Mr Midshipsman Hornblower

The story start in the 1793, France and England are enemys. We are in the Spithead's port, England, in a small ship. Where arrived a young men of 17 years old for become a sailor and his name is Hornblower.
In the ship he know Simpson. Simpson is a sailor of his ship and he is tall, strong and agresive.
He, Simpson and other  sailors start to play cards. But Simpson lost and accuse to Hornblower of cheater. He don't apologize because of Hornblower callange to Simpson in a duel. The duel is:
They have many weapons and they chose one, but the weapon can be load or not. Hornblower know  which weapon is load for its weight. He chose a load weapon and kill Simpson.

A few months later he is a midshipsman in the Indefatigable.
One day they try to escape of a France's attack. But they have a hole and the water come in to the ship and the ship start  to weed out. Also they transport rise. Hornblower decide to take a small ship and load up the rise of  the ship he go to England.

A few months later the war go on. He stay in the Indefatigable, in Cadiz.
Nowadays his usefull is protect the ships which come from Gibraltar because Spain make up with France and now they don't let pass England's ship which transport goods. Because of England start to suffer from hungy.
One day he see a  Spain's galley sinking  a England's ship. He take a ship with Jackson and they stick the Spain's galley. They kill some spanish and they make the other spanish prisioners. These day his capitan  name Hornblower a lieutenant.

One year later he stay in the ship Le Reve, in Gibraltar. Now Jackson is his adjuntar.
One day his admiral orders him to carry the duchess to England. They set sail but one night a spanish ship do a surprise attack and they break the mast.

At last they is a prisioner in a Spain Castle for 2 years. One day  a England's ship sink a Spain's ship. Hornblower ask for help to Spain's survivors. But when he is assist the survivors the England's ship come back and capture Hornblower. After he explain his history to the England's capitan and he release Hornblower.