a
novel of the
sea, written in 1935 by
English author and poet
John Masefield (1878-1967). The story tells of
Dick Pomfret (an eighteen-year-
old apprentice), and his fight for
survival when the
ship, The Hurrying
Angel, under the
command of an experienced but tyrannical
captain,
given to drink, encounters a cyclone at
sea.
Dick finally has to take
control of the
ship. The
ship loses two of her three masts, officers are overboard or out of
action and the
captain is grievously injured. However, the
ship survives the cyclone with the hero,
Dick, acclaimed and his
professional future secured.