#ltwilliammowett

[goldnnavy]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, especially @ltwilliammowett !! I'm your secret Santa! I hope that this art piece is up to par with all the wonderful things you've done for the age of sail group on Tumblr! 💙 Click for the best quality (I could muster).

Yes that quote is from the scene that your icon is from I thought it was cute also I did use an actual quill pen for this :)

[marryat92]

A Captain Marryat moodboard courtesy of the talented @ltwilliammowett ⚓

[ltwilliammowett]

William Mowett stands on the destroyed Deck of the Neptune and fixed his glass. “ Damn another Sail. Could it be that the French send a third frigate or is that one of us?” He talked to himself and could just duck as another broadside hit the left hull. “ Captain, they hit the gun deck again and one broadside more and we will sink.” Cried a Seaman up to him. Even before he could answer a single cannonball hits the quarterdeck and killed directly three seamen.

William run with his fingers through his hair a gesture to calm him down , now he had no other choice, either now or all of them would die. “ Williamson, call all remaining men into the boats.” The midshipman come running “ Sir… do you want to strike the colours ?” “ No, but you and the men will leave the ship, now.” replied Willilam calm. “ But, Sir…” Cried the boy, horrified about what he had heard. “ Are you impugning my command ? I’m just a prize- captain I know, but I’m your captain right now. So do what I said.”

A new broadside hit the Neptune as the last men reached the boat. “ All men have leaved the ship, Sir. ” “ Good then….” another ball hit the deck and let wood rain, in that moment a tackle had loosen and fell down on the midshipman, as William grapped him and pushed him on deck. He got up, lifted the dazed boy and run to the railing and let him down to the men in the boats. “ Come on, Sir…. it is absolutely pointless to die here.” “ I…” a noise let him turn. A mistake, the balls hits the mainmast and the deck, the splinters flying around and William feelt a heavy pain on his right side and thigh., the next hit swept him from deck and under the panic screams of his crew he crashed with his back on the hard water and sank.

In that moment he was surrounded by silents. It was so peaceful as he realized what’s happend. I don’t want to die - was his last tought as he tried to come back to surface.

Upon him a seagull cried an the waves rolled on his his bleeding back, the impact against the water opened old wounds. He didn’t know how he had done it, heavy bleeding, on land but now he was lying here at an unknown beach. - Alright so I’m going to die here - he thought as a shadow falls on him, half passed out he looked up but couldn’t see. “ please help… a l'aide…. hilfe… socorro… He whispered and passed out.

@lacomandante

[ltwilliammowett]

The sun of the early evening was low and falls through the colourful leaves of the autumn and reflected in the puddles on London's streets. William was in an good temper and on his way to Picaddly to visit his parents. And although he and his father didn't get along well with each other, he was thrilled to see them again, in the end he was the last six months on sea.

The shop sign "Barthe-Mowett, Colonial goods, Bank and Prize agency" appears in Fri t of him and as he wanted to open the door, it was pulled open and crashed against the wall. A young man with brown curls and a navy uniform with two epuletts appeared in the doorway. A post-captain he recognized. The man cursed, ignored William and walked away . In that moment he was confused but then he heard the reason of his reaction. His father stands in the middle of the store and screamed a bunch of curses and after he saw his son he screamed a few more. He couldn't stay even longer and after one hour he left them. His father Charles haven't calmed down, at first he cursed about the navy and called all of her members sea-faring assholes. He knows that he has to ignore him in that mood but as he called his son a bloody disaster, a looser. He left. Well his grandfather and his mother were very happy to see him again. He was just a few steps away as his mother followed him, very upset and a stack of letters in her hands. She explains him that the young man before him must forget them and now she didn't know what to do. She couldn't left the store. William looked at them and saw they were addressed to a lieutenant, master and commander and finally to a Captain Horatio Hornblower on different ships. And with a second look on his watch he saw it was to late for the post office. Finally he took the letters in his coat and promised his mother that he would take care of them. It was to early for the theatre and so he walked to the club, maybe he meet somebody well known. Over-there he looked through the great tall, only a few were present and unfortunately nobody he knows. But there, at the fireplace, somehow this person seemed familiar to him. Slowly he approached the man and indeed, he couldn't believe his luck, it was the Captain from the Store. " Excuse me, Sir ?" No reaction. " Sir....? Are you Captain Hornblower, Sir ?"

@hxrnblower

[ltwilliammowett]

No guns, no carronade no.... Mowett putt the quill aside. He tried to finished these poem since an hour but the words simply refused to flow. With a look on his pocketwatch he figured out that he had two hours left before he has to go to his watch. In front of him Pullings turned in his cot and starts to mumbling in sleep. William smiled" alright I let you sleep" and leave the berth, but what now ?, maybe a walk on deck he thoughts and was halfway up the stairs as a beautiful voice quietly in song resounded. He followed these voice to the water barrels and found one of the Midshipmen there. "Mr. ... Mr. Hollom, I didn't know that you are Singer. "

@midshipmanhollom

[ltwilliammowett]

The wind howled and as Mowett looked out a lightning brightened the dark sky. He wents back to the fireplace and warmed his cold hands. What a day he thought and massaged with clammy fingers his temples.

Everything began shortly before breakfast. Captain Aubrey gets some new orders and after finishing the reports he gave him the paper's, logs and a copy of the orders. Leaves him in a bumboat with the order to inform Admiral Pellew that the Surprise will leave his convoy. And said to him... we us again in Gibraltar...

It has gone so fast that he forgotten his coat and bag on board. And unfortunately it starts to rain on his way back on land. At the quay he couldn't get a carriage to the Admerality and so he had to walk trough the muddy, rainy streets of London.

He needed one hour to arrive and there they couldn't believe what they saw. A complete wet and dirty lieutenant who wants to talk to Admiral Pellew, first he thought they would send him away it they didn't and the butler, a old grumpy man, let him into the ante- room but not without looking him from top to bottom and the commant "And you call yourself an Officer of the royal navy ? Embarrassing gentleman embarrassing." Mowett had to give him right, he looked like a sewer rat, tired, wet, dirty and hungry.

Another lightning and some were stroke o'clock, four hours now, how much longer he will have to wait.

A door opens and the butler comes back. " Mr. Mowett ? The Admiral awaits you." William followed him and entered the workroom. He clears his throat " William Mowett, Sir, second Lieutenant of the Surprise, Captain Aubrey sends me. To bring you these papers and his apologize. "

@dadmiraledwardpellew

[toodamnloyal]

✏️ ✏️ ✏️ ✏️ ✏️- I'm so sorry that we haven't written for a long time. I have to admit that I have neglected the rp a lot, maybe we can revive it sometime. //ltwilliammowett

Hey friend that's okay. I love all of the wonderful research that you do, I look forward to reading basically everything that you share. Makes me wish that I did more writing for the navy- side of Theo's stories and I hope I'll get there eventually.

Actually I just started reading Master and Commander for the first time and it made me think of you.

[goldnnavy]

Spicy Mayo - for the ask game

Spicy Mayo - I appreciate the vibes you give off

Thank you! 💙