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Fifty real-life stories of the British Navy during the Age of Sail, originally published as a collection in 1899. The stories span the period from 1616 (Dolphin versus five Turkish men-of-war) to 1831 (capture of Spanish slaver by His Majesty's brig Black Joke). Most of the stories are first-person narratives, often in the form of letters written in the immediate aftermath of the battle or event described, when the smell of gunpowder, suffering of wounded, and frantic repair work still info...