This is great, and probably applies to all government jobs, no matter what type or where the government is! Karen To all those who a have worked on, or may...
I'd have to say Belinda...she was smart, attractive, conniving...lets face it, the bad girls are usually more interesting than the good ones. I know the bad...
I have a question for the all wise people on this group. I have just finished rereading "Ramage and the Dido". As everybody knows, this was the last Ramage...
HMS Kestrel and her two prizes have continued the voyage to the Caribbean. I entertained the French captain Loussier aboard Kestrel and had a most enjoyable...
I'm not the most heroic of types so I think maybe Yovell for me. Short, plump and wears glasses. Almost an exact description of me! Or maybe I'd like to be...
I asked the same question to the folks over at the Dudley Pope Yahoo group. There is a man there who is in contact with Pope's widow and he forwarded my...
Just a bit of information before the new Hornblower movies air...the article even mentions one of my most favorite places to hang out Horatians.org! How cool...
Here's another article about the new Hornblower movies..and about the naughty things that we've done by getting copies of the movies long, long, LONG before...
This is sad but there is little to be done about it I suppose... Thanks for answering anyway Biki. I now have another question. I went to the website of Mr...
It is book number one in which Nicholas $B!H(Bremembers$B!I(B serving with that Hornblower fellow and how they played whist together and how bad of a ...
There's been anargument on another board (one for shipbuilders believe it or not) I stuck my oar in and got shot down in flames. THe argument is this, that the...
... that ... a ... separate ... commander. ... It's Hornblower's name which occurs in the book, "Ramage", not sure if there was a second mention of him or not....
... believe it or not) I stuck my oar in and got shot down in flames. ... Where do we find this other board, please ? ... much "fire" type of explosions that...
Thanks for that note, Biki. Mark has an interesting site, well worth a look. Look for messages from Mark Winthrop (not sure if he is a member of the Bolitho...
Folks, I just picked up a book that I am going to read on an upcoming cruise. "Sea of Glory" by Nathaniel Philbrick - "America's Voyage of Discovery The U.S....
I'll have to reread 'Ramage' and see what is said. I wonder where the two characters served together? Ramage clearly outranks Hornblower, having joined his...
Well, I haven't seen the movie yet, and I am not sure what the technical aspects of a round from a Carronade would be. Just what you wrote in your post. My...
I noticed in the movie that the crew of the Surprise, once they had succeeded in boarding the Acheron, were throwing "grenades"; (basically just roundshot with...
In a message dated 12/2/2003 6:03:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, popsidoodle@... writes: <<From the Bolitho books, not actual history, it seems that the...
Hi James, Can't say that I have heard of the shot you mentioned being used, in this period anyway. A bit later yes, and in a bomb vessels mortar yes, but not...
Sounds good to me captain! Of course what would a humble ships cat know about it? All I know is that it hurts my ears anytime the damn things go off!...
I hadn't noticed any gap. I think you may be mistaken, Biki. Hornblower takes command of the Atropos in 1806 and I couldn't find the date of 'Beat to...
I had a look on the net for some ideas about this. I found this website. It has lots of information about carronades. http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/car.htm Brad ...
I just got back from seeing the movie and the only time I saw fire effects was when the cannons were fired which seems perfectly natural and the effects of the...
