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Chaves, Kelly Kathleen. "From Hell Afloat to Happy Ships: Naval Fiction's Influence upon the History of the Royal Navy during the Georgian Era." Nor Mar, 18 (April 2008): 1-21. Thanks to R. Knight, N. Rodger & J. Hattendorf; influence of Smollett, Forester, O'Brian, the latter often cited as "fact."

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary