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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 7903481" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>there were no permanent crews in Medieval/Renaiisance times and even no standing navies until the wide use of canons became a thing. Instead ship owners would hire a captain who would then muster a crew. Sometimes these captains had there own small crew (most ships can be handled with as few as 10 men), other times they would go to the docks/bars hire crewman and at other times random men would crimped (forcibly kidnapped or tricked onboard), which became a common practice of the British Navy Press gangs and also became commercially viable with the rise of boarding masters - men whose job was to find crews for ships.</p><p>It was difficult to find skilled crewman and so maritime law made ships contracts watertight, the captains word was law and jumping ship a crime punishable by imprisonment.</p><p></p><p>Anyway most crew should be unskilled with a smaller number of skilled officers (Captain, Boatswain, Pilot, Navigator etc). Youd also need to hire marines for defence.</p><p></p><p>Also for Pirates/Privateers and sometimes Merchant ships, skilled crew were offered a share of profits rather than being directly paid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 7903481, member: 1125"] there were no permanent crews in Medieval/Renaiisance times and even no standing navies until the wide use of canons became a thing. Instead ship owners would hire a captain who would then muster a crew. Sometimes these captains had there own small crew (most ships can be handled with as few as 10 men), other times they would go to the docks/bars hire crewman and at other times random men would crimped (forcibly kidnapped or tricked onboard), which became a common practice of the British Navy Press gangs and also became commercially viable with the rise of boarding masters - men whose job was to find crews for ships. It was difficult to find skilled crewman and so maritime law made ships contracts watertight, the captains word was law and jumping ship a crime punishable by imprisonment. Anyway most crew should be unskilled with a smaller number of skilled officers (Captain, Boatswain, Pilot, Navigator etc). Youd also need to hire marines for defence. Also for Pirates/Privateers and sometimes Merchant ships, skilled crew were offered a share of profits rather than being directly paid. [/QUOTE]
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