He began his naval career as a midshipman on the HMS Justinian in 1788, but he was soon given a transfer to the Indefatigable after challenging another midshipman to a duel.
He began his naval career as a midshipman on the HMS Justinian in 1788, but he was soon given a transfer to the Indefatigable after challenging another midshipman to a duel. He worked his way up the ranks, his first command being the frigate Hotspur. Over the course of a career that spanned more than 50 recorded years, he also commanded such ships as the Atropos and Sutherland, before eventually becoming England's Lord of the Fleet. For ten points, name this British naval officer, the hero of a series of C. S. Forester novels.
He began his naval career as a midshipman on the HMS Justinian in 1788, but he was soon given a transfer to the Indefatigable after challenging another midshipman to a duel.
Horatio {Hornblower}