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The Dover covert was the largest covert in Britain, covering approximately one hundred acres, and perhaps the most critically located.  It was the second of the [[Aerial Corps]] coverts where [[Temeraire]] was stationed, when [[Lily]]'s [[formation]] was sent here after [[Mortiferus]] left for Cadiz in July 1805.
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The second of the [[Aerial Corps]] coverts that [[Temeraire]] visited. [[Lily]]'s [[formation]] was sent here after [[Mortiferus]] left.
  
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At that time, Admiral [[Lenton]] was the commander-in-chief of the Channel Division, which put him in charge of the Dover covert.  However, after Lenton's dragon [[Observaria]] died in the [[Dragon Plague]] in 1806, Lenton himself suffered a stroke.  He was retired to less demanding duties at the [[Edinburgh covert]].
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The Dover covert was large, covering approximately one hundred acres.  
  
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[[Jane Roland]] was then given the rank of admiral and command of the Dover covert.  The [[Admiralty]] would have preferred not to give this post to a woman.  However, Captain [[Portland]] would not leave his post at Gibraltar, as his dragon [[Laetificat]] was also ill and could no longer make the sea voyage back to Britain.  This left the Admiralty with a choice between Roland and [[Sanderson]], and Sanderson was handling the illness of his [[Animosia]] quite badly.
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Admiral [[Lenton]] was the commander-in-chief of the Channel Division, which put him in charge of the Dover covert.  
  
 
Quite aside from its strategic importance, the Dover covert was attractive to the aviators stationed there because its proximity to the city of Dover allowed them access to various sorts of entertainment, ranging from theatres and concerts to prostitutes and cheap liquor.
 
Quite aside from its strategic importance, the Dover covert was attractive to the aviators stationed there because its proximity to the city of Dover allowed them access to various sorts of entertainment, ranging from theatres and concerts to prostitutes and cheap liquor.

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