The closing comments add a crew-level qualification to the design critique. Accounts from sailors are described as generally positive, and the ships appear to have accumulated many memorable service stories. That reputation coexisted with uncomfortable living and working conditions because the crowded design gave little space to crew comfort. Affection for a ship and its service can survive serious complaints about habitability.
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Crew affection and austere habitability
Closing remarks describe generally happy crews and interesting service histories, tempered by a hull that gave little priority to sailor comfort.