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captainhornblower) wrote2012-06-07 04:08 pm
captainhornblower) wrote2012-06-07 04:08 pm
Fifteenth Dispatch - [written]
To all crew of Britannia:
It has been decided by her captain and his first and secondlieutenants mates [that word is an insult, as far as he's concerned. Mister Kennedy and Mister Bush are lieutenants in His Majesty's Royal Navy and should be called as such, but here that means nothing.] that the ship Britannia will be taken to sea in her maiden voyage on the sixteenth of June at two bells in the forenoon watch.
She will travel until eight bells in the forenoon watch on the nineteenth, at which time she will begin her return home.
This expedition is, of course, entirely voluntarily [God help him, being partially at the mercy of whether or not the crew decides they want to show up] and I would greatly appreciate being informed in advance of who will be on board.
To those not yet a part of Britannia's crew who would like to join, I will gladly accept new volunteers until the fourteenth, so you may, if you have no experience sailing a frigate have time to acquaint yourself with the basics of her design and your duties.
I thank you all for your time.
Cpt. Horatio Hornblower
It has been decided by her captain and his first and second
She will travel until eight bells in the forenoon watch on the nineteenth, at which time she will begin her return home.
This expedition is, of course, entirely voluntarily [God help him, being partially at the mercy of whether or not the crew decides they want to show up] and I would greatly appreciate being informed in advance of who will be on board.
To those not yet a part of Britannia's crew who would like to join, I will gladly accept new volunteers until the fourteenth, so you may, if you have no experience sailing a frigate have time to acquaint yourself with the basics of her design and your duties.
I thank you all for your time.
Cpt. Horatio Hornblower