In 1913, three German shipbuilders were ordered to reassemble a steam ship on Lake Tanganyika. At the same time, Winston Churchill sends Commander Spicer-Simson to transport two dilapidated boats to the other side of the lake. Then World War I breaks out.
As WWI rages in Europe, the Kaiser's pleasure cruiser and two dilapidated British gun-boats face-off in the heart of America.