The Ramage Touch, is an historical novel by Dudley Pope, set during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Ramage has been given orders for an independent fighting cruise of the Mediterranean to capture sink or destroy as many enemy ships as he can and generally create havoc.

Each is armed with two large calibre mortars that fire exploding shells, intended to batter shore installations.

Interrogating the senior captain, Ramage learns that they were to rendezvous with two French frigates[3] further down the coast at Porto Ercole – approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) sailing.

[4] Ramage sails his ships toward the peninsular of Monte Argentario, with Porto Ercole on its southern side.

The saved French prisoners were released on parole, Wagstaffe was given command to sail the prize frigate to Gibraltar and the Calypso would continue her four-month cruise of the Mediterranean.