#captain nelson

[beaxtrice]

Master Murdoch and Captain Nelson

Now I want a story of these two sailing the sea.

[Marvel 1602 #1]

[gracie-bird]

Grace Kelly and Captain Nelson at SS Constitution on route to Monaco in April 1956.

*The handwritting doesnt match Grace’s to me so, I think It is fake.

[ltwilliammowett]

Captain Nelson challenging a Midshipman to race to the masthead. Illustration for The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey (1916) drawn by Arthur David McCormick, English (1860–1943)

[xurxogpenalta]

Space Adventure Cobra illustration set. 

one of my favourite and most influential shows throughout my life (consider catching up, only the 80s stuff)

[cumbriacrack]

Captain Nelson announces reopening #Ad The Captain Nelson has reopened and will be serving take away meals only. The bar is closed. Meals will be served Friday and Saturday from 5pm to 8pm, Sunday from 11.30am to 5pm. Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/10/19/captain-nelson-announces-reopening-ad/

[dustwrapper]

Nelson, David Walder, 1978.

[ines-and-mels-travelling-co-blog]

Famous Ships and Their Famous Captains

Picking up a car hire at Geneva Airport to explore Switzerland, driving around Argentina in a motorcycle, or heading to space in an airtight shuttle are all manifestation of humankind's longing for the freedom that only comes from travelling. For what could be more freeing than taking off without looking back, never stopping, never slowing down? In days of old, the ultimate freedom was that of the big blue ocean. It was a slower way to travel (and often fraught with perils - not the least of which that the world might suddenly end, and the ocean would cave in into a great abyss). Here is a list of five famous ships which made the world a bigger place.

1. Santa Maria - Perhaps one of the most famous ships in history, the Santa Maria was one of the ships which sailed under Christopher Columbus to America (the other two were Niña and Pina). The Santa Maria was Colombus's ship, and both captain and ship became famous for the discovery of the American continent. It was a "oops" sort of moment, since Colombus was quite convinced he'd reached India (he was clever enough to realise the Earth was round - an improvement over many of his countrymen - but he failed to realise there was a whole other continent on the way). That's why Native Americans are also called Indians.

2. HMS Beagle - No one really knows who Beagle's captain was (not unless you have an Internet connection and can look it up). Robert FitzRoy was the most famous captain of the Beagle, and even then, he was only famous because he chose as company a young English gentleman by the name of Charles Darwin. Darwin would go on to write On The Origin of Species based on observations he made during his 5 years trip aboard the Beagle.

3. HMS Discovery - Originally the whaler Bloodhound, the HMS Discovery became famous for its role on the British Arctic Expedition, which aimed at reaching the North Pole through the sea passage between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. The expedition failed in reaching the North Pole, but the explorers successfully collected important scientific data on the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island. Smith Sound was renamed Nares Strait in honor of Captain Nares, who was knighted upon returning to the UK.

4. HMS Victory - The HMS Victory's Captain was none other than Lord Nelson, and she was Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar, ensuring both their places in history. Nowadays, Victory is on a dry dock in Portsmouth. She is the flagship of the Second Sea Lord, making her the oldest commissioned warship in the world.

5. Mayflower - The Mayflower entered history for having been the ship to carry the Pilgrims to America in 1620, under Captain Christopher Jones. Plymouth Colony was not the first American Colony, but its importance to American history stems from the importance of the Pilgrim's social, legal and religious tenets to the creation of the United States of America. The tradition of Thanksgiving was also born in the Plymouth Colony.