Seafarers: Fighting Sail - Whipple A. B. C. - Hardcover

Chatham, England, 1771. Sails flogged and tavern signs creaked. An officer of the Royal Navy was walking along the waterfront when a youngster approached him. The boy was neat, and he projected an air of quiet self-assurance. He did not ask for money, as the officer had expected him to. He had a sea bag over his shoulder, and he wanted directions. Where could he find the Raisonnable? And how could he get out to her? His Majesty's ship of the line Raisonnable lay in the Medway River estuary, along with other warships that had recently been recommissioned. The youngster confided that he not only knew the name of the Raisonnable's commander, Captain Maurice Suckling, but he was, in fact, Suckling's 12-year-old nephew Horatio Nelson. He was reporting for duty as a midshipman.Whipple, A. B. C. is the author of 'Seafarers: Fighting Sail - Whipple A. B. C. - Hardcover' with ISBN 9781844471133 and ISBN 1844471136.