1802: Pirates on the Spanish Main... Two days out from Jamaica on a routine patrol against privateers, Captain Ramage and his ship Calypso come upon a sight that horrifies even his battle-hardened crew. A French privateer, caught in the act of taking a British ship, has ruthlessly butchered the passengers and crew - sparing not even the women.
Armed only with the privateer's name, Ramage and his crew are determined to get revenge on the pirates - and set out to find them in the hostile ports of the Spanish Main...