Hi again Jeff,

The only reason why I knew was due to my curiosity about rum rations after talking to a RN submarine sailor when my boat visited the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth back in the 1980s. A debate broke out between older and younger RN sailors of which was better the beer or the rum.

Tom Rux

> On 07/27/2020 2:52 PM Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:42:53 -0700 (PDT), Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net>
> wrote:
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> >The USN abolished the rum ration in 1862. The RN substituted beer for rum
> >rations in 1970. The RAN apparently did not have rum rations unless they
> >were onboard a RN ship and that was revoked in 1921. The RCN abolished rum
> >rations in 1972 and the RNZN held out until 1990.
>
> I stand (sit) corrected; I should know better than to believe the Intarwebz
> unreservedly on _any_ subject, not just political ones... :)
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