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  • WikiPOBia:FAQ
    … [http://www.hmssurprise.org The Gunroom] mailing list who volunteer their time to keeping the wiki software up to date and other technical aspects of run…
    3 KB (484 words) - 00:31, 7 June 2007
  • Summary for Blue at the Mizzen
    …ater, breakfasting with Jacob, he comments on Jack's growing unease as the time draws near when his prospects of an admiral’s flag must be settled for g… …vy and Jack as his subordinate. Stephen soothes their rising tempers. In time Jack and Sir David learn to work together and set about training a cadre o…
    7 KB (1131 words) - 17:22, 31 January 2009
  • Edward Pellew
    …the ''Nymphe'', a 36-gun frigate which he fitted out in a remarkably short time. Having difficulty in manning her, he enlisted eighty Cornish miners. With… …early in ''[[The Hundred Days]]'', but he becomes [[Lord Barmouth]] by the time he appears in the story.
    7 KB (1190 words) - 14:42, 14 July 2009
  • WikiPOBia:Lexicon project
    …] which was compiled by ??? (I'm sorry I can't remember and I'm rushed for time at the moment. Adding these to the WikiPOBia Lexicon would be a valuable a…
    5 KB (885 words) - 16:23, 1 March 2009
  • Stopper
    … ''[[La Flèche]]'' disliked having their doctor "in the [[galley]] at any time, since it stood to reason that he clapped a stopper on any kind of free co…
    2 KB (406 words) - 14:57, 22 November 2010
  • Royal Navy ranks
    …''ranks of the Royal Navy''' have become the model for many navies. By the time of [[Jack Aubrey]] they were established and only minor changes have been …
    6 KB (1003 words) - 19:35, 4 May 2008
  • Template:EB
    …g and grammar use. This is what an educated person of Aubrey and Maturin's time would have known)
    372 B (56 words) - 05:53, 16 January 2009
  • Ireland
    Politically, at the time of the Canon, the Kingdom of Ireland had just been united with the Kingdom… At the time of the Canon, the peasant population of Ireland was mostly dependent on sm…
    2 KB (302 words) - 21:29, 16 June 2007
  • Laudanum
    …geon's Mate]], laudanum is described as, "a powerful opiate whose abuse in time of emotional stress had very nearly put an end to [[Stephen Maturin|Stephe…
    2 KB (341 words) - 14:46, 14 November 2007
  • Midshipman
    …nd command presence as possible until he became old enough with sufficient time to be examined for [[Lieutenant]].
    1 KB (182 words) - 03:09, 18 November 2007
  • US frigate Chesapeake
    …efix, however, was not an official Naval practice until 1907. Before that time, the U.S. Navy and other officials referred to Naval vessels with a variet… …the humiliating attack. ''Chesapeake'' had not been cleared for action in time for her guns to be prepared to return hostile fire. The ship's weaponry w…
    9 KB (1427 words) - 15:48, 28 February 2012
  • Summary for Post Captain
    …e, Jack is assigned to escort convoys up and down the channel. During this time, he gets a reputation for lingering in port as he carries on an affair wit… …tenant Parker. Stephen overhears their plans and goes to Jack - the first time they have spoken since the challenge. Forewarned, Jack quashes the mutiny…
    13 KB (2072 words) - 07:10, 12 November 2010
  • Summary for The Thirteen-Gun Salute
    …whale]] - chess with Fox - towing with other boats - wind rises in nick of time - Jack regrets ''Surprise'' - [[midshipman|midshipmen's]] journals - dinne…
    6 KB (916 words) - 19:35, 5 May 2008
  • Summary for The Letter of Marque
    …oubts about [[William Babbington|Babbington]], will he hold back? - happy time rehearsing - Adi, captain's cook, Satanist - Padeen growing addicted - Ste…
    6 KB (994 words) - 03:41, 12 April 2008
  • Summary for The Far Side of the World
    …k'' - war over, they say - he willing to trepan - Stephen recovers just in time - disagreement with Captain Palmer - ''[[HMS Hermione|Hermione]]'' [[deser…
    7 KB (1029 words) - 05:44, 16 January 2009
  • HMS Surprise (ship)
    …table; and the record (also cited by Lavery) of the ship's fittings at the time of sale in 1802 seems consistent with this, all the spars being appropriat… … ''L'Unité'', designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait who was at one time Minister of Marine under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]. Captured by HMS…
    11 KB (1769 words) - 19:21, 30 May 2011
  • Summary for 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
    …ore long Jack goes aboard his flagship, the ''Suffolk'', and for the first time hoists his flag. His first meeting with his superior is uneasy; Leyton …
    4 KB (658 words) - 01:23, 12 November 2007
  • User:Jblumel
    Well, this is my user page, but I don't really have time to do much with it right now.
    86 B (19 words) - 19:16, 23 June 2007
  • Nelson Chequer
    …of other navies, including some ships of the [[United States Navy]] by the time of the [[War of 1812]].
    1 KB (173 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2010
  • Scurvy
    …great problem in the [[Royal Navy]] and for all ocean-going vessels of the time. Lack of Vitamin C causes the body to not produce collagen. While the most…
    840 B (139 words) - 15:00, 11 November 2007

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