Talk:Prize money

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yes, I know this looks like a dictionary entry. Still, the topic of prize money in the Royal Navy (AKA Nelson's Navy) has more than enough meat to fill out an article.

  • When was prize money instituted?
  • What were the portions.
  • When (if ever) did the portions change?
  • When did the practice of prize money come to an end?
  • Under what conditions was prize money awarded?
  • largest awards of prize money
  • cases in which prize money could have been awarded but was not.
  • what other contries besides England used prize money to reward and motivate their navies?

Funkyj 03:04, 2004 Sep 13 (UTC)

If 2/8 goes to the capitains and 1/8 to the crew, what hapens to the other 5/8 of the prize money? Shouldn't then not be 2/3 and 1/3?