Wheel of the HMS Cape

The Wheel of the HMS Cape is a powerful magic item in Ultima IV which makes a frigate much stronger in ship-to-ship combat. The wheel would glow blue when mounted on a ship.

The HMS Cape was a mighty ship, constructed by the grandfather of the ship builder Hawkins. It was said that its wheel was magically enhanced to make the ship stronger and more durable, but even this couldn't prevent the HMS Cape from being sunk by a terrible storm.

Years later, the Stranger heard about the wheel, and managed to recover it from the ship's wreckage in the Cape of Heroes, southeast of the Shrine of Honor. Later, when the Stranger faced the overwhelming pirate fleet guarding the Isle of the Avatar, the mounted wheel made it a simple task to break through the pirate blockade and reach the Abyss.