Master & Commander (the book) question: what's a prize agent?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

He who has a cake is lost.

[muldoonthief]

@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.

[Damfino]

@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.

[carnivorousplant]

@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.

[Malthus]

@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!

[carnivorousplant]

AS best we can translate from Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) Mexican Spanish, there is an “Admiral Lord Cochrane Pipe Fitter”.