“This drawing gives a splendid idea of the hugeness of the task of keeping a warship fighting trim. It represents the food for the officers and the men only. The food for the guns is, of course, another very big item”
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Source: “The Great War” Ed. Wilson/Hammerton (Amalgamated Press, 1918) via Forgotten Infographics https://www.forgotteninfographics.com/new-blog/provisioning-a-warship
Looking at the turret layout, the warships look to be early St Vincent-class or Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships.
And that is a LOT of prunes…
