tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post6343584659771143907..comments2023-11-02T23:27:19.329+11:00Comments on A Curates Egg: Royal Naval Museum, PortsmouthLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-59478032081749097352008-06-13T14:23:00.000+10:002008-06-13T14:23:00.000+10:00Lucky you to stand where a Nation's hero has stood...Lucky you to stand where a Nation's hero has stood.<BR/>As for his final words, the two alternatives have been promulgated as “Kiss me, Hardy” or “Kismet, Hardy.” It is time to reveal that neither is correct.<BR/> What really happened is this: Nelson in his full Admiral’s Uniform, wearing the Laurels of his accomplishments, was identified by a marksman in the main top of the French Admiral Villeneuve’s flag ship. The marksman fired at Nelson from high above, and the bullet entered Nelson’s upper chest and angled down, severing his spine. Prognosis Negative. <BR/> Nelson was carried into the cockpit where the ship’s surgeon, assisted by his loblolly boys, did what he could for the dying Admiral. <BR/> Captain Hardy, the Captain of the VICTORY, came into the cockpit to tell Nelson of the victory, and it was then that Nelson spoke his last words. <BR/> “Kiss me, Hardy” and “Kismet, Hardy” were ‘laundered’ by the upper echelon of the Naval Hierarchy as being more appropriate for the last words of a national hero. However, the loblolly boys there present heard what he really said and passed the word on to the Man-of-War’s men in the lower decks of the VICTORY and it has been passed down, by word of mouth, among the common seamen ever since. <BR/> What he really said was:<BR/> <BR/> “This is another fine mess you have got me into, Hardy!”Sparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702684378550912317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-26927288726318304502008-06-12T20:31:00.000+10:002008-06-12T20:31:00.000+10:00It's a great day out there, what? My very first ef...It's a great day out there, what? My very first effort at blogging was on this same subject.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-39316664519647797442008-06-11T11:39:00.000+10:002008-06-11T11:39:00.000+10:00So....is that the ship where they started transpor...So....is that the ship where they started transporting cattle?<BR/>You know.... the time they first coined...<BR/>bull ship<BR/><BR/>(my dogs are groaning at me for saying this. my <I>DOGS</I> are groaning at me!)<BR/><BR/>so.... was there a sign?<BR/>"Warning: Ship may weigh anchor and all aboard will serve as mates"<BR/><BR/>No?bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615987464724590203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-86870964216379271592008-06-10T23:43:00.000+10:002008-06-10T23:43:00.000+10:00Had to laugh at the comment about your Ozzy accent...Had to laugh at the comment about your Ozzy accent! What did they expect, Crocodile dundee's. <BR/>Great pics, only been on a tall ship a few months ago for the first time also.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277854645434859624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330775846201490413.post-60739930739296860952008-06-10T06:38:00.000+10:002008-06-10T06:38:00.000+10:00We enjoyed looking at the replica of the'Bounty' i...We enjoyed looking at the replica of the'Bounty' in Sydney.<BR/><BR/>I like to think of folks all around the world watching your travels, with the familiar to some being unfamiliar to others, and vice versa... very unifying, somehow.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com