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In the age of sail, arming or victualling a war ship, or war vessel had the meaning of equipping the ships with all the materials to navigate and the "victuals" necessary for the crew to subsist. So, in addition to the rigging (masts, sails and ropes), the victualler (or sutler ) should supply water and provisions and, eventually, cannons ...
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The Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy, often called the Victualling Commissioners or Victualling Board, was the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy.
The Victualling Department originally known as the Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services or the Victualling Office, [1] also known as the Department of the Director of Victualling was the British Admiralty department responsible for civil administration of Victualling Yards and the storing and supply of Naval Victuals for the Royal Navy from 1832 to 1964.
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It represents self-employed licensees of public houses (pubs) in the UK, and local Licensed Victuallers Associations. The landlord of a pub is known as a Licensed Victualler, the derivation is from a victualler of goods.
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