Admiral Sir Joshua Pound paced up and down the length of his cabin with the Admiralty instructions in his hand.
"As if we don't have enough on our plates with Bellerophon in dry dock, without all this." He waved the document towards his Flag Captain. Josiah Pennyman. " We will simply have to do the best we can with what little we have." He gave a small sigh.


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"Send for Rogerson dear fellow, and he can make fair copies of my orders to each Captain. We will send Amelia as the fastest sailer to collect the Diplomat, Leander and Phoenix as the best sailers excepting the Frigates and with the firepower can fetch the convoy home. We will send Concorde with Swan as it's eyes on patrol, whilst we take Superb with us on this goose chase after the so called 'Big Ship'. You know what these fishermen's stories are like. Anything larger than a sloop is a big ship to them."

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Thus on the following morning's ebb tide in the dawn light the Royal George in company with the Superb, Captain Rufus Taylor set their sails, slipped moorings, and passing under the guns of Fort Wolf entered the blue waters of the Indian Ocean in search of shadows.


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Bligh.