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| Tango01 | 12 Jan 2017 1:10 p.m. PST |
"Prize-taking and hierarchical discipline were the keys to British naval effectiveness. A great many fortunes were made and became the stuff of legend and the financial foundations of dynasties. This chapter addresses prize-taking in the European and Asian theatres during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . There are also some actions off South America which appear in the chapter of that name. The Admiralty philosophy for the management of the Royal Navy was simple. The officers and men must be kept in such fear of the certainty and viciousness of punishment that the alternative of following orders and risking death was always preferable. This rather bleak philosophy overlooks the close community of a ship at sea when a Captain must work hard to maintain the loneliness of command. It is also true that a minority of seamen volunteered for the job and formed a core of professionalism to lead the impressed men however it is my belief that the mortar of solidarity on British warships was the income from prize-taking…"
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