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The Inshore Squadron

he year is 1800 and Britain is at war with Denmark. A squadron of ships under the command of Rear Admiral Richard Bolitho is dispatched to the Baltic to blockade the, as he embarks on the mission. The weather is thick. Another 74 looms ahead, barely visible through the cold, wind-driven rain and the spray from a confused, choppy sea.

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