A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far from home, while pitting themselves against the elements. The romance of the seafaring life is depicted in its brutal reality. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes 18 min 3 An Occurrence at sea 5 min 4 Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba 35 min 5 An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it 48 min 6 Loss of the Brig Tyrrel 23 min 7 Loss of the Peggy 17 min 8 Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield 24 min 9 Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer 12 min 10 Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme 10 min 11 Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte 6 min 12 A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean 2 min 13 Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 1 38 min 14 Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 2 38 min 15 Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 3 36 min 16 Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank Part 4 44 min 17 Loss of the Royal George 6 min 18 Loss of the Æneas, transport 10 min 19 The Absent Ship 2 min 20 Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman 27 min 21 An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen 18 min 22 Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship 9 min 23 The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea 16 min 24 Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice 7 min 25 Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen 8 min 26 A Man Overboard 7 min 27 An Escape through the Cabin-Windows 14 min 28 Tom Cringle's Log 13 min 29 Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War 27 min 30 Wreck of a Slave Ship 5 min 31 The Wrecked Seamen 17 min 32 Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 1 27 min 33 Adventures of Philip Ashton Part 2 25 min 34 Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion 16 min 35 Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune 14 min 36 Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman 27 min 37 Wreck of the Schooner Betsey 7 min 38 Early American Heroism 5 min 39 Fingal's Cave 2 min 40 Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies 24 min 41 Preservation of Nine Seamen 21 min 42 Capt. Ross's Expedition 24 min 43 Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships 27 min 44 Wreck of the Ship Sidney 12 min 45 Loss of the Duke William, transport 39 min 46 Commodore Barney 10 min 47 Naval Battles of the United States 26 min 48 Address to the Ocean 2 min
