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A seaman's chest is a wooden chest which was commonly used by sailors to store personal belongings. They are also known as sea chests , not to be confused with the recesses found in the hull of certain ships.
8 lip 2015 · The sea chest is a common piece of material culture seen among stereotypes of pirates and sailors in the Age of Sail. Many people imagine a variety of items locked away within these chests, from fascinating tools of the seafaring trades to treasure plundered during many adventures at sea.
17 kwi 2015 · On the ship’s maiden voyage in 1870, AB Robert Fisher died of dysentery and an inventory of his effects gives an idea of the typical belongings of a seamen: "One chest, one suit blue flannel, one pair cloth trousers, one cloth vest, one pair drawers, one singlet, two pairs cotton trousers, two pairs socks, one pair stockings,….one pair ...
The few sea chests that still exist today date from the 19th century. However, there is evidence that the Vikings already used them. Probably the oldest surviving sea chest dates back to 1693 and was tracked down by Barrot in Finland.
Sailor's Sea Chest. Dating to the 1790s, this sailor’s sea chest would have been one of the owner’s most important possessions. The crew on sailing ships typically owned little property—perhaps only what would fit into a chest like this one.
Oral family history states that he brought this wooden chest with him on board the convict transport FRIENDSHIP in 1787. The chest features dove-tail joints and shaped blocks of wood at each end for rope handles to pass through.
The sea chest provides an intake reservoir from which piping systems draw raw water. Most sea chests are protected by removable gratings, and contain baffle plates to dampen the effects of vessel speed or sea state. The intake size of sea chests varies from less than 10 cm 2 to several square metres. [1]
