Sentence examples for post captain from inspiring English sources

But the Napoleonic Wars had lofted him swiftly over a lieutenancy to post captain.

judgeDAmNation said: I finished reading Post Captain by Patrick O'Brien, and have already found HMS Surprise in an Oxfam bookshop so I won't have to wait so long to start the next in the series.

Willoughby was promoted to post captain and immediately took command of Corbett's former ship Nereide.

He was later promoted to post captain for his services in the action.

In 1802 Curtis's eldest son Roger, a post captain in the navy, died suddenly while on duty.

In March, Hope was given his step to post captain, taking command of the ship of the line HMS Bellerophon, the flagship of Admiral Thomas Pasley.

At the conclusion of the trial on 1 January 1798, Williamson was found guilty of the first charge and not guilty of the latter, resulting in demotion to the bottom of the post captains list and prohibition from further naval service.

In Wizard and Glass, the fourth book of the Dark Tower series, the main characters travel through an alternate reality version of Topeka post-Captain Trips, complete with graffiti of Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg… Important to note, this: there are two versions of The Stand.

They had to be of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel or Post-Captain.

In 1803, after a succession of commands, Heywood was promoted to post-captain.

In October 1760 he was made post-captain in command of the 44-gun.