It is 1811 and Captain Sir John Wharton RN and his new ship HMS Jupiter, a 50-gun fourth-rate warship, are sent to the Adriatic. A powerful Franco-Italian flotilla is threatening Britain’s control of the Eastern Mediterranean. It must be captured or destroyed.
Meanwhile, ‘Tiger’ Wharton’s sponsor Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane is concerned that the United States of America is preparing to declare war on Britain in response to the Royal Navy’s intercepts of her merchant ships on the High Seas. Can Captain Wharton discover Washington’s intentions and get news back to the Prime Minister and the Admiralty in London?