O Captain, My Captain!

[bayonetbrant]

Captain Stabbin'

I was curious how long it would take for someone to get there...  Thought it would be Star or Mirth tho

[GDS_Starfury]

Captain Stabbin'

see.... even I wasn't going to go there.

[Staggerwing]

All you S. Clay Wilson fans out there... don't forget about Captain Pissgums.

[LongBlade]

Captain Ahab Lincoln?

And, it occurs to me, Capt. Ahab would be just a bit up and to the left of Capt. Morgan...

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

Are you kidding me? Captain Morgan marched 1500 men through hellish jungle to capture Panama, loot it, then turn around a couple of years later and sack Maracaibo.

He is better classified as a privateer than a pirate, but he was one of the most successful of either class, retiring rich, making his men relatively wealthy, being knighted for his efforts and ultimately made governor of Jamaica.

As for Picard, he couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag until he joined the Borg. That says a whole lot more for the Borg than it does for Picard.

A less well-known Captain, Mackenzie Calhoun, of Star Trek is definitely worthy of the upper right quadrant of that graph. He led a planetary rebellion...with a sword.

[besilarius]

Excellent post, Greybriar.

[bayonetbrant]

LB - I think the graph creators only know Captain Morgan as a rum company mascot, and not the historical figure.  If your only knowledge of the name is a dude in a commercial, then the placement is probably about right.

[undercovergeek]

LB - I think the graph creators only know Captain Morgan as a rum company mascot, and not the historical figure.  If your only knowledge of the name is a dude in a commercial, then the placement is probably about right.

aaaaaaaand thats where i was until Greybriar

[besilarius]

One of those mad Englishmen, like Roberty Scott in Antarctica or TE Lawrence in the desert, E.R.G.R. Evans should be on any list of captains.
During Scott's doomed race to the Pole (the Norwegian Roald Amundsen;s team won), Scott was sent back to base camp for becoming ill from scurvy.  (seal liver was rich in vitamin C and was a necessary part of the diet.  "Teddy was a very bad boy and wouldn't eat his seal liver."} 
IN hindsight, becoming deathly ill from scurvy ultimately saved his life.  All of Scott's team who went on to reach the pole perished.
During WWI, while commanding HMS Broke, he attacked six german destroyers during the Battle of the Dover Strait.  His other ship torpedoed one of the enemy, but Broke deliberately rammed one ship.  Stuck together, some of the germans boarded Broke and Evans distributed cutlasses to the crew.  He actually got into quite a bit of trouble because some of his crew threw scalding mugs of cocoa at the poor germans.  A clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

[LongBlade]

One of those mad Englishmen, like Roberty Scott in Antarctica or TE Lawrence in the desert, E.R.G.R. Evans should be on any list of captains.
During Scott's doomed race to the Pole (the Norwegian Roald Amundsen;s team won), Scott was sent back to base camp for becoming ill from scurvy.  (seal liver was rich in vitamin C and was a necessary part of the diet.  "Teddy was a very bad boy and wouldn't eat his seal liver."} 
IN hindsight, becoming deathly ill from scurvy ultimately saved his life.  All of Scott's team who went on to reach the pole perished.
During WWI, while commanding HMS Broke, he attacked six german destroyers during the Battle of the Dover Strait.  His other ship torpedoed one of the enemy, but Broke deliberately rammed one ship.  Stuck together, some of the germans boarded Broke and Evans distributed cutlasses to the crew.  He actually got into quite a bit of trouble because some of his crew threw scalding mugs of cocoa at the poor germans.  A clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

Praytell, where can I procure a cutlass issued by Her Majesty's Royal Navy? 

[bob48]

If you join the RN, they will probably issue you with one as an interim weapon until such times as we have an operable aircraft carrier - (aircraft optional)  :(

[besilarius]

Now, now.  I'm sure that the mate of the Jolly Roger, Mr. Smee, will supply one when you signs on.

[LongBlade]

Now, now.  I'm sure that the mate of the Jolly Roger, Mr. Smee, will supply one when you signs on.

<chuckle>

[LongBlade]

Found one. USD 135.

[LongBlade]

One of those mad Englishmen, like Roberty Scott in Antarctica or TE Lawrence in the desert, E.R.G.R. Evans should be on any list of captains.
During Scott's doomed race to the Pole (the Norwegian Roald Amundsen;s team won), Scott was sent back to base camp for becoming ill from scurvy.  (seal liver was rich in vitamin C and was a necessary part of the diet.  "Teddy was a very bad boy and wouldn't eat his seal liver."} 
IN hindsight, becoming deathly ill from scurvy ultimately saved his life.  All of Scott's team who went on to reach the pole perished.
During WWI, while commanding HMS Broke, he attacked six german destroyers during the Battle of the Dover Strait.  His other ship torpedoed one of the enemy, but Broke deliberately rammed one ship.  Stuck together, some of the germans boarded Broke and Evans distributed cutlasses to the crew.  He actually got into quite a bit of trouble because some of his crew threw scalding mugs of cocoa at the poor germans.  A clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

I'm pretty sure you told that story before, but I had forgotten it and it was worth reading again :)

BTW, here is an image of the 1901 pattern cutlass, the last one issued by the RN, and thus likely to have been involved in the action.

[GDS_Starfury]

A fine CQ weapon!