Project Gutenberg 2015-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 135 Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis) 1876 1959 Wigfull, W. Edward 1875 1944 Wigfull, W. E. Wigfull, W.E. The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland Produced by R.G.P.M. van Giesen. Thank you, Iain Somerville! "The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland" by Percy F. Westerman is an adventure novel likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows two young sailors, Sub-Lieutenant Jack Hamerton and his American friend Oswald Detroit, as they embark on a cruise to Kiel on their yacht, the "Diomeda". However, their voyage takes an unexpected turn when they accidentally enter a prohibited naval area near the fortified island of Heligoland, leading to their arrest by German authorities on suspicion of espionage. The opening of the story introduces readers to the main characters aboard their yacht, setting the stage for their adventure. As they navigate foggy waters, they rescue a sailor who has fallen overboard from a German destroyer, illustrating their bravery and quick thinking. However, their luck quickly changes as they inadvertently find themselves tangled in a web of international intrigue when they are arrested by German naval officers. The narrative hints at the escalating tension of their predicament, with a multitude of potential consequences and encounters with naval warfare that lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en War stories World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Juvenile fiction Helgoland (Germany) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 455149 2025-07-20T06:16:11.049616 text/html 438371 2016-07-23T10:47:02 text/html 916855 2025-07-20T06:16:16.593561 application/epub+zip 924044 2025-07-20T06:16:11.761613 application/epub+zip 219885 2025-07-20T06:16:11.373597 application/epub+zip 1061723 2025-07-20T06:16:20.259547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1034917 2025-07-20T06:16:16.217629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331283 2022-09-22T15:58:07.394436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418927 2025-07-20T06:16:10.389611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 418994 2016-07-23T10:47:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19977 2025-07-20T06:16:20.385545 application/rdf+xml 22535 2025-07-20T06:16:11.473613 image/jpeg 3502 2025-07-20T06:16:11.423618 image/jpeg 160550 2016-07-23T10:47:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 853773 2016-07-23T10:47:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 858341 2025-07-20T06:16:11.101621 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia