Early Days

The Three Midshipmen

by William Henry Giles KINGSTON (1814 - 1880)

This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at a boarding school, and become fast friends, not least because together they stand up to the school bullies. Later, they join the navy together, and though they join different ships and are mostly apart, adventures involving sea battles, storms, and even pirates, have a way of allowing their paths to cross in order to look after one another as they did in school. - Summary by Carolin

Listen next episodes of The Three Midshipmen:
A Flight for Life , Aboard the Prize , Adventures on Shore , Again United , Alas, poor Paddy! , Amongst the Greeks , An adventurous Voyage , An Attempt at Escape , An old Acquaintance , Another fierce Conflict , Bound for Africa , Bound for China , Chasing the Pirate Fleet , Desperate Fighting , Fight to the Last! , Hot Fighting , In desperate Condition , In perilous Condition , In Search of Jack , In the Mediterranean , In the Negro Prison , Life on an African Cruiser , On Board the Junk , Paddy Adair, Hurrah! , Prisoners , Promoted , Roasting the Bully , Slave-Hunting , The Midshipmen in Prison , The Night Battle , To fight his Friends , To save the Flag , Wreck of the San Fernando