Its 1775 and the American Revolution has begun. In England, the Royal Navy has one eye on the rebellious colonials and the other on its traditional enemy, the French. Two teenagers - Jaco Jacinto from Charleston, SC and Darren Smythe from Gosport, England – become midshipmen in their respective navies. Jacinto wants to help his countrymen win their freedom. Smythe wanted to be a naval officer since he was a boy. From blockaded harbors in the cold waters off Nova Scotia and Scotland to the Bahama Islands, they serve with great leaders and bad ones through battles and politics as the two young men learn important lessons in the school of naval hard knocks. Jacinto and Smythe are mortal enemies but when they meet, they become friends and know later, they will again be enemies determined to do their duty.