Sea

The Wreck of the Grosvenor

by W. Clark Russell

A young second mate finds the crew of his merchant ship close to mutiny because the food is rotten, and the voyage goes from bad to worse. Clark Russell had been a sailor himself, and this became one of the great Victorian bestsellers of the sea. The storms are very real.

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Reading time

About 2 hr 55 min

Where to find it

Tidebound Quay, on the night railway

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #44497. In the public domain in the United States.