WAR IN THE UNDERSEAS

The Last of a Pirate

G. H. Davis

WAR IN THE UNDERSEAS

BY
HAROLD F. B. WHEELER
F.R.Hist.S.
AUTHOR OF
‘DARING DEEDS OF MERCHANT SEAMEN’
‘STIRRING DEEDS OF BRITAIN’S SEA-DOGS’ ETC.
FOUNDER OF ‘HISTORY’
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh
DEDICATED
TO
GEOFFREY CHARLES TASKAR KEYES

IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT IF OPPORTUNITY BE HIS HE MAY EMULATE THE DARING OF HIS FATHER, WHOSE ACHIEVEMENT AT ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND WILL BE RELATED BY OLD BOYS TO THEIR JUNIORS UNTIL THE OCEAN HIGHWAY IS AS DRY AS A DUSTY ROAD