It began with a severed ear, a shipwreck and a mutiny. It ended with dozens dead amid accusations of betrayal and murder in one of Britain's most barbaric naval atrocities. Now it is set to become a ...

In 1739, on the outbreak of war with Spain, the British government sent two fleets to attack its enemy’s possessions in South America. A huge armada of nearly two hundred vessels and almost thirty ...

While traversing the notoriously dangerous Drake Passage one of the smaller ships, a 28-gun frigate called HMS Wager, became separated from the rest. It was never seen again, but over the next few ...

The 'flotilla' leaving Trincomalee, October 1944. This picture was taken from HMS Wager, and my father, David H savin, who was a torpedo man aboard Wager, added the caption on reverse. The 27th ...

HMS Wessex laying a smokescreen on exercises, Trincomalee, October 1944 This is a picture of destroyer HMS Wessex taken from aboard HMS Wager. My father, David H Savin, was a torpedo man on Wager, and ...

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT Patrick O’Brian’s wide, rich world the oceans and the men who sail them that makes his plots appear a lot less important than the sum of his marvelous details. There is a plot ...