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The Nemesis
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Captain Thomas Edwards smiled as the sighting of land was finally reported. His ship had fallen far behind the rest of the fleet without its main mast, and now he could finally put into Cape Town and repair.
He knew the rest of the fleet was probably already near Madagascar, where they were to challenge the French rule, but this would be one battle his ship would sit out, after losing the main mast in the last battle.
It had been just south of the Ivory Coast, where the fleet, numbering nearly thirty ships, had come across a French fleet of about ten, and annihilated them. But Thomas's 74 gun ship, HMS Spartacus, had been caught in the thick of it, in between the two second-rates which had commanded the enemy fleet.
Second-rates - 84 guns apiece, Edwards shuddered at the memory.
If it hadn't been for Admiral Spencer's flagship, HMS Royal Sovereign firing a broadside that raked (firing along the length of a ship from the stern or bow, rather than at the sides) both ships as it passed, the Spartacus would surely have been boarded, or worse, set alight.
But now that was a distant memory, as Cape Town became larger and larger on the horizon.
And so did the smoke that rose from so many buildings in it...
* * * * *
More to come, possibly today.
Sorry not to have finished so many stories before, just not got into them, this one I hopefully should lol!
Btw, back now when it comes to writing, but I can't get into NESs again really, not enough time and everything in the forum's changed lol.
Hope you like this opening, and comments are appreciated.
Chris AKA Nemesis
He knew the rest of the fleet was probably already near Madagascar, where they were to challenge the French rule, but this would be one battle his ship would sit out, after losing the main mast in the last battle.
It had been just south of the Ivory Coast, where the fleet, numbering nearly thirty ships, had come across a French fleet of about ten, and annihilated them. But Thomas's 74 gun ship, HMS Spartacus, had been caught in the thick of it, in between the two second-rates which had commanded the enemy fleet.
Second-rates - 84 guns apiece, Edwards shuddered at the memory.
If it hadn't been for Admiral Spencer's flagship, HMS Royal Sovereign firing a broadside that raked (firing along the length of a ship from the stern or bow, rather than at the sides) both ships as it passed, the Spartacus would surely have been boarded, or worse, set alight.
But now that was a distant memory, as Cape Town became larger and larger on the horizon.
And so did the smoke that rose from so many buildings in it...
* * * * *
More to come, possibly today.
Sorry not to have finished so many stories before, just not got into them, this one I hopefully should lol!
Btw, back now when it comes to writing, but I can't get into NESs again really, not enough time and everything in the forum's changed lol.
Hope you like this opening, and comments are appreciated.
Chris AKA Nemesis