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Royal Navy Narrative

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Carter Steever
Mr. DeBonis
English Comp.

I remember the first time my father , your great-grandfather, showed me the vessel would be commanding one day. Our family has been defending this town from pirates for generations. Long ago, people of this town realized that we are too far away to get help from the royal navy. This is a fairly prominent trading town and that can attract some crime. Few permanent residents owned their own ships, and those who did immediately offered to take the job. When they got older, they passed the command to their son , and he did the same to his own son. Of course, sometimes people don't like to accept what is given to them and decline their inherited profession. Many have rejected their post over the years and …show more content…

His ship slightly larger and more heavily armed, but it was also a bit slower. Mine was faster and also armed but to a lesser extent. The pirates' ship, however, was a great deal larger than either of ours and had more guns than both of ours put together. Nevertheless, I could tell it was stolen from the navy, probably a patrol ship that was caught in unfamiliar territory and ambushed, and navy ships were notoriously slow and cumbersome. The wind was blowing into the bay so we had to use the oars when we left the docks. We were nearing the ex-patrol ship when I saw it begin to turn to starboard to begin to fire upon us. I gave the order to follow the prow so we wouldn't be exposed to cannon fire. Bertran didn't think about being hit and just tried to get his own ship next to it so that he could fire upon …show more content…

Tragic as this was, it distracted the marauder's boat and gave me and my crew time to go around on the other side of his boat, using it as a shield, to get behind the pirate ship. From there we stopped and I gave the command to fire. In the first few moments, the Pirate captain tried to turn his ship so that he could fire upon us, but it was too slow and before he could position his boat, we had destroyed the rudder. For a while, we were just firing on the back of the hull but he started to get farther away and our shots were becoming more inaccurate. They were heading for the town and there was no one to stand in their way. Now, I had to get in front of the ship. Luckily, Thomas' boat , Bouclier, was still in one piece. When the Herencia attacked from behind, the pirates ceased there attack on Bertran in order to deal with the more pressing threat. So, after he got his bearings he also started to fire upon the pirates’ vessel. Causing it to

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