# Master & Commander (the book) question: what's a prize agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702 "2013-07-16T21:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/101 "2013-08-02T01:44:24Z")
He who has a cake is lost. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/102 "2013-08-02T13:04:13Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Do you know why they’re called dog watches? Why, it is _because they have been docked_ of course. No, no, I am out. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/103 "2013-08-02T23:29:13Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Too bad O’brian died…what would become of Capt. Jack Aubrey? The Napoleonic Wars are over, and the Royal Navy has more officers than it needs. Would Jack resign his commission and become a merchant captain? Or become a polar explorer (like his contemporary, Sir John Franklin)? > I wonder if anyone will take over hte series…it could be interesting. I believe in “_The Yellow Admiral_”, doubtful of ascending to flag rank in one of the squadrons,Jack was contemplating service in the nascent Chilean Navy, until he found other employment when Napoleon escaped from Elba. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/104 "2013-08-03T01:53:05Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > I believe in “_The Yellow Admiral_”, doubtful of ascending to flag rank in one of the squadrons,Jack was contemplating service in the nascent Chilean Navy, until he found other employment when Napoleon escaped from Elba. My Stepdaughter is working in Chile, and a bunch of stuff is named after Admiral Lord Cochrane. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/105 "2013-08-03T15:23:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > My Stepdaughter is working in Chile, and a bunch of stuff is named after Admiral Lord Cochrane. 🙂 Heh, Cochrane was the inspiration for both Hornblower and Jack. I read a bio of him, and his real-life adventures it seems to me were more bizzare by far than any possible fictional creation! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702/106 "2013-08-03T19:07:11Z")
AS best we can translate from Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) Mexican Spanish, there is an “Admiral Lord Cochrane Pipe Fitter”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-commander-the-book-question-whats-a-prize-agent/663702.md?page=5)