1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.
as John Rhead
as Gertrude Rhead
as Emily Rhead
as Sam Sibley
as Rose Sibley
as Nancy Sibley
as Arthur Preece
as Richard Sibley Jr
as Honorable Muriel Pym
as Thompson
as Richard Sibley Sr
as Ned Pym / Lord Monkhurst / Young Lord Monkhurst
