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    Johan af Puke had received his orders at the Admiralty in Karlskrona, the main base of the Högsjöflottan as the deep seas navy was called. When Vice Admiral Nordenskjöld told him to sail for the Mediterranean to attack the Barbary Coast, Johan could feel there was something he didn't say. Besides, why care about pirates far away in the middle of a war that wasn't even going that well? Johan were to stop at Göteborg to take on further provisions and additional orders and then to proceed to Bruxelle where he was to get the latest news, assess the situation and write a short report on the Brabant revolution in the Oostenrijkse Nederlanden. His knowledge in Dutch and past service in the Dutch Navy would be helpful in this regard. It wasn't unusual for naval officers to have served in other navies. After Johan had left Skeppsgossekåren in Karlskrona he had served in not only the Dutch Navy but also the British and French.



    All the supplies had been stored and Johan was impatiently waiting for his orders so he could catch the tide. There were parts of the Göteborg archipelago that could be tricky to navigate if he waited much longer and he would have to delay the departure further. Standing on the quarterdeck looking at the harbour, just a cable length away, he could see a horse galloping through the crowds. Raising his looking glass to his eye he could see a young man dressed in the distinct court dress of his Majesty Gustav III reining in his horse next to a small boat and almost falling out of the saddle started discussing something with the rower and pointed right at Johan.

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