Age of Sail Despatches #135

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Note from the Editor: Arr me mateys! This fine day be Talk Like a Pirate Day, so find yer eye-patch an' a few pieces o' eight an' let's go an' have a right roaratorious time!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
From hmsacasta_feed: Sailor's kit
From hmsacasta_feed: Battle at New Boston
From hmsacasta_feed The Surgeon's Mate

Of historical interest:
From oldcuddy_feed: The Collingwood Society: Collingwood and Morpeth, A Talk by Capt Stephen Healy
From hmsacata_feed: Royal Naval Surgeon's supplies

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: Talk Like a Pirate Day 2013
esteven link to a collection of fic by renaiya880727

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Desolation Island, Chapter Nine this weekend
esteven posts A reminder of two very special occasions later this year

Rec of the Week:
At the Lamb Inn by piratequeengin; Hornblower; NC=17; Hornblower/Kennedy; That was the problem really, with the Lamb Inn. There were too many memories.

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