Kim it was a Marine who shot at the "Albatros". (Was it an Albatros?)

And as I haven't read Far Side of the World yet I don't if the whole Prize ship incident takes place in that book. (I just started the series with Master and Commander.) But do you all recall in "Captain Horatio HornBlower" Hornblower gives the Natividad to a Spainish despot thinking at the time they are at war with France and an ally of Spain. He only learns the opposite after the Natividad sails for El Salvador and Hornblower has to recaputer his prize.

The movie of "Captain Hornblower" probably is not as good as it could have been but the naval gunbattles were the best filmed until now and I think they still hold up well.

Don