The Guardian · uk

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln had it a lot easier than Nelson’s crews | Letters

American sailors who were at sea for 286 days really have nothing to complain about, insists Chris Hardy You report (4 September) that sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln spent a “record uninterrupted 286 days at sea”.…

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.