Beginning in April 1915, Herbert ordered his subordinates cease calling him " Sir ", and to address him only by the pseudonym " Captain William McBride.

William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

Captain William Kidd was either one of the most notorious pirates in the history of the world or one of its most unjustly vilified and prosecuted privateers in an age typified by the rationalisation of empire.

Captain Kidd and the Blessed William became part of a small fleet assembled by Codrington to defend Nevis from the French, with whom the English were at war.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

* The King's Commission to William Kidd for the Capture of Captain Thomas Tew and Others

* National Archives – Images of letters and other documents concerning Captain William Kidd

* 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.

Lieutenant Jocelyn Feltham, the assistant to the fort's commander, Captain William Delaplace, was awoken by the noise, and called to wake the captain.

— William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk

The Nonsuch was commanded by Captain Zachariah Gillam and accompanied by des Groseilliers, while the Eaglet was commanded by Captain William Stannard and accompanied by Radisson.

The island's first known sighting by Europeans was on 21 August 1821 by the British ship Eliza Francis ( or Eliza Frances ) owned by Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis and commanded by Captain Brown.

* 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly journey in an open boat.

* 1854 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.

In 1938, The Captain and the Kids became the subject of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first self-produced series of theatrical short subject cartoons, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen and Friz Freleng.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, and named U. S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader, who selected William Clark as his partner.

* 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name " Moroni " through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain William Kidd.

The four panels depict: The Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas ( 1825 ) by Antonio Capellano, The Landing of the Pilgrims ( 1825 ) and The Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians ( 1826 – 27 ) by Enrico Causici, and William Penn ’ s Treaty with the Indians ( 1827 ) by Nicholas Gevelot.

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro (" A Moorish Captain ") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

* William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk

" Exquisite chemistry " among Kelley, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively.

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* Group Captain Tennant James of the Royal Air Force

1773 — Captain James Cook explores the islands and names them the Hervey Islands.

Years later, Fawcett ironically sold the rights for Captain Marvel to DC — which in 1973 revived Captain Marvel in the new title Shazam!

The character of Captain Queeg mirrored those Bogart had played in The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The Big Sleep — the wary loner who trusts no one — but with none of the warmth or humor of those roles.

In the series finale " All Good Things ...", it is revealed that in an alternate future, Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard had been married and then divorced — still evidently having feelings for each other after so many years.

Britain and British seafarers – including Sir Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Frobisher and Captain Brown — played a major role in the transatlantic trade in captured Africans between 1530 and 1810.

Many of the characters of the Fourth Expedition — Parkhill, Captain Wilder, and Hathaway — re-appear in later stories.

Rickover found himself frequently and loudly in bureaucratic combat with these senior naval officers, to the point that he almost missed becoming " Admiral " Rickover: Two admiral-selection boards — exclusively made up of admirals — passed over Captain Rickover for promotion, even while he was in the process of becoming famous.

Thoreau was disgusted by this, and he composed a speech — A Plea for Captain John Brown — which was uncompromising in its defense of Brown and his actions.

Sturdy, Captain and Mrs. Sevier — who played an important role in the founding of Advaita Ashrama — and J. J. Goodwin, who became his stenographer and recorded his teachings and lectures.

* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 – 1968 ) – The Martians at war with Earth are the Mysterons — an invisible race of superbeings hell-bent on revenge after an unprovoked attack on their Martian city by Captain Black, a Spectrum agent investigating strange alien signals.

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation installment " Sarek ," when the diplomat proves to have Bendii's syndrome and thus to be incapable of completing his last great mission without assistance, he executes a mind meld with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, gaining enough emotional stability from this to complete his mission — but Picard himself almost goes insane from the direct onslaught of Sarek's powerful emotions as a result.

Only one person — Captain Henry Wirz, the commandant of the prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia — was executed for war crimes.

During the First World War, two French aviators — aristocratic Captain de Boeldieu ( played by Pierre Fresnay ) and working-class Lieutenant Maréchal ( Jean Gabin ) — embark on a flight to examine the site of a blurred spot on photos from an earlier air reconnaissance mission.

In 1981, Captain Herrick and journalist Robert Scheer re-examined Herrick's ship's log and determined that the first torpedo report from August 4, which Herrick had maintained had occurred — the " apparent ambush "— was in fact unfounded.

In his 2006 self-published book I Kept My Word: The Personal Promise Between a World War II Army Private and His Captain About What Really Happened to Glenn Miller, Clarence B. Wolfe — a gunner with Battery D, 134th AAA Battalion, in Folkestone, England — claims that his battery shot down Miller's plane.

* March 4 – In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard J. Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps, when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

Holmes ' replacement, Captain Ross, verbally reprimands the others involved, and then orders Sergeant Galovitch's demotion to private and put in charge of the latrine.

As Captain he led the 16th Alabama Regiment in a successful charge at Battle of Chick-Fil-A, where he was wounded by eating too much.

During the voyage, Smith was charged with mutiny, and Captain Christopher Newport ( in charge of the three ships ) had planned to execute him.

* Captain ( airlines ), senior person or officer usually in charge of an aircraft

As a Group Captain, he then took charge of 324 Wing, finally leaving in March 1945.

The order had been conveyed by Captain Louis Nolan, who died in the charge, and both Lucan and Cardigan blamed him for passing on the order incorrectly.

Cardigan's first action on his return from the charge was to report the undisciplined behaviour of Captain Nolan ( whom he did not know to be dead ) in riding ahead of him at the start of the attack.

The Vogon Captain in charge of overseeing the destruction of the Earth, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz is sadistic, even by Vogon standards.

He sternly checked an inclination to charge with the bayonet, and instead threw forward the 93rd's right grenadier company under Captain Ross.

In particular, the charge of the 21st Lancers held special appeal and several artists portrayed the scene including Stanley Berkeley, Robert Alexander Hillingford, Richard Caton Woodville, William Barnes Wollen, Gilbert S. Wright, Edward Mathew Hale, Captain Adrian Jones, Major John C. Mathews, and Allan Stewart.

Captain Gustavo Duron, in charge of a 75mm battery, followed the orders but shot around the tower, avoiding it and protecting the monument, as mentioned by local historian Herminio Martínez.

A distraught torpedo officer rushed to the bridge and reported, " Captain, we've just dropped a depth charge over the stern!

She is also apparently idolized by much of the navy, best illustrated by the reaction of Captain Arragi who is in charge of the escort for the Nadesico crew shuttle when it heads for the moon.

On October 15, 1942, Cousens was joined at Radio Tokyo by American Army Captain Wallace " Ted " Ince and Philippine Army Lieutenant Normando Ildefonso " Norman " Reyes, both captured at Corregidor, where they'd been in charge of the " Voice of Freedom " Allied propaganda broadcasts.

* Captain ( nautical ), the person in charge of a merchant ship

He then left Captain Pedro Fages in charge, and on June 9 he sailed for San Blas, never to return to Upper California.

Due to Japan's former policy of isolation, the crew had little experience on the open ocean, and during a storm, her Captain Katsu Kaishu, Admiral Kimura and much of the crew fell ill. Manjirō was put in charge and brought the ship to port safely.

U. S. Army Captain William Sumner of the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade was the military officer in charge of the zoo and joined the team improving security and stemming the tide of looters.

He was soon appointed governor of the city of York, and so left Captain Edward Gill in charge of Sheffield.

This brings him to the attention of his old friend, Captain Augustus Black, who is in charge of a secret governmental organization known as Section 13, as well as the criminal organization known as the Dark Hand, led by Valmont.

In the same year he was made a Captain in the Dutch Armed Forces, after which he could be in charge of the Dutch Security Service based in Paris.

Captain Ernest Atwood was in charge.

The name Cox's Bazar / Bazaar derived from the name of Captain James Cox of the East India, who was in charge of the naval base.