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4th April 2013, 06:32 PM #1Skwair2rownd
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An easy one
Which famous British sea Captain faced three courts marshal in his career and was acquitted on all three occasions?
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4th April 2013, 06:37 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Bligh?
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4th April 2013, 07:34 PM #3
Cook?
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4th April 2013, 08:35 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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Not Cook.
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4th April 2013, 09:35 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Dampier?
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4th April 2013, 09:40 PM #6Retired
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Dampier?
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4th April 2013, 09:51 PM #7
ok i looked so i am ruling my self out. 3 is not the court marshalls but the number of charges?
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4th April 2013, 10:33 PM #8Skwair2rownd
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NO. Not the number of charges.
The number of courts marshal. ( It is the courts that are plural, not the marshals )
It was Bligh. I thought when there were only two answers - Cook and Bligh and I replied "Not Cook"
Then some bright spark might have twigged.
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4th April 2013, 10:38 PM #9
Bligh faced 3 courts martial, and was exonorated at all 3.
You haven't answered the previous poster that put Bligh up yet?
Edit:
Sorry just read your post above.
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4th April 2013, 10:43 PM #10
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4th April 2013, 10:49 PM #11.
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Wot'bout Hornblower!
Here's one following on in a naval theme. Following the war of Independence which country did the USA base it's Navy operations on ?
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5th April 2013, 12:15 AM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Just guessing - Philippines perhaps?
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5th April 2013, 09:24 AM #13Skwair2rownd
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5th April 2013, 09:36 AM #15Skwair2rownd
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Bob, I know that the history of the war of independence and it's aftermath was pretty damned complex.
The French were involved for several reasons ( the main being that they were French ). The Spanish also
stuck their beak in.
Now with both these countries having colonies in the West Indies and central/South America the US was
probably permitted to operate from one of those.
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