Lieutenant Halfhyde — by Philip McCutchan

• 1974
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In this time when Her Majesty's ships plough the waves with steam instead of sails, the outspoken Lt. St. Vincent Halfhyde has been censured once already for challenging his superiors. But the Royal Navy needs fearless, danger-loving, and eminently c...

• Mar-1976
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Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is assigned as second-in-command of the heavy cruiser Viceroy and ordered to a volcanic island that has recently surfaced in the north Pacific. The Admiralty hopes to claim the island for the Crown and estab...

• Dec-1976
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Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is once again dispatched to Africa. This time, his mission is to help capture a British traitor who carries secret blueprints of British warships. Assisted by a Scotland Yard detective and a handful of sailo...

• 1977
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With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a British sailing ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Un...

• 1978
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In Andalusia, Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger, who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Vi...

• Jan-1980
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The old iron-clad Meridian steams south on her last journey under the British flag, on route to her new home in the Chilean Navy. Using the transfer of the ship as cover, Halfhyde and Watkiss are on a covert operation to protect British interests in ...

• 1980
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Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde, Captain Watkiss, and Admiral Daintree are under orders to round Cape Horn on a voyage from Chile to Britain to deliver traitor Sir Russell Savory to his fate. Their old enemy, Vice-Admiral von Merkatz, is o...

• 1981
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Far up the Yangtze River, the European presence in Chungking is threatened with rebellion and massacre by the Chinese. With the Russians and Germans poised to take advantage of lapsing British treaties, tactful intervention in rescuing the terrified ...

• Jan-1982
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All is not well on Zanatu: the idyllic Polynesian island is in rebellion, and the British Navy sends Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde to find out why. Halfhyde steams to investigate, braving typhoons and coral reefs along the way. But things go from b...

• Jun-1984
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When Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde finds himself unexpectedly placed on shore on the half-pay list of the Royal Navy (following the debacle chronicled in Halfhyde on Zanatu), he decides to broaden his experience at sea on a merchantman bound for Sy...

• Feb-1985
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St. Vincent Halfhyde, now out of Queen Victoria's navy, and attempting to earn his living in the merchant service as master and owner of the elderly steamship Taronga Park, is on passage from Sydney, Australia, to Queenstown in the south of Ireland. ...

• Jan-1986
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Recalled to active duty and assigned to the old square-rigger "Glen Hallandale," Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is given the unwelcome task of transporting unruly, dangerous convicts to the South African wars...

• May-1987
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• Jan-1988
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St. Vincent Halfhyde, commanding the steamer Taronga Park, is leaving Liverpool for the Amazon River. On board is a senior British diplomat charged with a delicate mission to Brazil, where the German Emperor is believed to be establishing a naval bas...

• May-1990
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When St. Vincent Halfhyde, captain of the steamer Taronga Park, is suddenly called to the Admiralty, he finds he has rather more to concern him than the cargo of textiles he was expecting to deliver to Valparaiso in Chile. The "request" is to take on...

• Jan-1992
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With an extended tour, during which his bravery and seamanship were put to the test, finally behind him, the intrepid Halfhyde returns home for a review by the Queen, and is assigned to act as a buffer between Victoria and the irascible Admiral Watki...