1800: Captain Jethro Cockerill "Cocky" Penhaligon is given command of the 32-gun frigate Avenger by Horatio Nelson. He is assigned the task of destroying the French 74 Gironde which is preying on British shipping in the Mediterranean.
The English Captain
- Details
- By: Simon White
- Title: The English Captain
- Series: "Cocky" Penhaligon
- First Published by: St. Martin's Press
- First Published Format: HC
- First Published Date: 1977
- ISBN-10: 0-312253-57-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0312253578