To Glory We Steer — Alexander Kent

The year is 1782. England is fighting for her life in the bloodstained waters of the Caribbean as the frigate Phalarope plunges through shot and shell to join her hard-pressed squadron.

Hemmed in by enemy ships, Captain Richard Bolitho finds that war in the West Indies is a harsh teacher. The Phalarope is a hard-luck ship with a mutinous crew and Bolitho must do battle not only with the Americans, but his own men as well!