Desolation Island (novel)

Desolation Island (1978) is a novel by Patrick O'Brian, the fifth in the Aubrey–Maturin series. The story charts the voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin to Australia and the East Indies aboard HMS Leopard. On board are a number of prisoners bound for the colonies. After a close encounter with a Dutch warship the 'Leopard' is badly damaged by an iceberg in the Southern Ocean and makes a last-ditch landfall on a desolate island.