# Master & Commander question:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-question/341685>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-question/341685 "2006-01-26T12:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-question/341685/21 "2006-01-27T02:19:04Z")

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> [@Curate](#):
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> Once again, in the books the similar story line involved an American privateer, but that ship’s non-regular navy statuswas an integral plot point for subsequent story lines.

I’d forgotten. When they catch up with them in the novel they have already been sunk, have they not?

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**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-question/341685/22 "2006-01-27T02:27:00Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I’d forgotten. When they catch up with them in the novel they have already been sunk, have they not?

Yes, a different route to get to the “escaping captain” situation.

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