When discussing the threat of a French invasion on board the flagship, captain Hammonds makes a mocking remark about Napoleon issuing orders from Windsor Castle instead of Versailles. However, Napoleon never lived in Versailles: the imperial residence was Tuileries Palace, in Paris. By the time the action is set, the Palace of Versailles had been abandoned for over a decade, having been looted by the French revolutionaries, and would not be restored until 1870, and never used again as official residence.
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