The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-16
WONDERFUL VOYAGES
AROUND THE HORN
Continued from page 81

DAYS. IL hours followed by the Comet
again May Z, 1854, SO days is hours.
Flying Dutchman May 8, SO days and
subsequently the Bald Eagle IS days.
The sovereign, however, did such
remarkable sailing on part of the voy-
age as to warrant Lieut.. Maury max
ing her run the subject matter of an
official report to the Secretary of the
Navy. In this was noted, that from
March to 81, % days. As degrees
South. in the Pacific, to 80 degrees
South in the Atlantic the ship made
go degrees of latitude and 126 degrees
of longitude, in all 1891 knots or 624o
statute miles, one-fourth the distance
round the world and a daily average
of PAS knots. During IL of these days
consecutively her daily average was
v9A6 miles and during consecutive
days S9S ga miles. Best day 427.61
miles. Best speed is knots, equivalent
to 81 miles. Her log showed distance
run for the whole voyage of 1900
statute miles, daily average 22O.7 miles
or 9 miles per hour for distance
equal to more than two-thirds days
of that required to encircle the earth,
and all this done by a vessel under
canvas only, with fore-topmast dis
abled and jury topgallant, beside be-
ing short handed. She had eclipsed
everything of record in the history of
both sail and steam vessels, in her best
days run, neither the Collins nor Cum
ards crack steamers having thus far
made over $3.50 miles in 80 hours. 1t is
interesting, however, to note that the
Plying Clouds" best work on her nota-
BILE trip to San Francisco, was 42I.5
miles or very close to that of the
Sovereign and that both of these
ships subsequently beat their maiden
ventures.
While in New York interested parties
tried to arrange for a trip to San Fran
cisco for $4,000 between the Sovereign
and the Young America, and this
would probably have been consummat-
ed had not the low state of California
freights caused the owners of the first
named ship to have previously put her
up to load for Europe. Thus the public
lost the opportunity of witnessing
very exciting contest between two of
the fastest clippers.
The Sovereign left New York for
Liverpool June 18th, and again best
on record was claimed, though in err
ror this time. Her run from anchorage
to anchorage was fourteen days and
seven hours and though possibly the
best work on that route done by a clip
per ship, had been surpassed by several
of the packets which had the advantage
in that field. Still it was a fine trip,
especially the ending. for from the
Grand Banks to Cape Clear, distance
of 1868 miles, she was 1876 hours or 2g6
miles per day-12.73 knots per hour.
Best day 344 knots. 1t was stated in
Liverpool that her average speed per
day for the whole time she had been at
sea since launched,-22S days-was $50
knots.
on the berth at Liverpool for Mel
bourne she filed up rapidly under the
noses of the whole fleet of British YES
sells awaiting employment. 1t is said
that she undertook to beat the crack
steamship Great Britain down, or re-
fund portion of the freight money.
However, this may be, her competitors
We're nettled and the newest and fastest
English clipper Gauntlet" was put on
the run, especially to beat the Ameri-
can. The departure of the Gauntlet,
following the Sovereign, excited great
and the captain was promised
all sorts of awards If he won the race.
The results were-Great Britain, sixty
five days; Sovereign, seventy days;
Gauntlet, seventy-nine days. On leav-
ing Liverpool, the Sovereign drew
twenty-three feet ten inches, being
loaded as deeply as a sand barge. She
ran 1875 knots in four days and in
twelve days, 1875. Was thirty-one days
to the line and in fact had light winds |
the greater part of the passage,-not
one squall being mentioned and the
main skysail not being started for six
ty-two days. Returning she left Mel !
bourne about January 25, 1854, arriving
in London in eighty-four days. Went |
on the berth for Australia again, and '
reached sydney, October 20, eightyfour !
days. During the early part of this
voyage, she promised to surpass all
previous performances On the fortieth
day out, she was off the Cape and but
for succession of easterly gales would
have made the passage in an unprece- 8
denied short time. Her best days run /
was 40 knots or about 475 miles and
log shows occasional bursts of speed
as high as twenty-five knots. On Sep
TENDER Sth, sudden storm carried
away ali three topmasts with every
thing attached, but in six days she was
again on her way under jury rig. |
Particulars of the subsequent career
Of this vessel would be of interest but,
details are lacking be-
You'd the fact that she went into, and
continued mainly in, the trade between
China and England. On August 6, 1850,
she went aground on the Pyramid