# The Life of a Ship

Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Genre: Children's Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21745

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Life+of+a+Ship+Ballantyne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A story for pre-teens, in which a small boy, Davy, is taken to a shipyard to watch the building of a new sailing-vessel, the "Fair Nancy". Eventually Davy is allowed to sail on board of her as a boy-seaman. He is sea-sick at first, but soon recovers and learns how to climb the rigging to help with the sails. They encounter a hurricane, which knocks the ship over, and they lose the ship's boats. A raft is made, but only a few people can get away on it, including the captain's wife. The ship drifts helpless until she is wrecked on a hostile shore. There is only one chance for the men, and that would be if someone could swim ashore with a rope and fasten it, so that each member of the crew c...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-a-ship-21745/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-a-ship-21745/chapters/2/index.md)