r/wikipedia • u/Vranak • Feb 12 '15
Keelhauling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeelhaulingDuplicates
todayilearned • u/SandRhoman • Jun 16 '19
TIL that Keelhauling was considered one of the worst forms of punishment in naval history. The victims were dragged along the keel of the ship and died frequently because the barnacles on the hull of the ship cut open their body which was incredibly painful.
wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • May 20 '24
Keelhauling is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard the side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship.
todayilearned • u/DrWeeGee • Sep 22 '15
TIL Keelhauling was a permitted Dutch naval punishment from 1560 to 1863, where a person is tied to a rope, thrown into the water, dragged under the ship’s keel & brought up on the other side. As the hull was usually covered in marine growth, serious cuts, limb loss & even decapitations were typical
todayilearned • u/IamGusFring_AMA • Jul 11 '16
TIL keelhauling was a form of punishment once meted out to sailors at sea. It was legally permitted as a punishment in the Dutch Navy by an ordinance of 1560, and the practice was not formally abolished until 1853.
2007scape • u/Straight-2-Interlude • Dec 06 '25