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  • Summary for Clarissa Oakes
    ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' in [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], [[Stephen Maturin|Stephen]] re… Seven men [[Punishment aboard ship|flogged]] - Clarissa tells Stephen she was often raped - for her, kindness…
    4 KB (611 words) - 01:39, 12 November 2007
  • Desolation Island (place)
    …nd]]'' as a refuge where [[Jack Aubrey]] manages to bring ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]'' to be repaired. It strongly resembles [[Kerguelen Island]…
    546 B (82 words) - 14:28, 10 June 2007
  • Ringle
    …than a square-rigged ship. She is used by Aubrey as a tender to his 74-gun ship ''[[HMS Bellona]]'' in ''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]'' and ''[…
    1 KB (204 words) - 23:27, 2 October 2015
  • Royal Navy ranks
    … Rear Admiral's uniform. A Commodore of the second rank had to command the ship as well as the squadron. Commodores flew a broad pennant. |The commander of a "post ship", this was at least a [[rate|sixth rate]], carrying between 20-28 guns.
    6 KB (1003 words) - 19:35, 4 May 2008
  • Letter of marque (document)
    …reluctantly accepts a letter of marque in order to captain [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]] (now owned by [[Stephen Maturin|Stephen]]) in order to con…
    1 KB (243 words) - 02:41, 23 June 2007
  • Post Captain (rank)
    …' of a ship of war is the commanding officer of a ship, [[galley]], [[fire ship]] or the like. This officer ranks with a [[colonel]] in the land-service.…
    305 B (43 words) - 03:15, 18 November 2007
  • US frigate Chesapeake
    …l six frigates that was not constructed under Humphreys' supervision. The ship's construction at Norfolk was instead supervised by Humphreys' former frie… …he was forced to strike colors to the British fourth-rate ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|HMS Leopard]]'' after ''Leopard'' had fired into her while enforcing a se…
    9 KB (1427 words) - 15:48, 28 February 2012
  • Summary for The Wine-Dark Sea
    guns - ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' loses [[mast]], Reade overboard - ''Franklin'' out of sight …
    5 KB (812 words) - 16:38, 5 April 2008
  • Summary for The Yellow Admiral
    …- [[Royal Society]] Club - Chileans come to the Grapes - ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' to go to Chile while peace lasts - will take the women and c…
    5 KB (807 words) - 03:40, 12 April 2008
  • Summary for HMS Surprise
    takes store-ship ''Dromadaire'' instead - Chinese and Malay ex-pirate hands …in [[Lexicon:Bath|Bath]] - Sir Joseph suggests voyage of ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' with Stanhope to [[Kampong]] - Jack released to the Grapes -…
    5 KB (828 words) - 01:34, 12 November 2007
  • Summary for Post Captain
    …n disappears when he is forced to repay the [[prize money]] for a merchant ship which has been deemed an unlawful capture and his prize-agent absconds wit… …tar, Jack and Stephen take passage aboard an East India Company ship. The ship is captured by the privateer ''Bellone'', but a British squadron overtakes…
    13 KB (2072 words) - 07:10, 12 November 2010
  • Summary for The Thirteen-Gun Salute
    ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' sails from [[Shelmerston]] for [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] as [[p… Lightening ship etc - guns overboard - cable parts -
    6 KB (916 words) - 19:35, 5 May 2008
  • Summary for The Letter of Marque
    Storm, ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' almost overwhelmed - Jack covered with blood - [[schooner]] … poor old ''[[HMS Leopard (ship)|Leopard]]'' - dirty, unhappy ship - reflects on opera,
    6 KB (994 words) - 03:41, 12 April 2008
  • Summary for Treason's Harbour
    … Pullings|Pullings]] made [[Master and Commander (rank)|commander]] but no ship - [[Stephen Maturin|Stephen]] and [[Ebenezer Graham|Graham]] discuss Rouss… … - diving bell carried on [[camel]]s - Hairabedian stung by [[scorpion]] - ship ready but Turks missing, days' delay - Turks in no hurry, but galvanized
    6 KB (1024 words) - 18:49, 13 May 2008
  • Punishment aboard ship
    There were a number of traditional '''punishments aboard ship''' which could be administered by the captain under [[Articles of War#Arti… …der was dragged under the hull. This was usually done from one side of the ship to the other and could be repeated one or more times. It was not usually f…
    2 KB (293 words) - 20:17, 8 July 2007
  • Summary for The Far Side of the World
    Equipping ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|Surprise]]'' for Pacific, many interruptions - [[Heneage Dundas|Dundas]] … …ts Stephen for [[Lexicon:Impotence|impotence]] - Nagel [[Punishment aboard ship|flogged]] for insubordination - Stephen [[Lexicon:Bleeding, blooding, bloo…
    7 KB (1029 words) - 05:44, 16 January 2009
  • Summary for The Mauritius Command
    …aptain Golovnin and McAdam - [[Barret Bonden|Bonden]], [[Punishment aboard ship|flogged]] in ''Néréide'', [[Preserved Killick|Killick]] - Cl… ''Boadicea'' looks in at Ile de la Passe - store ship
    4 KB (624 words) - 23:30, 16 March 2010
  • HMS Shannon
    …nored the heroism of Captain Lawrence, whose last order,"Don't give up the ship!" has become one of the most famous phrases in the US Navy. …s in boarding the ''Chesapeake'' while Maturin treats the injured with the ship's surgeon. She sails into [[Halifax]] along with her prize, ''Chesapeake''…
    2 KB (379 words) - 15:24, 24 January 2019
  • Carronade
    …line]], where they would give extra weight of firepower without making the ship top-heavy. ''E.g.'', the ''[[HMS Victory|Victory]]'' carried two 68-pounde…
    5 KB (788 words) - 10:04, 24 November 2010
  • Brig
    …at the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813, ''[[HMS Queen Charlotte]]'', a 400-ton ship, was taken by the US Brig ''Niagara'' of 480 tons.<ref>Roosevelt, Theodore…
    762 B (123 words) - 14:37, 1 February 2009

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