"Joe Bemier"
First, a little history lesson:
snip other good information:

By: Michael Ochoa
This was a very important issue as splintering wood
was the chief cause of casualties among naval warfare in the
eighteenth century.

All the other information is more or less correct. However, disease killed
more sailors than all of the naval battles. If disease didn't get them,
infections, many from splinters, would also take a large toll. Deaths from
actual battles were the least of their worries.

Dave



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