Royal Navy

BOOM. BOOM. CRAAAAACKKKK! The shots rang out in deafening roars, and left thick white smoke in their wake. A cacophony of screams, clashing steel, and cannon fire filled the air, as two ships collided in battle. One thought screamed inside Isaiah Cartwell's mind. I have to find her. This is our chance, our one chance. Go! Weaving through the swarm of dueling men, Isaiah raced towards his goal. The kitchen, please have stayed in the kitchen. He rushed towards the aft of the ship, to the hatch…

It was never a normal day on the ship of the straw hat pirates, there was always a noise going on. From Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper fishing to Brook playing a song to Sanji fangirling over Robin and Nami. While you were sitting at a table, sun beating down on you, with a killer headache. Curse all this noise. Noise was your worst enemy at the moment and it seemed like its winning. Everything seems to go quiet for only a moment, a blissful moment, before the sudden yelling from across the deck made…

Hurricane Joaquin was just a tropical storm when the ship name El Faro was leaving Jacksonville, Florida to Puerto Rico on Thursday. As Joaquin started to get bigger and stronger El Faro started to get 30 to 35 foot waves by the time the hurricane was category 4 they had lost all type of communication, the coast guard believes the wind could have destroyed the ship’s communications equipment and lost contact with the ship. El Faro had 33 people on board 28 of them were U.S. Citizens and five…

August 2, 1943. An American Lieutenant, 27 years of age, was with his crew of 13 aboard a PT boat near Japanese waters. It was late at night. Suddenly, the Lieutenant spotted in the darkness the outline of a boat coming straight towards them. At first he mistook it for a fellow PT boat-no cause for alarm. Yet as it came closer, he realized what it was: A Japanese destroyer. He made an attempt at the guns and tried to move out of the way, but it was too late. The PT boat was hit by the enormous…

Chen first joined the Navy the soldier was immature. However, now the ex soldier hair is completely white. The veteran was easy to give in, but the years in the Navy, those years hardened and qualified Jia physically and mentally for life. The veteran glancing back at the days of service. Although, Jia was in the Navy, the father of three held no position and was just a messenger boy. The grandfather served at age 20, from the year 1968 to 1981. After retiring from the Navy, the veteran is now…

It’s 1848, Captain Horatio Dobbs and his whaling ship Princess a scouring the Pacific Ocean in search of the elusive Sperm Whale, his crew has been on a fruitless voyage for several months, not a whale in sight the reserves are running low and the ship has to make port to restock on rations. Suddenly, out of the vast blue expanse, an explosion of water, the Princess had stumbled upon a pod of Pacific Sperm Whales within minutes the small whaling boats a launched leaving only a skeleton crew on…

What would a citizen of the U.S. do if they were under attack by pirates? Would they resist and fight back or would they surrender and give up their home in the U.S? These are the questions that the president of the U.S. has to contemplate as the U.S. goes into an all out war with Pirates. In The Jefferson Key, President Danny Daniels along with Cotton Malone and other influential operatives fight back against Barbary Pirates that are trying to take over the U.S. These Barbary Pirates, Also…

“We’ll need to head out through the other end of the cargo bay where we’re going to be decontaminated and have our suits disposed of.” “Yes, of course.” They made their way to the other end of the cargo hold moving cautiously through the rows of body bags. Then, unexpectedly, Commander Brayzack stopped. “Wait!” “What is it, sir?” “I need to see that database again.” Back at the computer, Brayzack began typing one more name into the search box, Enders…

David Cordinglys “Under the Black Flag” illustrates the life of a pirate in the colonial period. This novel does an excellent job at this as he depicts the difference between pirates in literature and pirates in History. Ideas included in this is that of wooden crutches and women who dressed as men to join the pirate life. Many of them joined piracy due to their upbringings from childhood. Though, other details is the punishments of pirates. Pirate’s punishments for their crimes is often cruel…

‘Alexia Riley, you have been commissioned by the High Council of the Earth’s Forestry and Woodland to document a trek through the Atlantic Ocean. Is your team ready to depart in four days time?’ ‘Yes, Sir. We will be fully equipped to depart from Great Britain at 7:30am Thursday 26th May 2018. We will be departing from Heathrow Airport, and travelling to Nanortalik, Greenland. From there we will depart, and travel through the Atlantic Ocean before arriving in the Falkland Islands.’ My reply…