships and 12 merchant ships were flooded, taking on board the only rum stocks from each of these courts.
January 26, 1799 on the "Constitution" ended gunpowder and cannonballs. Despite this, the ship has committed the night raid in the Bay of Firth of Clyde from the coast of Scotland. Landing party captured the factory and loaded on board the dawn 151.000 liters of whiskey. Then the ship sailed home.
February 20, 1799 "Constitution" returned no gunpowder, no nuclei, without food, without a drop of rum, whiskey or wine, but with 146,000 liters of stagnant fresh water!
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