The Onedin Line

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The Wind Blows Free
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Liverpool, 1860. James Onedin acquires the sailing ship 'Charlotte Rhodes' by marrying the owner's daughter, Anne Webster, makes his brother Robert his partner and starts competing with his former employer Callon.
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Plain Sailing
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On the return journey form Portugal, James gets sick and Anne has to improvise with the navigation.
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Other Points of the Compass
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Robert finds out the partnership is not a profitable to him as he thought. James' sister Elizabeth is engaged to captain-to-be Daniel Fogarty, but more interested in Albert Frazer, who owns a shipyard and thus becomes friends with James.
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High Price
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Unable to pay the rent, James and Anne move to a warehouse James just purchased. Elizabeth is pregnant, but not married, quite a scandal at the time.
1x5
Catch as Can
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Mr Baines is abducted by a US ship, but James manages to rescue him.
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Salvage
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The Charlotte Rhodes gets into trouble just off the coast and Callon rushes in to 'salvage' the ship (which is not insured), knowing that James won't be able to pay for it. James .. show full overview
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Passage to Pernambuco
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James and Anna finally move to a real house of their own. James convinces his client Briganza tp purchase the clipper Pampero for him, which he would have to pay off in five years or he .. show full overview
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The Homecoming
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On his first voyage with the Pampero, James has made enough profit to pay off the mortgage on the Charlotte Rhodes and the warehouse. An old suitor of Anne appears and boards the Charlotte Rhodes.
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When My Ship Comes Home
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A clipper James chartered from Callon blows up, and Callon sees in this a chance to ruin him. But James manages to survive financially through a risky (and not entirely legal) weapons-run.
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A Very Important Passenger
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James unwittingly transports Giuseppe Garibaldi, on a mission to oust the occupying forces of Austria and France from Italy. The crew turns out to consist of assassins. Back in .. show full overview
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Mutiny
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James takes over command of a ship on which there has been a mutiny. The crew claim it wasn't mutiny, but relieved the captain of his duties because he had gone mad, and the man indeed turns out to be a religious fanatic.
1x12
Cry of the Blackbird
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James takes passengers from Papua to a missionary school in Victoria, Australia, but it turns out the parson who chartered the ship intends blackbirding (slavery) for the sugar cane plantations.
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Shadow of Doubt
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Albert finds out Elizabeth's son is not his but Daniel's. James has to deal with smallpox on a voyage to Quebec.
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Blockade
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James runs a Yankee blockade in the North American civil war, taking a huge chance with all the company's possessions. It almost goes wrong, but together with Albert, he manages to .. show full overview
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Winner Take All
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James is a rich man now, with the Onedin Line having 27,484 pounds in assets. Albert convinces him to commission a steamship, for which he issues 100,000 pounds worth of shares, into .. show full overview

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