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Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy.

NOT Admiral Horatio Nelson - he was the Admiral of the Fleet, and was on board (and died on) HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. But Hardy was the Captain in direct command of HMS Victory.

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