Meat butter and other perishables were kept as cold as was possible in the meatsafe. Sometimes my mother would place a basin of cold water in there too to keep things chilled.
It sounds as if the meatsafe on a small ship was basically the same sort of metal cupboard, located where it was as chilly as possible.
I'm reading the classic "British Destroyers" by Edgar J. March. There are a number of references in the early pages to a "meat safe", e.g., in photo 3/2 of T.B.81, where it appears to be a box hanging from an overhead line at the stern. I can make some guesses, but does anyone have a definitive answer as to what a meat safe is?
I also notice references to an "earth closet" pointed out in several of the photos, but I think I can guess what that is.
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