Dudley Pope

Dudley Pope

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Lieutenant Lord Ramage is ordered to proceed to Gibraltar-with all possible dispatch-aboard His Majesty's ship Kathleen, to support Nelson in a battle with the Spanish off Cape Trafalgar....

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Dudley Pope meticulously researches the story of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy - the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty's Frigate HERMIONE 32 guns, in the West Indies in 1797.

The captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, was a brutal and sadistic commander who flogged his men mercilessly and drove them beyond the limits of endurance. However, nothing could excuse the slaughter of guilty and innocent officers alike as the mutineers went wild and committed crimes beyond anything Pigot could have dreamt up. Not content with that, they then took the ship into an enemy port and gave her up to the Spanish who, unaware of the true facts for some time, nevertheless greeted them with the contempt they deserved.

The Spanish took the ship into their service but due to an amazing episode of red tape and internal wrangling, never actually got the frigate to sea. Meanwhile the Royal Navy relentlessly hunted down the mutineers over the next ten years and of the 33 either caught or who gave themselves up, 24 were either hanged and hung in chains upon gibbets, or transported for life. A number managed to escape justice.

The author describes these events which end with the daring recapture of the HERMIONE under the guns of Spanish forts, with Captain Edward Hamilton leading 100 English sailors in six open boats in one of the most brilliant cutting-out expeditions in naval history....

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Captain Lord Ramage has only just arrived home when he receives new orders: he is to commission and take command of the Dido, a massive seventy-four-gun ship! The youngest captain of a ship of the line since Nelson, Ramage’s new command carries enough weight of metal to destroy a frigate in a single broadside, or sweep a ship’s decks clear of men. Accompanied by the courageous crew of the Calypso, Ramage ventures to sea once again—this time bound for the West Indies, and Martenique, where he once captured Diamond Rock. Not only must he face the challenges of commanding such a massive weapon of war, but if he is to succeed, he must put the Dido’s weapons to their fullest use—or die trying!...

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The eleventh novel in Pope's seafaring series, Ramage's Signal follows the crew of the Calypso further into the French-dominated waters of the Mediterranean on Admiralty orders to sink, burn and destroy. Aiming to confuse and distract the enemy, Ramage and his men find themselves isolated and outnumbered as they take on the might of Napoleon's fleet. . . ....






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