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`` You know , Weatherhelm , '' said he , when I met him some months afterwards , `` that I formed one of the prize crew sent to take possession of her . Before we got her sufficiently into order to be manageable , we fell on board the _ Temeraire _ , one of our own squadron . We little thought at that time that our beloved chief was lying in the cockpit of the _ Victory _ mortally wounded . He had been struck by the fatal bullet at 1:25 , while walking his quarter-deck , and at 4:30 he expired without a groan . Lord Nelson had directed that the fleet with the prize should anchor as soon as the victory was complete ; but Lord Collingwood , who now took the command , differed on the subject , and ordered the ships to keep under way , being of opinion that the less injured ships might the better help the crippled ones . Our ship was less injured than most ; for we only had our main-topmasts wounded . Our prize , however , was in a very crippled condition .