The guns of arrest

Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde, RN, appointed to the battleship PRINCE CONSORT, finds himself once again sailing under his old captain, Henry Bassinghorn. Halfhyde is to proceed to South Africa upon a special mission to apprehend Sir Russell Savory, who has fled the country with secret blueprints of the forthcoming naval construction programme. Halfhyde, together with Detective Inspector Todhunter, must find Savory before he can make contact with Berlin, but the PRINCE CONSORT is overhauled by the German Special Service Squadron - with the obvious intention of beating the British Navy in the race for Sir Russell Savory.