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That bottle is well guarded at the Maritime Museum.
But the "tragic" day came on March 30, 1972...
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It's a tradition almost as old as the navy itself. Every day for the last 300 years, sailors looked forward to hearing the call of the bosun's pipe to "up spirits," when they would receive their ration of rum.
But by 1972, there's no room for a drunken sailor in the modern Canadian navy.
The ancient rite is given a burial at sea.
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