The New York herald., 1866-12-11
SAFETY OF rHE STEAMSHIP BRIrlySIA,

Under Canvass.
The steamship Britannia, u the Anchor line, which
left Glasgow, Scotland on tho 80 OF November aud
Movle Londonderry, onllhe sih for this port, arrived
iu the North river yesterday owcd up by the steamship
Iowa. OF the same line Her arrival here has been the
cause Of much rejoicing The part Of many persons,
some Of whom have had friends board Others inter
ested in the vessel aud more in her cargo the
great delay in her arrival here caused many fcar hs,
She foundercd AZ sea- and news whatever
heard or her since her departure from Londonderry.
the north coast ireland very good grounds gwen
make those apprehensons approach very closely %
AN undoubted certainty bat luckily those fears
were not be realized aud the telegraph Of Yesterday
morning announced her arrival, in tow OF thu Iowa.
another vessel belonging 10 tho same company
U3t rrx BRITANNIA
is a very nne bark rgsed screw steamer Of 3pi tons
burden and was built in the famous Clyde yard OF
Messrs Todd McGregor. In the latter part OF 1863
she is consequently new boat, and has never snce
been allowed remain idle, running all the tune
series Of successful trips Her engines Of
FIRST class build and very strong Of capacity Of 800
horae power. On the morning Of the % November
she lett Glasgow, having taken board very heavy
general merchandise cargo consisting Of Paisley
factures crocry bottled ale pig and other goods,
consigned merchants In this city. the greater portion
Of which covered by Insurance.. OF passengers she
took on board at Glasgow twenty In the hrst cabin,
twenty.oae 10 the second cabn, and sixtv-sx In the
stcerage At Moylie the northeast coast or Ireland
two mre cabin passengers and seventy two Storage
taken ON board and then the britannia ateered for
sea
Up TO November I5 everything went on as usual,
nothing occurring in the slightest manner 10 mark
event the voyage until the 18th, about four O'Clock
at which time heavy carried away the propeller.
post and the rudder the wind blew very high
accompanied by and hail and the night
agly dark much that until an early hour in the
lhonah !, was easily fell hs. the ys.ss would no, an
her steering gear This was attributed TO tho high
which, al The time made the steamer roll aud pitch
dreadful manner making the passengers believe she
aed be lost and cansng tho greatest excitement
on board The next day and the one succeeding the
wind continued 10 blow 10 the direction
and with equal force. aud nnul sunday
the Britannia made 10 become In any way
manageable. sue wa 20. unuer control by
temporary rudder attached To the steam winch.
tho cha fastened the outside OF the vosael and b.
OF the donkey engine was worked during the
remainder Of the Trip the inc that the rudder
and propeller oft the naintopsail also carried
away. llo,e then set, and steam
peleiy stopped useless, and agan the steamship
proceeded her way, nothing occurring 70 render The
voyage anything bcvond the usual slow travelling aud
tediousness of a sailing vessel She took her
west. aud being luckily bessed with good weather and
meeting vessels on her~ay that supplied her With
provisions arrived yesterday withost further acei
dent and without tho lines OF single pass0ngt
or any member Of The crew.
rue bark i. G owen was one Of the vessels that ron
dcred the Britannia assistance. She was bound ffpnr
Prince Edwards lsand 10 Liverpool AMI passed The
disabled steamer fair supply Of provisions aud Two
three servceabe fnrs she was partially disabled. her
captain has ing been comp lied 10 ,h-ow his deck
overheard. On the previous day he had spoken two
vessi OF winch had lost her bulwarks IN the
aud tho other portion oi her rigging And although
lend ~ assistance 70 The Britannia the BARK with the
exception of the loss of the propeller was IN
w 4 pari OF the tnic Tie stcaring gear Of the
britannia wa "scuassy' the fixing Of which.
iron rLaln4 on her outside reflected the greatess
credit tho activity aud Energy of the CROW, who
peifoynied ths work IN open Tue Britannia
continued on her course some imea gong oul OF
her way IN consequence of her
being familiar with the management Of sailing yesses
sun the made good way all the time bearing
west making the journey over one thousand miles, Va
very good lime unit, she was met by the Iowa. bound
for ,hs mort which brought hr here yesterday mDrDg
aud nmedis afterwards her passengers all land
"a cheering loudly and waving their iandkercn.es
leaving the Britann In which they had spsut time
longer than ,hes expected and more aisht with Incl
dents ~ q irving nature than they calculated upon.
The passengers speak very highly ot he manner In
which they attended to and trraiei by the officers
of the ship. As matter of course, they half
allowance until tho day before yesterday, when all
danger having been passed, they treated to
better 90 than wa IN or the thirty slx days
Of their hazardous voyage in tho britannia
sT,rFwvNr 80 TN H,IE
We icft ola gov on the III November. and IN the th
called st MpyIe, Londonderry, for parss Every
thing went until November i6 when coDi
mensed bosi Jog hea.y gale iron, northeast, IN latitude
i5 &C. and long tnie 81 %. and In the esbf ~ the
storm rudder propeller and post The gale
continued on Friday and part ~ Saturday, and mode
The afternoon, wbsu bOafNeI the ship ". a.
oven, bound from Prince Edward Island 10 Liverpool
aud rot from her PROVE and spafs Gu Snn.
iay got jury raddcr rrgcd and went on. With inodo
winds and lar meatlsr. On Thursday, tho 18th
November we boarded the Clara wheeler from New
York Liverpool, aud got supply of provisions from
her also Tho wind all ilne continued moderate and
variable until sunday December o. IN latitude 10 is
| north, and ionglud" ~ ~.s', we fell 10 with the
Iowa, Of tho Ancnor Line We lost NJ, ons o. either
passengers and every board contnneri
In right good health The gale Of the 18th moderated
on saturday and Sunday following got Jury rud
.l.. IA -..0.
the westward all tho time under SAIL steam beng Of
no use, NJ bad lot propeller. Our prvvislo
our arrival New York Tho vessel ~ the time
under control with the exception Of the day OF
after she lost her rndder. and sailed re many
other sailing vessels that cross the without the
sr.rrnnSr op aSorrn ogpresR
We ieft glasgow the ID of November and procred.
70 Moyle Londonderry, tho northsssi cosa Of Ire
land, and took passengers AID proceeded 10 No.
thing unusual occurred until between and ocock
the morning OF the 18th November, when q peculiar
noise heard the screw commenced To thnnp and,
with two three heavy, shocks away u vent THIS
noise and found the gone A. the same time
the rudder also wsno though not known 20 o. until
ssl would not answer, and hsr antopsaiI vas carried
away While we were being iosscd about. Tho pasren
gers very much alarmed and gres deal Of eHolt.
msns took place ou board a. the ysssel was rolling
fsanuIly, The wind slowing very strong rain
ssd hail falling m torrents. and, 10 add 70
the sloorn of the .rsns the night awfnly dsrk In
tho morning after loosing steering gear could
not ship . rudder and DID not succeed In doing
until sunday, consequence of the rough weather and
In the absence of ths rudder had heavelo until
that time when we shipped q temporary rldder which
attached 20 the steam winch, The chains nKed out
sife and attached 70 the steam winch. by which they
worked. ON sunday. after hSing lis ruddsr snd
putting up all seain set aal and kept the
couVe for New York Nothing unusual taking piscs
we KEEP, on win light Winds al the ray until ~
met the Iowa Al first took her 10 he
pilot boat, aud threw up signal hghts ~. then
came up and took to~. We met her
shnnicock Point The passengers all the time bshsvsd
very coolly and did not appear " be spp'shenase ~
danger They looked on II more than changing from
q steamboat sailing v--~el, bot n hesvy
weather a lee shore would have BEEN IN grea,
danger and would not probably have got ost Of d
cuillcs essiy.
The Britannia landed ali Der passengers yesterday
snernoon, and 70 have xons into do.k 10 the
Ing. sbe does not present any very damaged appear
snce further than the loss of hsr urupeer and The
Substitution Of very feeble looking ruddnr for hrr Old
one which attached 10 the englGes ~ The vets~ ~
very INGENIOUS work NJ s,fDnx chains runnlng from
ths low on the Uuside 70 onns ia lba csnffs