# The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code

The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code by John Henry Goldfrap has 45,588 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [John Henry Goldfrap](https://musael.com/books/authors/john-henry-goldfrap.md) (1879–1917)
- **Genre:** adventure
- **Readers:** middle grade

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 45,588
- **Reading time:** 3 h 2 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 54 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 48 min | 8 days |
| 250 wpm | 3 h 2 min | 7 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 32 min | 6 days |

## Read or listen

The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26778

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 45,588
- Chapters: 35
- Dialogue: 40% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 12.3 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26778 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40680697W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26778

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-ocean-wireless-boys-and-the-naval-code