 Nelson intended it to refer only to the captains who had fought with him at the Nile.Those captains under him at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 he described as "a very distinguish'd sett of fine fellows".While Nelson was in England before returning to sea for the Trafalgar campaign, Lord Barham, First Lord of the Admiralty, offered Nelson the "Naval List" and asked him to take his pick, Nelson replied "Choose yourself, my Lord, the same spirit actuates the whole profession; you cannot choose wrong".