The “Press Gang” Alexander Johnston (1815-1891)
Alexander Johnston – The “Press Gang”
Impressment, “the press” or the “press gang”, refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice. It was used by the Royal Navy, beginning in 1664 and during the 18th and early 19th centuries, in wartime, as a means of crewing warships, although legal sanction for the practice goes back to the time of Edward I of England.
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Painter: Alexander Johnston
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