Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (1925-1997) served as a merchant navy midshipman during WWII and in 1944 became a naval defence correspondent of the London Evening News. He went on to write carefully researched naval history and was urged by C.S. Forester to try his hand at fiction as he saw the younger writer as his literary heir. He wrote two historical naval fiction Series.
The first is about Lord Ramage, the son of Admiral the Earl of Blazey who is out of favour. The son has a career dogged by the interference of his father's enemies.
The second is about Ned Yorke, the younger son of the Earl of Ilex. Persecuted by the Roundheads he becomes a Buccaneer
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction
Series: Lord Ramage
1775: Born in St Kew, Cornwall, Son of the 10th Earl of Blazey
1788: Enters Royal Navy as Midshipman
Ramage : 1796: Junior Lieutenant on the Frigate Sibella Ramage is thrown into command of the sinking ship when his seniors are killed. He completes the mission but is Court Martialled
Ramage & the Drum Beat : 1797: Lieutenant in command of the cutter Kathleen takes part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent
Ramage & the Freebooters (aka The Triton Brig) : 1797: Lieutenant in command of the brig Triton solves the loss of local shipping in the Caribbean
Governor Ramage R.N. : 1798: Triton escorting a convoy is wrecked in a Hurricane. After going on a treasure hunt Ramage is Court Martialled again
Ramage's Prize : 1798: Without a ship Ramage investigates the losses in Packet ships sailing between Jamaica & Falmouth
Ramage & the Guillotine : 1801: Still unemployed Ramage goes on a spying mission to France to assess the threat of invasion
Ramage's Diamond : 1802: Newly promoted captain and given the frigate Juno Ramage sails to the West Indies & blockades Martinique
Ramage's Mutiny : 1802: Now commanding Calypso Ramage must recover a ship which was surrendered to the Spanish after a mutiny
Ramage & the Rebels : 1802: Ramage accepts the surrender of Curacao from the Dutch and defends it against a rebellion
The Ramage Touch : 1802: Now on a lone patrol in the Mediterranean, Ramage turns two captured bomb ketches against their former owners
Ramage's Signal : 1802: After quietly capturing a French semaphore station he uses it to divert an enemy convoy
Ramage & the Renegades : 1802: With the Peace of Amiens signed Ramage is sent to map a remote island where he finds ships illegally captured
Ramage's Devil : 1803: The newly married Ramage must escape from France and rescue some French nobles sent to Devils Island
Ramage's Trial : 1804: Escorting a convoy back to England Ramage encounters a mad captain and ends up Court Martialled yet again
Ramage's Challenge : 1804: Ramage is sent to the Mediterranean to rescue nobles interned when war broke out and finds his wife amongst them
Ramage at Trafalgar : 1805: Ramage plays a part in the Battle of Trafalgar
Ramage & the Saracens : 1806: Ramage defends Sicily against the Saracens
Ramage & the Dido : 1807: Given command of the Ship of the Line Dido Ramage sails for the West Indies
AOS Pirate Fiction
Buccaneer : 1655: Ned Yorke flees Barbados in his ship the Griffin and becomes a buccaneer
| Admiral | 1660: Based in Jamaica Ned becomes admiral of all the buccaneers |
| Galleon | Ned sets out to capture a stranded Galleon |
| Corsair | Ned must defend Jamaica |
Non-Fiction
AOS Naval Non-Fiction |
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| Life in Nelson's Navy | An account of shipboard life in Nelson's navy |
| England Expects aka Decision at Trafalgar |
An account of the Battle of Trafalgar and life and events in Britain and France in the years up to 1805. |
| The Devil Himself: The Mutiny of 1800 |
The story of the British crew of the Danae who mutinied and sailed the ship to France |
| The Black Ship | The story of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy aboard HMS Hermione |
| The Great Gamble: Nelson at Copenhagen |
An account of the battle of Copenhagen |
| At 12 Mr Byng Was Shot | His offence was nothing more than following the orders of his superiors |
AOS Other Non-Fiction |
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| Harry Morgan's Way aka The Buccaneer King | The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688 |
Modern Era: Fiction
Modern Era Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Ned Yorke (Series continued from AOS) | |
| Convoy | WWII: Lt. Yorke must find out how German U-Boats are sinking merchant ships from inside the convoys |
| Decoy | WWII: Lt. Cdr. Yorke is ordered to obtain a new Enigma machine and its Hydra cipher from the Germans |
Non-Fiction
Modern Era Naval Non-Fiction |
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| The Battle of the River Plate aka Graf Spee | The final voyage of the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee |
| 73 North | The Battle of the Barents Sea 1942 |
| Flag 4 | The Battle of Coastal Forces in the Mediterranean 1939-1945 |