The Bomb Vessel (Mariners Library Fiction Classics)

ISBN: 1574090992

Author: Woodman, Richard

Condition: Used

A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwaters ambition is to turn it back into a fighting ship, but his plans are thwarted. At the same time, Drinkwaters brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows. As Sir Hyde Parkers fleet approaches the Danish coast, the Virago joins the battle. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and his brother.It is 1801 and napoleon is reaching supreme power in France and has allied himself with Tsar Paul of Russia. Against this hazardous backdrop, Drinkwaters actions in the complex and bloody battle of Copenhagen are crucial.