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Enjoyed this entry Certainly learnt a good deal about naval sailing ships and regulations - got a little bogged down in the footnotes

Pimms

I also enjoyed the story. One of my favorite videos is "Horatio Hornblower", actually a series of shows by A&E about the British navy in Nelson's time. One story involves a mutiny by the young lieutenants (our heroes) against a sadistic captain with some mental problems. The senior officers at the trial are interesting in their differing opinions about the powers of the ship's captain. Good stuff.

I too enjoyed this.

I might be inclined to argue that the Fifth Ammendment protection afforded to civillians doesn't apply to those charged by the military, but overall, a cracking good sea yarn!

Bravo!

about the footnotes, this was my first entry on HooToo and I may have wanted to say too much too soon. They do however give a good historical background to the piece.

If you enjoy the videos about Horatio Hornblower may I be so bold as to recommend the books? I first started reading them when I was in Sixth Grade and almost all of them are on my shelf as I type. As good as the films are they do not come close to the books. I read them every few years and am not tired of them yet.

You have a good point about Military Justice being a different standard than that of the common citizen, however in this case the Captain was also in the Military and received a much different standard of justice. My whole purpose in writing this however was not to answer the question raised - only to lay it on the table for consideration. I started this with a lawyer's view of the law involved and decided I would rather present a logical question with an ambiguous answer.

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The Horatio Hornblower books are fantastic. They're packed full of miscellaneous historical trivia, and give you an idea of just what it was like to work as a sailor in those days... Another good read is Six Years Before The Mast, an autobiographical narrative about a man who joins the merchant marines.

Great Entry - I'm sorry I missed it in Peer Review - lovely art work as well Letilla.

Thanks! The graphic is from a lithograph of the event published around that time period. From the vantage point of the lithograph, it looked it had been done by a sailor from another ship (perhaps passing alongside.)

It's good work..

I still can't belive that the son of the Sectretary of State for war was excuted. I'm sure no one would have made a fuss if he'd been the son of poor farmer, but it's still intresting to read about.