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Hotspur
This is a sloop-of-war with a fairly shallow draft and light armament and is assigned to the Channel Fleet.
Princess
This is a water-hoy, or fresh water resupply ship, running fresh water between England and the Channel Fleet.
Guêpe
This French brig chases and brings Princess to bay.
Canister Shot
Baddlestone loads a nine-pounder cannon with this and fires it down the main hatch.
Captured French Documents
After storming Guêpe, Hornblower raids the dead captain's cabin and seizes these.
Sea Fencibles
This is a naval force which operated to protect England from invasion by France during the Napoleonic Wars.
Ferrol
This is a Spanish port town where Hornblower was imprisoned for two years as a midshipman.
Renown
This is the seventy-four gun ship-of-the-line upon which Hornblower is the most-junior lieutenant.
McCool's Sea-chest
This is built of apparently solid slabs of mahogany and its lid is...
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