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Royal Navy hardtack during [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign was made by machine at the Royal Clarence Victualing Yard at [[Gosport]], [[Hampshire]], stamped with the Queen's mark and the number of the oven in which it was baked. When machinery was introduced into the process, the dough was thoroughly mixed and rolled into sheets about {{convert|2|yd|ft in cm|spell=in|0}} long and {{convert|1|yd|ft in cm|spell=in|0}} wide, which were then stamped in one stroke into about sixty hexagonal shaped biscuits. The hexagonal shape saved material and time and made them easier to pack compared to the traditional circular shaped biscuit.<ref name="rHcKE">''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge'' Vol III (1847), London, Charles Knight, p.354.</ref> Hardtack remained an important part of the Royal Navy sailor's diet until the introduction of [[canned food]]s; canned meat was first marketed in 1814, and preserved beef in tins was officially introduced to the Royal Navy rations in 1847.<ref name="RoyNavyMus">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheet_ship_biscuit.htm|title=Ship's Biscuits – Royal Navy hardtack|publisher=Royal Navy Museum|access-date=2010-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031064002/http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheet_ship_biscuit.htm|archive-date=2009-10-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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As early as the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898, some military hardtack was used by service members in etching or writing notes, often commemorating events or coined with phrases of the time.<ref name="cWr8G">{{cite web |url=http://www.bexleyhistory.org/veWebsite/exhibit2/e20002a.htm |title=Spanish American Hardtack |publisher=BexleyHistory.org |access-date=2023-03-11 |archive-date=2013-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201011737/http://www.bexleyhistory.org/veWebsite/exhibit2/e20002a.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="auct">{{cite web |url=https://www.horsesoldier.com/products/personal-items/cooking/35302 |title=INSCRIBED PIECE OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK|publisher=HorseSoldier.com |access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref>
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