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- Template:Fact <sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources {{#if:{{{dat…207 B (24 words) - 20:45, 8 July 2007
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- WikiPOBia:Explanation You can edit my words to make them clearer. You could find an error of fact in an article and correct it instead of merely fuming at the ignorance of …2 KB (278 words) - 22:29, 3 June 2007
- WikiPOBia:Copyrights …ons of copyright law may do so, provided their use of these images does in fact constitute fair use. In cases where the use of the image is legitimate und…11 KB (1749 words) - 04:36, 12 November 2007
- 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey …folk'' carried 32-pounders; this may be a deliberate change, based on the fact that an old ship could be seriously damaged by the recoil of very heavy fi… Another motif which is tantalisingly hinted at, but never in fact developed, is [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]. On 106 Lord Leyton instru…14 KB (2348 words) - 09:34, 24 November 2010
- Blue at the Mizzen …tion with the idea of conflicting powers around and behind the throne; in fact [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] and [[San Martín]] (here represented as O'Higgins'… …chal to weigh anchor for their annual trading voyages? It is a historical fact that the summer of 1816 was a particularly poor one; is there perhaps a su…11 KB (1805 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
- The Unknown Shore …and his replacement by Toby. This foreshadows the treatment of historical fact in ''[[The Mauritius Command]]'', where [[Jack Aubrey]] simply steps into …10 KB (1542 words) - 09:33, 24 November 2010
- Stephen Maturin … FitzGerald whose members Maturin often addresses as "cousin". Despite the fact that his parents were never married, he seems to have been given many of t… …sued his medical education in [[Paris]] under the name Étienne Domanova,{{fact}} but goes by Maturin throughout the canon.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wi…4 KB (562 words) - 15:25, 3 August 2011
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World …a [[Post Captain (rank)|post-captain]] could command a [[frigate]], and in fact Jack's uniform, with its two epaulettes, indicates that he not only holds … …elve lashes rather than the twenty-four in the book. This may reflect the fact that the cinematic Nagel is a good and willing seaman apart from his tende…7 KB (1175 words) - 21:26, 17 April 2008
- Summary for Desolation Island …n in the Service as "the horrible old Leopard," Aubrey's new command is in fact adamantly defended by her new captain as having been greatly improved by b…5 KB (810 words) - 11:42, 5 January 2009
- HMS Shannon …n'' blockaded the harbor, and sent Captain Lawrence a formal challenge. In fact, the ''Chesapeake'' set sail before Lawrence received the letter. On June …2 KB (379 words) - 15:24, 24 January 2019
- Carronade …under carronades without overstraining either her timbers or her crew. In fact, increasing the broadside-weight of small vessels was probably the most co…5 KB (788 words) - 10:04, 24 November 2010
- HMS Surprise (ship) …els might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-gun frigate on the other. In fact her main deck was pierced for 24 guns, while the [[quarter deck]] carried … …eases her to the [[Royal Navy|Navy]], ostensibly as a survey vessel but in fact to carry Stephen to [[South America]] for secret dealings with anti-Spanis…11 KB (1769 words) - 19:21, 30 May 2011
- Nelson Chequer …".<ref>The words of [[Jack Nastyface]], a seaman who fought at Trafalgar {{fact}}</ref> After Trafalgar, all vessels in the Royal Navy generally sported t…1 KB (173 words) - 09:26, 24 November 2010
- Scurvy …. In the [[Aubreyad]], [[Stephen Maturin|Dr. Maturin]] often points to the fact that wounds otherwise healing have begun to separate as the greater threat…840 B (139 words) - 15:00, 11 November 2007
- Weigh …two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring to the fact that the full weight of the suspended anchor is felt or measured by the fa…6 KB (1030 words) - 09:32, 24 November 2010
- Yellow fever *"WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet". World Health Organization. December 2001. 3 Oct 2007 <http://www.w…2 KB (302 words) - 23:32, 11 November 2007
- Joseph Blaine …aine works at the Admiralty, he apparently bears no official title, and in fact both he and his effective position seem to be O'Brian's invention.2 KB (285 words) - 20:34, 16 August 2010
- WikiPOBia:Guide for the Perplexed …ll 'foreign looking' words that you cannot find here in 'Perplexed' are in fact archaic English and can thus be found in decent dictionaries7 KB (1133 words) - 20:25, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Ipso facto <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">by that fact itself</td>2 KB (254 words) - 05:25, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Patoo-patoo … the journals of Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks, though it may in fact refer to the material out of which the club was made, a dense hardwood fro…2 KB (315 words) - 05:39, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Swiving Monachorum …eft; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">a convincing-looking English placename, but in fact meaning 'Fucking of the Monks'</td>2 KB (298 words) - 06:08, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Tromba marina In fact, not any sort of trumpet at all, but a stringed instrument. The origin of …2 KB (308 words) - 06:15, 13 November 2007
- Lexicon:Upas tree …, falling asleep under a upas tree was fatal. This probably arose from the fact that the latex from the upas tree in Java (Antiaris toxicaria) was used by…2 KB (250 words) - 14:17, 13 November 2007
- Transcription for 21 In fact, although the operation went perfectly well, the man17 KB (3054 words) - 03:01, 12 November 2007
- Master and Commander (rank) The rank developed in the late seventeenth century and derives from the fact that, originally, such an officer was required to function as his own [[Sa… … vessel - was addressed and referred to as 'Captain [surname]' despite the fact that he was not strictly a [post] captain.2 KB (333 words) - 02:31, 13 April 2008
- Prize money …ering prize money as commander of ''[[HMS Sophie]]''. He also deplores the fact that captains have lost part of their share to the admiral.2 KB (319 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
- Forty Thieves …r]]'' is depicted as an old and worn-out member of the "Forty Thieves", in fact the first of the class was not launched until 1809, so the ''Worcester'' o…1 KB (232 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2010
- In this Month - June …''': [[Jack Aubrey]] attends funeral of [[James Lawrence]] (in historical fact, however, Lawrence was buried on June 8, two days after the ''Shannon'' re…2 KB (309 words) - 15:13, 15 January 2009
- Holystone The name is thought to derive from the fact that such scrubbing is done by hand, requiring a seaman to kneel; thus, th…1 KB (245 words) - 16:14, 2 May 2010
- Charles Douglas …862) where it says she was married to Admiral Sir Charles Douglas when, in fact, she was the wife of Admiral Sir James Douglas.[http://books.google.com/bo…8 KB (1261 words) - 09:29, 24 November 2010
- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand …cular coach and six should come by; yet though extremely unlikely it is a fact. And the glabrous face within belongs to Monsieur de Talleyrand-Périgord…5 KB (835 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2010
- HMS Raisonable …unable to sustain a full broadside; this is in accord with the historical fact that she had not been refitted since 1802 and had had no major repair sinc…2 KB (290 words) - 13:44, 19 March 2010
- Gedymin Jagiello …y innocent, the rumors of their affair were false, and that Jagiello is in fact engaged to be married to a young Swedish woman.3 KB (424 words) - 06:19, 28 August 2011
- The Ships of Jack Aubrey … as being the former "''Vencejo''" - an alternative spelling - although in fact the ''Vincejo'' kept its original name while serving in the Royal Navy unt… …ibed as having served for a considerable period in the East Indies when in fact the ''Lively'' was launched and commissioned in 1804, the same year when J…43 KB (6674 words) - 00:31, 2 January 2014
- The Ships of Jack Aubrey - HMS Surprise …lities but because she was part of his youth – quite apart from the fact that he had commanded her in the Indian Ocean, where she had behaved quite…3 KB (462 words) - 02:42, 2 January 2014
