The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea

by John Conroy Hutcheson

Young Dick Haldane sets out on his first sea voyage aboard the S.S. Star of the North, from the deck Dick sees a ghost ship. A large fullrigged ship with white canvas sails all crimson from a last expiring gleam of the sun's afterglow. The ship's sails tattered and torn, with the ragged ends blowing out loose from the boltropes in the most untidy fashion, unkempt, uncared for! But when he tries to call this ghostly ship to the attention of the rest of the crew he discoveres that he alone can see it.

Genres: Horror

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

John Conroy Hutcheson (1840–1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea.

Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, Hampshire, in late 1896 or early 1897.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Apteryx · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young officer spots what he thinks is a ship in distress. The ship then disappears. Although no one other than the young officer had seen what they now call the "ghost ship" the captain nevertheless goes in search. A pretty decent nautical adventure.

[Mike Heatherly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about sailors.

[Don · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmmmmm... I thought this book was about Ghost Ships, but rather about Haitian pirates.