Friday 7th October 2011
Admiral Cochrane artefacts go on display for first time
BBC News
The life of an admiral who inspired the character Jack Aubrey, portrayed in the film Master and Commander, is to form an exhibition in Edinburgh.
Novelist Patrick O'Brian partly based his 19th Century captain on the seafaring Scot, Thomas Cochrane.
The display charts Cochrane's life, from growing up in Fife, to battling Napoleon's Navy, from scandal and disgrace to becoming a Chilean hero.
Admiral Cochrane, the Real Master and Commander opens later.