H.I.A.M.S. FASANA.
>:.'|f - - : — .■■.-.'■;'•; i The Austrian frigate Fasana, on her cruise round the World, had arrived ab Suva (Fiji) from Samoa ab lasb advices. She leaves | Sjiya for Sydney shbrbly. The F_sana is riot a i modern vessel, having been built as far back ias 1870. She is- a wooden corvette of 1970 tons displacement, and her dimensions are ■_ 223fb. 3in.; beam, 39ffc. Sin., i and draught 16ft. 9ig. She carries,four i iguns of heavy calibre. Vessels flying the Austrian flag are very rarely seen in bhese ; ister_ and consequently the Fasan_ during • her stay ab Sydney Will doubblesss be the ,' cause of greab attraction. She may nob i iijlprobably take* a run across to Aucki land. - • -v-'ljThe Fasana has been seven months on i bei* present cruise, having called at Gib- • raltar, Rio Janeiro, Monte Video and ' other places. : Her captain is R-dolph. Berghofer. She carries a crew o£ 265, r'/: ' • . L Yn nun.' —
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 156, 4 July 1890, Page 3
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