 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aubrey musungwa wehondo ane maonero akakwana ehondo yegungwa muAlgeciras Bay mu Master and Commander. Iye ari mufambi ari mungarava yeHMS Java apo inotorwa neUSS Constitution mu The Fortune of War. Achisungwazve muhondo, Aubrey anosvika muBoston ari mungarava inonzi USS Constitution. Ari kuporesa ronda rakakomba muBoston. Iye, Maturin naDiana Villiers vanotiza vari mungarava yeHMS Shannon, iyo inokunda USS ChesapeakemuBoston Harbor sechikamu cheHondo ya1812, uyewo muThe Fortune of War. Hondo idzo Aubrey anotora chikamu mairi dzakafuridzirwa nekurwisana chaiko kwechikepe, asi kwete kusanganisira zvikepe zvakafanana nemazita, kana dzimwe nguva nezuva chairo rekusangana chaiko. Muenzaniso weizvi ndiAubrey wekutanga kutungamira, HMS Sophie inotora huremu hwakanyanya hweSpanish frigate ine 32 12-pound pfuti kune Sophies 14 4-pounders uye vashandi ve319 zvichienzaniswa ne56, iyo yakafanana chaizvo nekusangana kweHMS Speedy pasi peCochrane muna Chivabvu 1801. 