The exciting naval adventures of Captain John ‘Tiger’ Wharton RN continue, as he faces 1809 with the global war between Britain and France showing no sign of cooling.
To his surprise, Wharton is posted to command the 74-gun third-rate battleship HMS Titan. His orders are to assist the urgent evacuation of Britain’s defeated army in Portugal and Spain from the shores of Corunna.
Plans have been laid by Horse Guards and the Admiralty for the invasion of Martinique, one of France’s jewels in the Caribbean. Admiral Cochrane requests Wharton’s assistance and he and his ship are soon off to the West Indies to join the battles which follow.
Titan is then sent around to the Indian Ocean to fight for control of the islands of Mauritius and Reunion off the east coast of Africa. Desperate battles follow for Titan to counter the raids of a squadron of large French frigates on the vital convoys sailing from India to England. They must be intercepted and captured or sunk.