How news of recent battles circulated through a navy

How much would a ship's crew know about other recent naval battles?

Officers and chiefs would usually know more through professional connections, while junior and newly joined sailors might receive much less detail.

Knowledge of another ship's battle experience did not reach every person in a navy equally. Officers and chiefs would know more because their professional connections carried reports and informal accounts across ships. Junior or recently joined sailors were less likely to have those networks and might know only the broader story. Institutional learning depends on social links as well as formal orders and reports. A navy can possess a lesson centrally without every crew member receiving it at the same speed or level of detail.