A convoy of thousands of live and tons of vitally needed shipping was the lure to draw the German battleship out of hiding. The Captain’s awesome responsibility was to protect his convoy’s safety and then engage the battleship until reinforcements arrived. The British admiralty had set up the whole operation as a trap. But the Admiralty were not to know that the Captain would have to choose between his duty and his love for a woman. She was aboard the already crippled destroyer that he was to order into battle against the German guns.