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profession; you cannot choose wrong.' That seems to have been only a gesture, however, for Nelson then sat down and carefully selected the ships that he most wanted to take with him, dictating them to Barham's secretary. One of them, personally selected by Nelson, was the
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was serving as a private ship, and required no displacement of an admiral. This is to say nothing of any reputation that she may have already had for the quality of her crew and/or officers.
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