Lost ships and lonely seas

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Singular Fate of the Brig Polly	[3]
II	How the Schooner Exertion Fell among Thieves	[25]
III	The Tragedy of the Frigate Medusa	[51]
IV	The Wreck of the Blenden Hall, East Indiaman	[76]
V	The Adventures of David Woodard, Chief Mate	[107]
VI	Captain Paddock on the Coast of Barbary	[131]
VII	Four Thousand Miles in an Open Boat	[160]
VIII	The Frigates That Vanished in the South Seas	[189]
IX	When H. M. S. Phoenix Drove Ashore	[212]
X	The Roaring Days of Piracy	[232]
XI	The Loss of the Wager Man-of-War	[259]
XII	The Cruise of the Wager’s Long-Boat	[288]
XIII	The Grim Tale of the Nottingham Galley	[309]
XIV	The Storm-Swept Fleet of Admiral Graves	[330]
XV	The Brisk Yarn of the Speedwell Privateer	[350]
XVI	Luckless Seamen Long in Exile	[367]
XVII	The Noble King of the Pelew Islands	[393]