# Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship

Author: Collingwood, Harry, 1851-1922; Holloway, W. Herbert (William Herbert), 1878-1923 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21067

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Overdue%3A+The+Story+of+a+Missing+Ship+Collingwood&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

This is a yarn of the days when the clipper sailing-ship was at the zenith of her glory and renown; when she was the recognised medium for the transport of passengers--ay, and, very frequently, of mails between Great Britain and the Colonies; and when steamers were, comparatively speaking, rare objects on the high seas. True, a few of the great steamship lines, such as the Cunard and the Peninsular and Oriental, were already in existence; but their fleets were only just beginning to compete, and with but a very limited measure of success, against the superb specimens of marine architecture owned by the Black Ball and other famous lines of sailing clippers. For the Suez Canal had not yet b...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/overdue-the-story-of-a-missing-ship-21067/chapters/19/index.md)