I'm waiting for the poor overwhelmed Captain to acknowledge Richard
Oh and the Victorian Period didn't begin til 1832-37, the Napoleonic war occurred during the Georgian period under King George III and is finished under the Regency period when Prince George of Wales takes over in 1811 due to his father's illness.

It was also near the end of the Industrial Revolution in England

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Oh and I must ask; Am I to assume that there will prevail an informality aboard ship which is not as would be expected by the standards of the time period?

I ask this because if it is a less formal social structure then Richard will only be mildly annoyed by comments on his uniform, if it is formal then I must weigh the response to the insult

Under the codes outlined in the "II Duello" or "The Courte of Ciuill Courtesie" if a gentleman is insulted then he is obliged to challenge or his honor is in question then an forever more.

In the 1780s, Research shows that the largest group of later duellists were military officers, followed by the young sons of the metropolitan elite.

Pistols were common but the sword still saw it's use as well

Richard wouldn't demand immediate satisfaction due to the ship's mission but would want it known that on completion that he be given satisfaction or apology