An Awkward Commission (2012)
“Hood’s first captain, in essence the executive officer of the fleet, was Rear Admiral Sir Hyde Parker. Vice Admiral Hotham had in the same capacity another Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron called Cosby, with the actual Rear Admiral of the Fleet, Samuel Cranston Goodall, accommodating on his ship Rear Admiral Gell, and that was without the Spaniards who, in terms of flag officers, out-numbered their allies two to one. To Farmiloe’s unformed mind, as he listened to the introductions, it all seem...ed a tad unwieldy. There was a civilian taking notes, but it was a telling indication of where he stood in the hierarchy that the actual captain of HMS Victory was not invited to attend; his job was to sail the ship.
‘So gentlemen, according to Captain Gould’s despatch our enemy has immediately available to him some seventeen ships- of-the-line, with some thirteen in various states of refitting or repair.’ Samuel Hood waited until that was translated for his Spanish counterparts, his heavy eyebrows lowered over a nose that dominated his ruddy, cratered complexion.MoreLess
‘So gentlemen, according to Captain Gould’s despatch our enemy has immediately available to him some seventeen ships- of-the-line, with some thirteen in various states of refitting or repair.’ Samuel Hood waited until that was translated for his Spanish counterparts, his heavy eyebrows lowered over a nose that dominated his ruddy, cratered complexion.MoreLess
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