tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post5259213470120383992..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Ebony and Ivory at TrafalgarJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-4923749383931060212010-07-07T19:30:08.836+00:002010-07-07T19:30:08.836+00:00Although foreigners couldn't be officers, the ...Although foreigners couldn't be officers, the British navy was more egalitarian and meritocratic than the army of the time, where officers bought and sold their commissions and spent much of their time in a regimental social club setting with many of them interacting minimally and poorly with the other ranks.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417115374524861438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-64615521172074160592010-07-05T18:49:10.356+00:002010-07-05T18:49:10.356+00:00Thanks Darryl and Ruth!
The TV program was a bit ...Thanks Darryl and Ruth!<br /><br />The TV program was a bit over the top in its own self important "we will change how you view Britain for ever" or some similar codswallop in the introduction.<br /><br />But it was certainly informative, particularly given the details on the crew of the Bellerophon.<br /><br />To me it was interesting that the African figures here and in the great picture in the Palace of Westminster were shown as being actively involved the battle, not just passively being rescued by the Royal Navy.<br /><br />Maybe it helped that there's nothing like having a common enemy to unit disparate people!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-33246691801636606032010-07-05T06:34:32.214+00:002010-07-05T06:34:32.214+00:00The placing of a black sailor in such a prominent ...The placing of a black sailor in such a prominent position was to emphasise the Navy's role in suppressing the slave trade. Just because it is a memorial doesn't mean it can't be political comment....Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-91958876010776762632010-07-05T01:42:38.263+00:002010-07-05T01:42:38.263+00:00The war ranks included many fishermen and sailors ...The war ranks included many fishermen and sailors pressed at any opportunity. The world's fishery and sailing trades were a grab bag of nationalities with one vagary in common; they didn't get on well, on land.dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-45144651894228137112010-07-04T22:48:19.370+00:002010-07-04T22:48:19.370+00:00Excellent photo and great history lesson.
Darryl ...Excellent photo and great history lesson.<br /><br />Darryl and Ruth : )Living In Williamsburg Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442680855290062641noreply@blogger.com