HMS "Leviathan"

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Philip Alfred Kelly; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 38; place of birth, Peel, Isle of Man; previous ship, Wanderer of Liverpool. During the refit, two of HMS Leviathan's forecastle 9pdr long guns were replaced by a pair of massive 68pdr carronades, one mounted each side of her bow. QUOTE=navalis;45157]It was indeed the LEVIATHAN - I was told the tale about her having a twisted keel as well. On interrogating the Spanish crew, it turned out that she was part of a convoy of 13 ships and brigs which had left Cadiz on the 3rd and was bound for South America.

Tasked with reviving the ship’s fortunes, Commander Bob Markready is confident he can whip things into shape. John Joseph Powell; rank/rating, Fireman; age, 34; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Aquitania of Liverpool. Seymour-Conway had come from an extremely wealthy background; he was the fifth son of the Marquess of Hertford. Just as the Revolutionnaire made to turn and run before the wind, she was intercepted by HMS Leviathan and at 7. Howe was full of praise for Seymour and his ship and singled them out in his report to the Admiralty, written on 21st June.

In addition to HMS Leviathan, the ships whose crews went on strike were HMS Gibraltar (80), HMS Edgar (74), HMS Saturn (74), HMS Majestic (74) and HMS Atlas (98). About a month prior to her launch, on 20th August, an incident occurred aboard the ship where a bag of combustible material weighing about a pound and a half was found in a temporary cabin. It is a story about how men relate to other men and what duty is, and how that impacts other individuals. Armchair Military; Markready - and other front-line officers of the dwindling WW2 generation - suspect this is what the Royal Navy's upper echelons are turning into.

In addition, Britain and Spain had spent most of the year on the brink of war in what is now known as the Spanish Armaments Crisis. Robert Godfrey; rank/rating, Able Seaman; age, 29; place of birth, Jamaica; previous ship, Margarete of Russia.

I believe the ship he is referring to is HMCS Magnificent, which was loaned to the Canadians for eight years pending completion of HMCS Bonaventure. Daily rations were meant to include fresh or frozen meat, but many meals would have consisted of tinned food, which became a familiar aspect of the British soldier’s diet. He was not to receive another appointment until April 1800 when he was put in command of HMS Alcmene (32). The hull is made from of wood in bread and butter fashion and gauged out internally, and is painted in realistic colours with brick red at and below the waterline, and black above.