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[b]Name:[/b] Douglas Hunter Cole

[b]Age:[/b] 21

[b]Personality:[/b] Cole is a young, spry Lieutenant with His Majesty's Royal Corps of Marines. Being a young lad, he has issues with impulsivity and is rather immature, not yet well experienced as other officers would be. He acts more a sailor than a gentleman, unless he's around ladies, and is profane under normal circumstances. He is however, as most young people are, passionate and idealistic.

[b]Role:[/b] Lieutenant of the 2nd Detachment, 51st Company of Line, Third (Portsmouth) Division, His Majesty's Royal Corps of Marines.

[b]How you got into the Navy:[/b] His textile worker father bought his commission in September 1800 as an Ensign/Cornet with the Royal Marines Light Infantry in hopes that the steady pay, discipline, and eventual lifetime pension would do his son well.

[b]Experience with the navy:[/b] Initially, he was assigned to the 126th Company of Line, Third (Portsmouth) Division, on the company staff of one Captain Richard Williams aboard the 74-gun Third Rate [i]HMS Robust[/i]. The only significant action he saw aboard was on 22nd of July, 1801 when the 126th Company boarded the French 20-gun corvette [i]Chevrette[/i]. Of the 15 boarding boats deployed under fire from French shore batteries, Cole was aboard one of the few that made contact with the anchored ship. However, by the time said boat made contact, the fighting had moved below deck and Cole was ordered to remain with the deck party which ultimately cut the anchor and dropped sail.

In 1804, Captain Williams was reassigned as Captain of the Royal Marine Artillery. Cole, unable to afford the courses to become an artillery officer (you could not purchase commissions or transfer purchased commissions to the Artillery), stayed with the Line, transferring to a Company aboard the newly refurbished 64-gun Third Rate [i]HMS Agamemnon[/i] just in time to witness Villeneuve's Franco-Spanish Fleet be chased all the way to Cadiz.

After another brief refit at Portsmouth, the [i]Agamemnon[/i] joined Vice Admiral Nelson's blockading fleet at Cadiz, soon engaging in the climactic Battle of Trafalgar. Cole, 19 at the time, was placed on damage control duty along with a contingent of Marines and sailors. During the battle, despite the damages eventually getting so bad that the vessel took three feet of water each hour, Cole and his damage control contingent kept steady bucket chains until the battle was over, and even until the vessel reached Gibraltar for proper repairs.

Soon after, Cole was transferred off of the [i]Agamemnon[/i] and placed on garrison at the shore forts of Spithead Anchorage in Portsmouth, and soon after received a promotion to Lieutenant, given a detail of infantry. Sometime in late 1806, Cole was transferred to the 51st Company of Line, which was then split into two detachments to be split between two imminently launching Fourth Rates. Cole was given the 58-man Second Detachment and assigned to the 60-gun Fourth Rate [i]HMS Plymouth[/i].

[b]Skills:[/b] Intelligent, Crack Shot, Charming, Tactician

[b]Shortcomings:[/b] Cole is immature, and despite having been in his share of engagements, is still naive and over-idealistic. He is profane around all but his superiors and ladies, and is rather mischevious, having a small reputation amongst friends as a womanizer and charmer, which has led to trouble on many occasions.

[b]Tools/Weapons:[/b]
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[*] [url=http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/Sea_Service_Pistol_12.JPG] Long Pattern Sea Service Pistol[/url] in .62 calibre ball.
[*] [url=http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/products/Royal-Navy-1804-Boarding-Cutlass-200117-1.JPG] Royal Navy Boarding Cutlass w/ Sheathe[/url]
[*] [url=http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/36%20cartridge%20box%201.jpg] Cartridge Box[/url] w/ 18x paper cartridges (.62 ball + 278 grains of powder)
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[b]Anything Extra:[/b]
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[*] 2x [url=https://puu.sh/zSUaE/f72d5f0c3a.jpg] Royal Marines Officer Uniforms w/ Lieutenant Epaulettes & Leather Campaign Pack[/url]
[*] 1784 Print King James Anglican Bible
[*] 1788 Print Historia Regum Britanniae
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