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Thrilling Stories of the Ocean

Name: Thrilling Stories of the Ocean
Author: Marmaduke Park

Marmaduke Park

Read by Cathy Howell · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Volney Beckner; The Poultry Basket - A Life-Preserver; The Life Boat (10:48)
Whale Fishing; Ship Towed by Land By Bullocks; The Sinking of the Royal George; Blowing Up of the Royal George (14:22)
Loss of the Melville Castle; Burning of the Kent East Indiaman; The Pelican (12:48)
Catching Turtle; The Wreck of the Steamboat; Waterspouts (13:19)
Heaving the Lead; The Balloon at Sea; An Adventure of Paul Jones (14:13)
Admiral Nelson; Discovery of the Pacific Ocean; Admiral Keppel and the Dey of Algiers (21:28)
Loss of the Cataraque; Loss of the Francis Spaight; Loss of the Golden Rule (9:59)
Dangers of Whaling Ships Among Ice Bergs; Massacre of the Crew at the Atahualpa (18:11)
Shipwreck of the Blendenhall (14:34)
Shipwreck of the Medusa (13:46)
Singular Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk By a Whale; Loss of the Wellington (21:01)
Loss of the Abergavenny; Cruise of the Saldanha and Talbot (20:02)
Shipwreck of the Nautilus (12:55)
Gallant Exploits of Commodore Decatur (13:54)
Exploits of Commodore Hull (14:29)
Exploits of Commodore Barney (12:13)