03130cam a22003733u 4500 77262 UtSlPG 20260610134805.0 m cr n 260607r20251917utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell), 1883-1968 Sea, spray and spindrift Sea, spray & spindrift Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-11-18 Tubby's dhow -- The stranding of the "Hoi-Hau" -- The gunner's luck -- Horatio Nelson Chivers -- The salvage of the "Cashmere" -- The inner patrol -- The gun-runners -- The escape of the "Speedwell" -- The luck of the "Tavy". Chuck Greif, hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Sea, spray and spindrift" by H. Taprell Dorling is a collection of naval stories written in the early 20th century. The tales deliver brisk adventure at sea—gun‑running chases, pirate attacks, wartime patrols, and shipboard crises—told with practical seamanship and a cheerful, can‑do tone. Young midshipmen, ship’s boys, warrant officers, and skippers face danger with ingenuity and nerve. The opening of the collection sets the tone: a preface notes the tales first appeared in magazines and that all characters are fictitious. In “Tubby’s Dhow,” a midshipman nicknamed Tubby uses his Arabic to uncover a gun‑running plot in the Gulf of Oman, escapes a hostile village, then helps a cutter seize the arms-laden dhow in a night fight, earning praise after being wounded. “The Stranding of the Hoi‑Hau” follows Captain McCaul, his mate, and the skipper’s son Jim as their steamer grounds off Shantung, fights off pirate junks, and is rescued when Jim signals a British sloop with improvised Morse. “The Gunner’s Luck” shows a Cape patrol torpedo‑boat with a broken shaft being sailed—literally—into Saldanha Bay, leading to commendations for her resourceful gunner and chief artificer. The start of “Horatio Nelson Chivers” introduces a cheeky cook’s boy aboard a tramp steamer that is stopped and seized by a German cruiser; confined officers, watchful sentries, and the boy’s secret plan build suspense as he slips into the captain’s cabin to whisper his idea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917 Sea stories, English Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Fiction Merchant marine -- Great Britain -- Fiction Pitcher, N. Sotheby (Neville Sotheby), 1889-1959 Wigfull, W. Edward (William Edward), 1875-1944 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77262 117982 117982