ARRIVAL OF THE G unknown NAVAL unknown

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 74, 29 March 1886, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE G unknown NAVAL unknown

About 9 o'clock this mon&f|i 1 1 message froinTiritiri anno ß ntiJOTH| Gorman meno'-wai wcseintj li^HH on the signal indicating' th^» hoisted on the Mount viJmM Station, About noon tho fS^*-' I came round the North Head '*"* ***' I and dropped anchor at th^'"**•> I ground beyond the Kailv^ * Bismarck being nearest town uJINSKI next, and the%l, anc 7»«; ing some distance down^tSHSßi Before the Bfam.nl dr U p^> t«W| fired a salute of seventeen i™"^ *v compliment was returnsP WSjA"". Cautley. the tlnce the German squadron vM^, $&SVSSL They are three of the iTi*1' 1*:. fully armed and eflfoMbUy^gHH ships tbat have ever visited tw^* I may be expected to afrive in t£* Vl;t% next week. Neither of thcoTSfrJ •before appeared in AaekSft^fflH although two of then X?^ 1880. The names of tho vo^ffi*& marck and Gneisenau, friimte.- sfii Olga cruising corvette. TiTeßfiJ* * the Gneisenau are sister M*. 2,800 tons displacement, omMW metre Krupp guns, havo^fe horse-power, and can steam firm/in'^ knots. Tho Bismarck h a " I^l2^ officers and men, the folloitiSflHi complete list of the office™ i^l Admiral Knorr (commandingth'""^l ron), Eapitain - zur - Bee Li,' *> ;t* mander), Korvette Kapitain W? . officer; Captain-lieutenant*'A**,"fciift,ll. yon Holtzendorff; LieutenaS u',3 Bachmann, Meissnerj Sub.lS i™ ' Scheer, Kble, Meier (3), Henke^a^* Groppe (Gneisenau), ABelaiAnt '.^' M * Vammann, Engineer Bickers Il' Bartz. The Gnebenatt'S crei cS^ 405 officers and men, the falinsl mm a list of the officers :-sa|| (m commandX Captain yon P rf u^!; Captain - iieutenanta Earich and" 1" witz; lieutenants, Paschea J^ stang_; sub-lieutenants, Yon cSir" Schmitt, Mueller and Jacobs- •>! .*' Kichter ; assistant ■ surgeon,' jT^f' I wiez ; engineer, Busohmann i"4s&aM Bortrand. The Olga is a cfflnpasfo^2'-i of 2,170 tons displacement, ana 2 lmi^T power, carrying 10 guns of the was Z 1 as those in the other two ehips.^wSSjraffi i 2(50 oilicera aud men on buaral' the *? \ being: — Captain Bendeinan, ■'■ &S lieutenants, Riedel and GohrminffiH ants Qildermeister, liilieTj aii d Klink&l?' -J sub-lieutenants Hoffman,"'■LKtpw.'chief engineer, Orlin; surgeon BdS'*-i and Paymaster Schmitt, fn 'ajdiife the artillery carried by the'BisiS|^ Olga, they have torpedoes. Coptalng* :;.| the commander ol the Bwrnarck vffeMK"sl station in command of the HaWffi2%] years ago. The thim \cp^ls, jIiLT trouble with the Sultan of /J-j-tt been settled, left Zanzibar on' Jin'tspK!i! and steamed down the MoiliH*'5 I Channel, after clearing "which itet;,' I dispensed with, and the, reniaiidiw « j voyage to Australia was'tta^WMH j The vessels came across the sdnlben:W-; ] on the parallel of about 40' Bn^Sf I good winds and finr. weather nearly sji^ I way along. They, kept withhjn|iH|§n| each other throughout the voyaw, j arrived at Sydney on the let Mata I of the crew of the Bismarck was .ito^ j when the vgbbbl waa in aboot:41" {j i«j 1 93' E., having fallen uvurboarj,.-EnnVl attempt was made to e*w:.hMj|sS|y disappeared jußt aa tho boat de3pat>4ad S I his aesistanco reached him. a Tho Squadron romsinci at Sji«j't(,'-j fourteen days, and sailed for A^cltliad J ■ I tho 21st. Fresh B.W. winds (nrignH|T| progress of the three vc-ti In, end tisycu;. I the voyage very rapidly undor tu\ ;, I when off the roast laht ovoniDg Ibuft) 'A continued under steam, andairfvaiispi j shortly before noon, having made tiu-p» I sage in 8 days, showing •hiitthemniM' I unusually fast, both under kmsi aj j steam power. The.squadron* j hero for about Bor 9 daye, and fai p j ceed to Samoa. ■ '.f 1 Mr Brown, Goruian'consul, pr,:, Sj.> 1 cial visit to the Bismarck at So'cjatklla A afternoon, was courteously aorfv)1 a I upon leaving the vessel wafheass*] wi, I the customary salute. I