In 1855 the so called Crimean War was about to move into its next phase, the Russian Navy in the Black Sea having been effectively bottled up in Sebastapol. Rear-admiral Lord Edward Courtenay is asked by the Admiralty to take a small flotilla comprising two screw frigates and three screw gunboats of a new class back to the Crimea the object of which was to carry our raids on the Russians' supply routes in the Sea of Azof to prevent Sebastapol being supplied by land. Once Courtenay is able to move into the Sea of Azov with his ships, he carries out a series of raids that disrupts Russian supply lines before being involved in what was admitted to be a pointless attack on some Russian Forts on a spit of land at Kinburn. On returning to Constantinople to await further orders, Courtenay and his flotilla become involved in a situation which had arisen in Egypt, where HMG is against that country creating what will be known as the Suez Canal and where a British railway company is in the midst of constructing a railway. Three British surveyors are kidnapped by a group of tribesmen under one Osiris Faisal and held to ransom, thus creating the need for another Courtenay rescue operation....
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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