Charlie Shanghaied

Charles Chaplin is hired by the mate of Vaquero to help him get a crew. Chaplin hides in a barrel and thumps the men on the head with a mallet while the mate talks to them. They are then thrown into the hold. Finally the mate takes the mallet and thumps Chaplin on the head and he is shanghaied with the rest. The ship puts out to sea, but the water is exceedingly rough and the crew has many mishaps, all on board falling into the water at various times. Chaplin and the ship owner's daughter were in love, but the father objected to the match. The girl stows away aboard the vessel leaving a note with her father that she is going to follow her sweetheart. The ship owner had conspired with the captain and mate to blow up the vessel for insurance, so he hurries after the boat in his yacht to rescue his daughter before the ship is blown up. Chaplin finds the girl in the hold and they hide while the captain and mate light a fuse to blow up the ship. When the two take to a small boat Chaplin carries out the lighted dynamite and hurls it into the small boat, which is blown up and the captain and mate hurled into the water. Chaplin and the girl then climb aboard her father's yacht. Chaplin throws the father overboard and the couple sail away happy.