peter-le-port

Updated: September 8, 2026

At last away he went to Peter-le-port, the only town in the island. He was away three or four days, and when he came back he told me that he had taken service on board a privateer, one of the fastest craft out of the island. "She is called the Hirondelle," he said. "You never set eyes on a more beautiful craft.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor