HMS Acasta: Images

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Monday, January 27

Monday, January 20

Monday, July 29

The Acasta website you’re reading this on right now has served us well over the years since the founding of the unit in 2011. It’s allowed people to find us who might not otherwise have known we existed, it’s been a great place to post event and project photos, and it’s been the perfect spot for our Royal Naval research and historical fiction posts.

But online trends change over time and so must we. People have moved away from blogs in favor of more visual forms of social networking. Viewership and follower interaction on the Acasta site has decreased over the years as people moved away from the blog format to partake of their media in other places.

Therefore, instead of posting daily, the Acasta site will now have posts on Mondays, with the main emphasis being to shift more of our effort toward our Instagram page. Instagram is one of the top platforms for engagement. It’s an easy, friendly way to participate in the Acasta’s adventures! Likes and comments on the Acasta’s IG page are a SNAP!

Our goal with the Acasta Instagram is for each image to serve as a little window in time. As if the viewer is looking through to the War of 1812. Our standards are high, and we strive to bring you the best of the images from the many events we attend throughout the years.

Come follow us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/hms_acasta

Wednesday, June 5

What a Bosun Wears

'Sailors Carousing' 1802 by Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)

Bo'sun?

And the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do hereby further give Notice, that the Uniform directed, in pursuance of His Majesty's Order on the 17th November 1787, to be worn by the Warrant Officers of His Majesty's Fleet, viz. Blue Cloth Coat, with Blue Lappels and round Cuffs, fall down Collar, Three Buttons to the Pocket and Cuff, white lining, but not edged with white; Button with an Anchor, same as the Captain's former one; white Cloth Waistcoat and Breeches. Shall be worn only by Gunners, Boatswains and Carpenters; and the subordinate classes of Warrant Officers shall not be allowed to wear Lappels.

From the Admiralty Rules, 1807

It it generally believed that the seated fellow visible at the left through the doorway/window in the Ibbetson painting above, is a Bo'sun given his mode of dress and the chain about his neck. See enlargement detail.