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Dead Reckoning
H
ISTORICAL
F
ICTION BY
C. N
ORTHCOTE
P
ARKINSON
PUBLISHED BY
M
C
B
OOKS
P
RESS

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Dead Reckoning

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Dead
Reckoning
C. N
ORTHCOTE
P
ARKINSON
RICHARD DELANCEY NOVELS, NO. 6
M
C
B
OOKS
P
RESS
, I
NC
.
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THACA
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ORK
Published by McBooks Press 2003
Copyright © 1978 by C. Northcote Parkinson
First published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978
First published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Ltd, 1978
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. Requests for such permissions should be addressed to McBooks Press, Inc., ID Booth Building, 520 North Meadow St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
Cover painting:
Naval Ramming 1811, The British Warship “Hermes” Rams the French Privateer “La Mouch.”
Courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parkinson, C. Northcote (Cyril Northcote), 1909-
Dead reckoning / by C. Northcote Parkinson.
p. cm. — (The Richard Delancey novels ; no. 6)
ISBN 1-59013-038-3 (alk. paper)
1. Delancey, Richard (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Great
Britain—History, Naval—19th century—Fiction. 3. Napoleonic Wars,
1800-1815—Fiction. 4. Guernsey (Channel Islands)—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6066.A6955D43 2003
823'.914—dc21
2003005458
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Contents

Chapter One : To the Indies

Chapter Two : China Fleet

Chapter Three : The Task

Chapter Four : Borneo

Chapter Five : Locating the Enemy

Chapter Six : The Stockade

Chapter Seven : Mauritius

Chapter Eight : Bourbon

Chapter Nine : Defeat into Victory

Chapter Ten : Combined Operation

Chapter Eleven : The Seychelles

Chapter Twelve : The Signal Station

Chapter Thirteen : Action off Madagascar

Chapter Fourteen : Home from the Sea

Chapter One
T
O THE
I
NDIES

“I
AM HAPPY to inform you, Captain Delancey, that you have been appointed to command the frigate
Laura
of 32 guns. She is refitting at Portsmouth but should be completed next month. Perhaps you know the ship?”

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