ON-BOARD EXHIBITION

Built in Marmaris, Turkey, and launched in 1997, this ship is the result of Mike Turk's life long ambition to build and operate a representative vessel of the Nelson era. The Grand Turk has already become famous for her starring role in the major television series 'HORNBLOWER'.

Now based in St Katharine Docks, London, the ship is open for visitors 7 days a week and features an on-board exhibition illustrating what life was like in Nelson's navy.

The on-board exhibition includes:

		Swivel guns, pistols, swords and dirks. find out about hand-to-hand combat in the 17th century.
		Woe betide anyone caught 'on the fiddle'. Flogging and leg irons were just some of the punishments 'lashed' out.
		What was day-to-day life like for the officers and crew. Sling a hammock and find out.
		Just how did these great ships find their way around the globe. Take a look at the navigation displays and find out.
		Three square meals a day, a jar of grog and as many weevils as you can eat. Feeling hungry?
		Medical aid on-board ship could be as damaging to your health as war. Burial at sea was common.
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