The Zenobia-A1 at Lloyd's-was a beautiful little clipper barque of 376 tons register, and so exquisitely fine were her lines that her cargo-carrying capacity amounted to but a few tons more than her register tonnage; in fact, the naval architect who designed her had been instructed to ignore altogether the question of cargo capacity, and to give his whole attention to the matter of speed, and most faithfully had he carried out his instructions.
The Zenobia-A1 at Lloyd's-was a beautiful little clipper barque of 376 tons register, and so exquisitely fine were her lines that her cargo-carrying c...
The night was as dark as the inside of a cow Mr Pryce, the chief mate of the full-rigged sailing ship Golden Fleece-outward-bound to Melbourne-was responsible for this picturesque assertion; and one had only to glance for a moment into the obscurity that surrounded the ship to acknowledge the truth of it.
The night was as dark as the inside of a cow Mr Pryce, the chief mate of the full-rigged sailing ship Golden Fleece-outward-bound to Melbourne-was re...
The first faint pallor of the coming dawn was insidiously extending along the horizon ahead as H.M. gun-brig Shark-the latest addition to the slave-squadron-slowly surged ahead over the almost oil-smooth sea, under the influence of a languid air breathing out from the south-east. She was heading in for the mouth of the Congo, which was about forty miles distant, according to the master's reckoning.
The first faint pallor of the coming dawn was insidiously extending along the horizon ahead as H.M. gun-brig Shark-the latest addition to the slave-sq...
The heroes of the story are two boys from Devon, a county in the south-west of England. They set off with a view to repairing the fortunes of the family of one of them, by chasing and capturing Spanishtreasure ships. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please...
The heroes of the story are two boys from Devon, a county in the south-west of England. They set off with a view to repairing the fortunes of the fami...
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