Bloody Nick returns from the Mediterranean tired – he has done too much, seen too much, and needs rest at home. His ship, HBMS Hawke, needs time in the yard.
Lieutenant Gilbert Maltravers is bored. It is 1912 and he has been promoted as fast as any in his Dartmouth class and is placed in a battleship where he can confidently look forward to promotion to po…
Captain John Wharton RN is called back to duty on the orders of Rear Admiral Cochrane as captain of the three-deck, 74-gun battleship HMS Warlord. Warlord is bound for the West Indies to seek and destr…
