Sailor Sunday
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The sailor Sunday is a seafaring tradition that on Thursday merchant ships and at sea as well as on land stationed members of each week by the crews of German Navy is followed. On this day there is a particularly good meal for the crews, comparable to a Sunday meal. This custom is documented z. B. in the Hamburg article letters of 1727 mentioned and regulated.
Origin and meaning
There are various explanations for the possible origin of the term, for example that sailing ships traditionally did not leave on a Friday and therefore relatively little work was to be done on the Thursday before, or that it arose from the need to prevent deficiency diseases on long sea voyages and therefore also be rich in vitamins on one day Food was spent. The term as well as the choice of the day of the week are said to be traced back to the old Norse tradition, in which Thor's Day (Thursday) is said to have been celebrated with an extensive meal.
At the German Navy, the tradition is now limited to the communal consumption of pastries or cakes in the masses divided into rank groups or together on the upper deck . On seagoing units, the beginning of the Sailor's Sunday usually coincides with the end of the daily duty, while the meal on land is integrated into the taking of the lunch.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Explanation on nauticarts
- ^ Marine ABC. Marinekameradschaft S46 Fuchs eV, archived from the original on January 21, 2010 ; Retrieved December 17, 2017 (naval alphabet on the page about a former speedboat).
- ↑ Post on mare.de ( Memento of 8 August 2007 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The "Sailor Sunday" as a naval tradition. Marine Press and Information Center, July 15, 2010, accessed on December 17, 2017 (explanation of terms on the German Navy website).