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Referenced when discussing how Royal Navy captains sought prize money by capturing enemy ships. The hosts mention that 'Anyone who's read Patrick O'Brien's novels will be familiar with' this practice, referring to O'Brian's famous Aubrey-Maturin naval series.

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Referenced as 'a great historian of the Navy' when discussing the health of Royal Navy sailors. The hosts quote his assessment that 'sailors in the Royal Navy must have been the healthiest body of British subjects in the world,' likely from one of his naval history works.

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Referenced multiple times as 'great biographer of Nelson.' His biography is quoted describing both Jervis's physical appearance ('toad-like figure') and Nelson's naval performance at battle ('no amateur broadside, but a performance no other ship in the Mediterranean could have surpassed').