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  • WikiPOBia:Rules and guidelines
    …ion in such a way as to let the reader make up his own mind. This does not mean that you have to write a neutral article trying to balance good and bad as… Definitions of naval terms, foreign languages, and slang of the time
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  • WikiPOBia:Copyrights
    …censing terms of articles, images and other content are established at the time of submission by the copyright owner(s) and only the copyright owner(s) …
    11 KB (1749 words) - 04:36, 12 November 2007
  • WikiPOBia:Style Manual
    …as possible in the article — preferably in the first sentence. The first time the title is mentioned in the article, put it in bold using three apostrop… May places have changed their names since Jack Aubrey's time. In WikiPOBia, the convention is to use the names used in the [[Aubrey-Mat…
    17 KB (2715 words) - 00:35, 11 January 2009
  • WikiPOBia:Image Help
    …e file. Press the "Upload" button to finish the upload. This may take some time if you have a slow Internet connection. …ady exists on the wiki, it will be replaced without warning. So unless you mean to update a file, it's a good idea to first check if such a file exists.
    3 KB (516 words) - 04:32, 12 November 2007
  • WikiPOBia:User page
    see what contributions you have made at {{SITENAME}} over time.
    10 KB (1696 words) - 20:36, 29 April 2008
  • Summary for Master and Commander
    Aubrey has a busy time improving the ship's rig and guns and learning the capabilities of his new…
    3 KB (441 words) - 18:47, 13 May 2008
  • WikiPOBia:Spoiler warnings
    …acters that diminish the experience of reading a book or story for a first time reader. Although spoilers are inevitable in a work like {{SITENAME}}, cont…
    9 KB (1363 words) - 04:34, 12 November 2007
  • 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
    …a sudden flurry [?] of hail 3.xii.99". After this point O'Brian still had time to proceed some way further in Chapter 3 and to type out the greater part … …ent of Stephen. Until now, being in Stephen's presence for any length of time has always implied sharing in his thoughts; he may be writing to [[Diana …
    14 KB (2348 words) - 09:34, 24 November 2010
  • The Letter of Marque (novel)
    * Bringing oneself to accept help in a time of crisis
    4 KB (710 words) - 02:39, 24 February 2009
  • The Yellow Admiral (novel)
    …iage, the loss of his fortune, and the end of his naval career at the same time. His ship, ''[[HMS Bellona]]'', is part of the Brest blockade squadron c…
    2 KB (394 words) - 01:13, 12 November 2007
  • Blue at the Mizzen
    '''Time''' Summer 1816-early 1817. … founded on fact, although O’Brian seems to have brought them forward in time, partly no doubt to provide a plausible reason for Jack's ultimatum in cha…
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  • Patrick O'Brian
    …with some property of her own. She took kindly to Patrick, who spent some time with her at a handsome old house near Worcester which she owned; its name… …dness on this endeavour and arranged for its publication in 1930; by this time he had the boy living with him as a kind of laboratory assistant. A short…
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  • The Unknown Shore
    ''Time'' July 1740-February 1745. …nature (Captain Cheap, although he mellows at the last, is for most of the time a paradigm of petty tyranny and selfishness, far removed from the benevole…
    10 KB (1542 words) - 09:33, 24 November 2010
  • Jack Aubrey
    …nate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William C… …a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], in which "the squadron stormed the Camaret ba…
    21 KB (3045 words) - 15:57, 30 December 2013
  • Stephen Maturin
    …use in Port Mahon, elbowing a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] who can't beat time correctly. He is described to the reader as a, "small, dark, white-faced c… …ork, NY 10110: p. 29</ref> In Paris he qualified as a doctor, at about the time of the [[French Revolution]].
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  • WikiPOBia:Privacy policy
    Every time you visit a web page, you send a lot of information to the web server. Mos… You can remove your email address from your preferences at any time to prevent it being used.
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  • Articles of War
    …ember, 1749, the articles herein following, as well in time of peace as in time of war, shall be duly observed and put in execution, in manner herein afte… …f any superior officer being acquainted therewith, shall not in convenient time reveal the same to the commander in chief of the [[squadron]], every such …
    20 KB (3467 words) - 09:31, 24 November 2010
  • Sidney Smith
    …r his burning of the fleet at Toulon. As Smith had been on half pay at the time, the French considered that he was not an official combatant. …ards the civilian population, which was not uncommon in the context of the time, and the massacre of captured Turkish soldiers whom he was unable to take …
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  • United Kingdom
    …ven to the state covering the majority of the [[British Isles]] during the time period of the [[Aubrey-Maturin series]]. It consisted of the kingdoms of […
    732 B (110 words) - 20:40, 3 June 2007
  • British Isles
    …other islands of various sizes associated with these two main ones. At the time of the [[Aubrey-Maturin series]], these islands were almost all included i…
    407 B (61 words) - 20:38, 3 June 2007
  • 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.
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  • 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…
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  • 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…
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  • 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
  • Court martial
    … court. Sometimes in remote locations, it would take an extended period of time before a sufficient number of post captains were present to form a court. …
    2 KB (334 words) - 16:00, 16 July 2007
  • Admiralty
    …or his sound grasp of administration.) The First Secretaries during this time were Sir Evan Nepean (1795-1804), William Marsden FRS (1804-1809) and John…
    2 KB (374 words) - 19:24, 5 May 2008
  • Commission
    … reminder of his [[seniority]]. A new commission had to be drawn up each time an officer was moved from one ship or posting to another, even where there…
    1 KB (210 words) - 14:02, 21 August 2007
  • Chronometer
    …to run fast or slow - and the difference between [[solar time]] and [[mean time]].)
    3 KB (449 words) - 23:27, 1 March 2011
  • /the orlop
    …established by Cook's circumnavigation of 1779. Readily available accurate time pieces solved longitude.
    3 KB (420 words) - 00:38, 27 September 2007
  • France
    …ituated between 41° and 50° North, on the western edge of Europe. At the time France also controlled a number of island colonies in North America, the C… …atalonia|Catalan]] accent. He had studied medicine in [[Paris]] around the time of the Revolution and had absorbed the ideals of "Liberté, egalité et fr…
    4 KB (585 words) - 20:21, 27 October 2007
  • Spain
    ==Spain in the time of the Canon==
    2 KB (261 words) - 05:03, 18 January 2009
  • User:Kimmysanders
    …d choose Jack but knows she would be mad at him at least 40 percent of the time.
    344 B (57 words) - 01:44, 4 October 2007
  • Joseph Blaine
    …mand]]'' Blaine contemplates marriage and (briefly) retirement, but by the time of ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' he has abandoned both ideas.
    2 KB (285 words) - 20:34, 16 August 2010
  • Barret Bonden
    …Captain Corbett’s order in ''The Mauritius Command'' (the first and only time Bonden is acquainted with the cat). …y conscious opponent. In a coma, Bonden cannot be propped at the mark when time is called as the half-blind, semi-conscious Evans is and loses the fight. …
    11 KB (1817 words) - 17:20, 31 January 2009

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