https://ift.tt/UE0Mtxj Tots being issued on HMS Achilles 1990 Black Tot Day takes place in the Royal New Zealand Navy with the ending of the traditional rum ration that the Royal Navy started in 1740. Other navies which abandoned the practice were the Royal Australian Navy in 1921, the Royal Navy in 1970, and the RoyalContinue reading “ON THIS DAY FEBRUARY 27, 1990 Black Tot Day takes place in the Royal New Zealand Navy”