Military Corporal Punishment

Redskinluver
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This sounds very much like a vivid imagination. As I recall, the British Navy abolished flogging in the 19th century. Hard to believe they would been authorizing any form of physical punishment in the 20th century


That's as maybe but all I did was link to articles and letter in respectable British Newspapers.

The truth is that caning in training ships was not abolished until 1967, the following link gives a brief history: https://www.hmsstvinassociation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Corporal-punishment- in-the-Royal-Navy-converted.pdf

Thanks for the link Firefly. Had no idea that corporal punishment in some form continued into well into the 20th century in the Royal Navy.
Know that it had a reputation for harshness and brutality. In fact,that played a part in the opposition to impressment of sailors from American ships that led to our War of 1812.
There is a flogging scene in the movie Two Years Before the Mast based on William Henry Dana's book of thesame title.