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The year is 1817, and Captain Briar Atwater is in search of her first vessel to begin her lifelong passion as a merchantman of the sea. She chooses a decommissioned Sloop-of-War called the Swallow. However, trouble brews during repairs, scarring the carpenters and injuring Briar. A ghostly apparition has clung to her new ship, yet she is determined to face the spectator and see her ship ready for sea, forming an unlikely friendship with the Midshipman spectator known as Anan

~ The Lieutenant's Peace ~ The setting sun, like liquid gold, Dispersed behind the clouds, so bold, Relieving shores of warmth's...

The Catholic Irishman who became "Father of the American Navy" The Irish Boy Set to Sea Little had been mentioned about the first Commodore of the Navy in today's society. It is a shame, in my opinion, for he was a man of merit, a man of faith, and a man of selfless courage. Commodore John Barry was born in the little village of Tacumshane, nestled within the County Wexford in Ireland. He was the oldest of five to very poor parents, James and Ellen Barry, who lived in hardshi

Who do you say I am, You who thinks you know? I am but a single grain of salt, Lost in the sea's endless faults. Around me dangers lurked, Hungry to destroy His messengers, A faithful child emerged, Now an adult, submerged. To my left, abundance of inspiration, To my right, ignorance in barren lands, Scorned by distant strangers they screech, By friends' love, light reach. I spoke of truths, from love and hope, And of lies, fearful struck by rope. I sought the lig

A young sailor is condemned to a fate for insubordination, and the truth of the accusation comes to light.

I have not been a good man. I had made so many mistakes in my life and taken lives; destroying souls and hearts alike in my careless...