Because of a lack of vitamins & minerals that come from fruits while at sea. Obviously, fruits aren't available at sea, a dried fruits lose some of their nutrition value. Scurvy is caused specifically by a lack of vitamin C.
Vitamin C deficiency. It was solved by sailors bringing limes with them on their trips, which is why sailors were called "limeys".
A lack of vitamin C in their diet.
British sailors were issued lime juice as a remedy for scurvy.
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The Royal Navy fed it's sailors limes in the days of sail when voyages took much longer and refridgerators etc were not around to prevent scurvy.
They were called limeys (short for lime juicer). To prevent scurvy, fresh lime juice was used on British warships.
Cook famously circumnavigated the World without losing a single man from Scurvy.
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Sailors ate Sauerkraut to prevent scurvy because it was high in vitamin C and a lack of vitamin C can cause scurvy
No none of the sailors on the Mary Rose had scurvy. Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage and her crew were not at sea long enough to get it.
James Lind noticed that Dutch sailors who consumed oranges and lemons did not develop scurvy, while those who did not consume these citrus fruits suffered from the disease. This observation led Lind to conduct the first clinical trial on scurvy and he concluded that citrus fruits were effective in preventing and treating the disease.
British sailors were issued lime juice as a remedy for scurvy.
sailers in the 1400s suffered from scurvy because of the lack of vitman C.x
scurvy, black death or food poisoning
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'You scurvy dog(s)!' '...when the ship was struck with scurvy...' (Meaning the disease which comes about with a lack of fruit in the diet. Usually happened to sailors.)
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No. Scurvy is caused by vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency. The sailors used to get it at sea when they didn't have adequate vitamin C in their diets. The English caught onto this and their sailors brought limes which they sucked on. This solved the problem of scurvy and earned the sailors (and other people), of the then world-dominating, imperialistic country, the name "limeys".