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  Topic: Naval Mutinies 1797
Peter

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:37 am   Subject: Naval Mutinies 1797
Hello Patrick,

I can highly recommend this book, Ann taught me all about the 1797 mutinies, and others when I did my masters at the University of Portsmouth.

Best wishes,
Merry Christmas
Pete ...
  Topic: MA in Naval History on-line
Peter

Replies: 3
Views: 19381

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:13 am   Subject: MA in Naval History on-line
With regard to 1806, they are probably using a Belgian or French calendar of notable dates!
  Topic: Kiss me Hardy
Peter

Replies: 3
Views: 16891

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:30 pm   Subject: Kiss me Hardy
Tycho will be swooning and 'fainting'
  Topic: K.S.W.
Peter

Replies: 2
Views: 14856

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:16 am   Subject: K.S.W.
Greetings Patrick,

I thought at first it could have been something like a Swedish Knight, or other European award. Perhaps he had attended a Belgian Beer Festival! I have checked my almanacks, othe ...
  Topic: Il de France
Peter

Replies: 1
Views: 13120

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:43 pm   Subject: Il de France
Which famous Royal Navy officer spent his holidays in Il de France, courtesy of the French government?
  Topic: Notable Dates
Peter

Replies: 0
Views: 11945

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:39 pm   Subject: Notable Dates
1758 First sheathing of a frigate with copper.

1854 The rate of Landsman removed and Leading Seaman and Chief Petty Officer introduced.

24 September 1850 Rum ration halved withdrawal of evening ...
  Topic: The French Admiral
Peter

Replies: 7
Views: 32870

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:24 pm   Subject: The French Admiral
Patrick, it's not true is it?

I came across this on the internet about the Belgian nation:

You get to speak three languages, but none of them intelligibly.

If other countries want to fight a ...
  Topic: The French Admiral
Peter

Replies: 7
Views: 32870

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:09 pm   Subject: The French Admiral
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up?

The Army
  Topic: Ships paint
Peter

Replies: 3
Views: 44417

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:07 pm   Subject: Ships paint
First let me say Patrick, I think Vermilion would suit you perhaps, go with your eyes Evil or Very Mad

I am not sure of the Spanish and French ships of the period at the moment, I must admit I have never ...
  Topic: The French Admiral
Peter

Replies: 7
Views: 32870

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:32 pm   Subject: The French Admiral
Why do the French have glass bottomed boats in their navy?

To see all their other ships!
  Topic: Able Seaman falls in Love with Cynthia the Sow - True Story
Peter

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Views: 13999

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:45 pm   Subject: Able Seaman falls in Love with Cynthia the Sow - True Story
For more details see:

Roy and Lesley Adkins, Jack Tar: The extraordinary lives of ordinary seaman in Nelson's navy

Now out in paperback see Amazon for more details. Save 30% only £7.69

Your ...
  Topic: Bougainvillea
Peter

Replies: 2
Views: 15799

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:31 pm   Subject: Bougainvillea
Sadly Bougainville, is not remembered by most of the English speaking nations. He really was an excellent explorer on a par with Cook.

A couple of years ago I stayed in a hotel in Mauritius called ...
  Topic: Did Nelson Win Trafalgar: or did the French Lose?
Peter

Replies: 4
Views: 19549

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:27 pm   Subject: Did Nelson Win Trafalgar: or did the French Lose?
Bonjour Patrick,

Very many thanks for your academic and enlightening discourse on Trafalgar, much of what you said I have suspected for sometime. The trouble with Nelson is he is made out to be suc ...
  Topic: Bougainvillea
Peter

Replies: 2
Views: 15799

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:44 am   Subject: Bougainvillea
The plant Bouganvillea (without looking in Google).

What connection does it have with the French Navy?
  Topic: Who said?
Peter

Replies: 1
Views: 15592

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:35 am   Subject: Who said?
...My ultimate goal is to die, aged 102, shot by a jealous husband, in bed with his teenager wife....
 
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