Commodore Alexander Barr, Commanding Officer of Special Force ‘Orca’, now flying his Broad Pennant in the brand new Battle Class Destroyer HMS Waterloo has a fairly routine raid to carry out on the ragged Norwegian Coast. Unbeknown to him the German Kriegsmarine is carrying out exercises a scarce five nautical miles north of his designated beach. Alone the destroyer escorts to the cruiser ‘Schwerin’ outgun every ship in Barr’s 31st Destroyer Group so when the giant cruiser itself joins the ensuing melee the battle turns decidedly one sided. His only hope is to get in close, engage the enemy more closely...he has no choice but to try, the only alternative is to leave sixty Royal Marine commandos to their fate, does Barr have something up his gold ringed sleeve that could save the day...