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Summary Of Captain Jack Aubrey's HMS Surprise

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Captain Jack Aubrey’s ship HMS Surprise is attacked behind by the French privateer ship the Acheron aka the Phantom. The HMS surprise is hit with cannon balls, but Captain Aubrey is not fazed by the attack, and he tells all of the midshipmen and lieutenants what to do in order to save the ship and raise morale at the same time. For Example Captain Aubrey tells: Mr. Hollar, Boatswain, to get the sharp shooters ready to attack the Acheron, Mr. Calamy a Midshipman to keep the cannons firing at the Acheron, and he tells midshipmen Mr. Boyle to raise the flag. Captain Aubrey showed his crew that he is not scared and they should not be either. Captain Aubrey absorbs his crew’s fears, and the HMS Surprise escapes due to Captain’s Aubrey’s leadership …show more content…

Captain Aubrey gave Blakeney A book named “The victories of the Right honorable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Gallant British Hero”. Captain Aubrey gave Blakeney this book because Lord Nelson was a famous Royal Navy Vice Admiral who lost his right arm as well in battle. Captain Aubrey used supportive leadership to help Mr. Blakeney regain his self-confidence to be a great Midshipmen who helps the Royal Navy plans to defeat the Acheron (House, 1996, 330-336). Captain Aubrey also helps Blakeney because he knows Blakeney loves the Royal Navy, and Captain Aubrey cares about Blakeney’s well-being because Captain Aubrey was friends with Blakeney’s father who he fought alongside with in the Royal Navy. Captain Aubrey needed more facts on how the Acheron was built and by luck Captain of the Mizzentop William Warley and a Carpenter’s boy Joseph Nagle knew the facts. Captain Warley saw the ship being built in America where he got married to his fiancée in Boston. Mr. Nagle helped shy Captain Warley tell the information about the Acheron to Captain Aubrey. Mr. Warley had his Swedish friends build an exact, one to one, ship model of the

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