Captain Kettle on the war-path by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
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"Captain Kettle on the war-path" by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne is a collection of wartime adventure stories written in the early 20th century. The work follows the audacious seafarer Captain Sir Owen Kettle—and, at times, other hard-bitten British mariners—as they conduct improvised naval raids, sabotage, and cloak‑and‑dagger exploits against Germany during the Great War. Expect brisk action, sardonic humor, and a taste for ingenuity at sea and ashore. The opening of the
book drops straight into World War I escapades. First, Kettle teams with an eager M.P., is shanghaied onto a Norwegian tanker secretly supplying a U‑boat, and then seizes the bridge to ram and accidentally detonate the submarine, surviving a sinking and a second U‑boat’s brutality before making landfall in Ireland. Next comes a standalone tale: a Grimsby skipper who loses his twin sons to a mine commandeers a German minelayer, uses captured mines to sink a light cruiser, and—after threading the Heligoland defenses in fog—blows up a major battlecruiser, sacrificing his trawler in the process. Finally, the narrative returns to Kettle as an actor-turned-fixer, Holly Holroyd, recruits him to choke off Germany’s cotton supply via a neutral port; posing as American academics, they stash decoys, pocket real incendiary gear, scout cotton-choked quays, and brawl with German agents in a hotel before planning a rooftop escape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe, 1866-1944 |
|---|---|
| Title | Captain Kettle on the war-path |
| Original Publication | London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1916. |
| Contents | The supply ship -- The mine-layer -- Cotton -- Gun-runners -- The intervening wire -- Rejoining at once -- The lady killer -- An eye for an eye -- That Rhine tour -- The inventor of Meltite. |
| Credits | Al Haines |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction |
| Subject | War stories, English |
| Subject | Ship captains -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, English |
| Subject | Kettle, Owen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78784 |
| Release Date | May 30, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 385 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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