A serial version for broadcasting of Crosbie Garstin 's trilogy ' The
Penhales '
Read by Geoffrey Tandy
War having broken out with France again, Ortho Penhale found himself master of the Ghost, a brigantine privateer. His first cruise was a success, but since then matters gradually deteriorated until people began to say that the famous Penhale's luck had gone.
This instalment finds Ortho in company with an old whaling ship and a Channel Island lugger, dogging a number of Dutch East-India-men with a convoy of 74 guns, too large for them to engage with safety. But matters are desperate for the British ships and they finally close with her-the result of the engagement you will hear today.