Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (1925-1997) served as a merchant navy midshipman during WWII and in 1944 became a naval defence correspondent of the London Evening News. He went on to write carefully researched naval history and was urged by C.S. Forester to try his hand at fiction as he saw the younger writer as his literary heir. He wrote two historical naval fiction Series.
The first is about Lord Ramage, the son of Admiral the Earl of Blazey who is out of favour. The son has a career dogged by the interference of his father's enemies.
The second is about Ned Yorke, the younger son of the Earl of Ilex. Persecuted by the Roundheads he becomes a Buccaneer
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Lord Ramage | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1775 | Born in St Kew, Cornwall, Son of the 10th Earl of Blazey | |
| 1788 | Enters Royal Navy as Midshipman | |
| 1796 | Ramage | Junior Lieutenant on the Frigate Sibella Ramage is thrown into command of the sinking ship when his seniors are killed. He completes the mission but is Court Martialled |
| 1797 | Ramage & the Drum Beat | Lieutenant in command of the cutter Kathleen takes part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent |
| 1797 | Ramage & the Freebooters (aka The Triton Brig) |
Lieutenant in command of the brig Triton solves the loss of local shipping in the Caribbean |
| 1798 | Governor Ramage R.N. | Triton escorting a convoy is wrecked in a Hurricane. After going on a treasure hunt Ramage is Court Martialled again |
| 1798 | Ramage's Prize | Without a ship Ramage investigates the losses in Packet ships sailing between Jamaica & Falmouth |
| 1801 | Ramage & the Guillotine | Still unemployed Ramage goes on a spying mission to France to assess the threat of invasion |
| 1802 | Ramage's Diamond | Newly promoted captain and given the frigate Juno Ramage sails to the West Indies & blockades Martinique |
| 1802 | Ramage's Mutiny | Now commanding Calypso Ramage must recover a ship which was surrendered to the Spanish after a mutiny |
| 1802 | Ramage & the Rebels | Ramage accepts the surrender of Curacao from the Dutch and defends it against a rebellion |
| 1802 | The Ramage Touch | Now on a lone patrol in the Mediterranean, Ramage turns two captured bomb ketches against their former owners |
| 1802 | Ramage's Signal | After quietly capturing a French semaphore station he uses it to divert an enemy convoy |
| 1802 | Ramage & the Renegades | With the Peace of Amiens signed Ramage is sent to map a remote island where he finds ships illegally captured |
| 1803 | Ramage's Devil | The newly married Ramage must escape from France and rescue some French nobles sent to Devils Island |
| 1804 | Ramage's Trial | Escorting a convoy back to England Ramage encounters a mad captain and ends up Court Martialled yet again |
| 1804 | Ramage's Challenge | Ramage is sent to the Mediterranean to rescue nobles interned when war broke out and finds his wife amongst them |
| 1805 | Ramage at Trafalgar | Ramage plays a part in the Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1806 | Ramage & the Saracens | Ramage defends Sicily against the Saracens |
| 1807 | Ramage & the Dido | Given command of the Ship of the Line Dido Ramage sails for the West Indies |
AOS Pirate Fiction |
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| Series: Ned Yorke | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1655 | Buccaneer | Ned Yorke flees Barbados in his ship the Griffin and becomes a buccaneer |
| 1660 | Admiral | Based in Jamaica Ned becomes admiral of all the buccaneers |
| Galleon | Ned sets out to capture a stranded Galleon | |
| Corsair | Ned must defend Jamaica | |
Non-Fiction
AOS Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Series: n/a | ||
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| Life in Nelson's Navy | An account of shipboard life in Nelson's navy | |
| England Expects aka Decision at Trafalgar |
An account of the Battle of Trafalgar and life and events in Britain and France in the years up to 1805. | |
| The Devil Himself: The Mutiny of 1800 |
The story of the British crew of the Danae who mutinied and sailed the ship to France | |
| The Black Ship | The story of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy aboard HMS Hermione | |
| The Great Gamble: Nelson at Copenhagen |
An account of the battle of Copenhagen | |
| At 12 Mr Byng Was Shot | His offence was nothing more than following the orders of his superiors | |
AOS Other Non-Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| Harry Morgan's Way The Buccaneer King |
The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688 | |
Modern Era: Fiction
Modern Era Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Ned Yorke | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| WWII | Convoy | Lt. Yorke must find out how German U-Boats are sinking merchant ships from inside the convoys |
| WWII | Decoy | Lt. Cdr. Yorke is ordered to obtain a new Enigma machine and its Hydra cipher from the Germans |
Non-Fiction
Modern Era Naval Non-Fiction |
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| The Battle of the River Plate aka Graf Spee |
The final voyage of the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee | |
| 73 North | The Battle of the Barents Sea 1942 | |
| Flag 4 | The Battle of Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean 1939-1945 | |