quote:Originally posted by Wraith: Well, to be honest I can't really remember exactly where I read/heard about it. In fact I'm fairly sure it was during a lecture of some description, probably when I went down to HMS Victory and Warrior. It's possible that Osprey might have it in one of their books but they tend to be more on the technical side. Sorry I can't be more help.
I have definitely heard of that tradition before, but I don't know where I heard it either...
And I went to Victory and Warrior last Friday and didn't hear it, so it was probably somewhere else.
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Just to pitch in, the last time I asked someone in the US Navy about "Fleet Captains", he told me it was a term used to refer to officers at the O-6 rank who were assigned to desk/shore duty. If this is the case, Pike seems to have gotten a lateral promotion. Poor guy.
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