Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

Son of a gun

When in port, and with the crew restricted to the ship for any extended period of time, wives and ladies of easy virtue often were allowed to live aboard along with the crew. Infrequently, but not uncommonly, children were born aboard, and a convenient place for this was between guns on the gun deck.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01