This book has been released under the following alternate titles:-
The Second Mate
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Ironically, when the Orvega discovers a lifeboat with two corpses aboard, off Cape Horn, it is Tom's seamanship under sail that proves a potential lifesaver., The semi-derelict windjammer from which the lifeboat was launched is a danger to all shipping. In treacherous high seas Tom must not only board the old boat, but secure a line to the Orvega and get her towed out of harm's way. Many lives are at risk should his nerve or skill fail... |
As the twentieth century dawns the time of the great steamships is firmly under way. Newly in possession of his Master's Certificate, Tom Chatto secures a glamorous berth as second officer on a liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company - there he encounters a hostile face from the past.|
Author: Philip McCutchan Title: Tom Chatto, Second Mate Series: Tom Chatto First Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicholson Place: Format: HC Date: 14 August 1995 ISBN-10: 0297816144 ISBN-13: 9780297816140 |
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