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>There are many data about the composition of the >British SOLs'crews (and some complete lists of their >crew, as in Trafalgar). >But I want to know the composition of the crew of some >very lesser important vessels, as the Royal Navy >schooners and the transports. >I know neither of them was a post ship and then they >were probably commanded by a lieutenant (commander). I >think they (at least the schooners) don't have a >master (as her "captain" was both master and >commander) and they don't have schoolteachers, >chaplains and other sunctuary men. >I think that some transports may perhaps have their >old crew, but I want to know if this is or not a >commun practice (and how many extra men -if any- were >allowed to strenghten the crew). >I also know that probably there never was a standart >(or some standart) "schooner's crew" or "transport's >crew" and that the range of schooners is very wide and >that of transports perhaps wider. >But I'll be very happy to know the detailed >composition, from the commander to the last landsman >or boy, of the crew of any schooner or transport >between 1776 and 1815 (of course, I want to know also >the name of the vessel, the year and her guns). >Many thanks >Gerardo

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