Port Mahon, Minorca, April 1800. At a concert, Jack Aubrey, a lieutenant with no ship, nearly fights a duel with Stephen Maturin, a penniless Irish-Catalan doctor. That same night Jack is promoted and given the sloop Sophie. The next day the two bond over their love of music, and Jack signs Stephen on as ship's surgeon. Sophie takes prize after prize and beats the Cacafuego, a far larger Spanish frigate, but first lieutenant James Dillon is killed. Later, Sophie is captured by a French squadron. Jack watches the battles of Algeciras up close and faces a court-martial for losing his ship. He is acquitted.
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ChangeThe lantern trick
The raft with a lit lantern that fools the Acheron at night comes from the first book, back when Jack commanded the little Sophie. The film moves the idea to the Surprise.
The book opens with Jack and Stephen meeting at a concert in Port Mahon in 1800 and nearly fighting a duel over an elbow. In the film they are already old friends.
In the book, Jack has just been promoted and gets his first command, the sloop Sophie, in the Mediterranean. The film puts him in charge of a frigate five years later.
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