Chapter 11
Orders for HomeTo Petroc, Captain Greenway seemed somewhat annoyed as he read his report of the actions taken during the passage through the Belt.
“You seem to have taken a very liberal approach to my orders, Captain.”
Petroc hesitated a moment. “I maintained a position on the windward side and at the rear of the convoy throughout the transit of the Belt, sir. We did, however, seize the opportunity to take a pair of their gunboats and use them to assist the Erebus, sir.”
“So you say. I have Captain Keene’s report here before me. He makes no mention of your intervention. Indeed, he is satisfied that he was successful in driving off six gunboats, not four.”
“Three at least were disabled by the time Erebus managed to bring her broadside to bear, sir. As I have described in my
