KETCH ALEAK.
SAILS INTO WELLINGTON.
VOYAGE OF ADVENTURE
<By Telegraph.—rrcss Association.)
WELLINGTON, Wednesday
When the ketch Monsunen, 57 tons, lift Copenhagen in June the master and owner, Captain Knud Andersen, intended to make a record trip round the world without calling at any port. He put into Teneriffe, where his wife and family live, and has now put into Wellington to ;effect repairs, the craft having been strained in a monsoon. It is not known how long the vessel will remain at Wellington.
. Captain. Andersen is one of the most ■widely-read authors in Denmark and is a correspondent of Danish newspapers, bosides which he gives lectures on his travels. The Monsunen carries the master, three sailors, a cook and a dog.
The ship struck a monsoon south of Cape Verde, West Africa, but continued her voyage. An attempt was made to repeat a visit of a former voyage to the ■ island of Tristan da Cunha, off the Cape of Good Hope. For about three days the •ship met with a westerly gale. After this her condition became worse as the .result of the strain and she put into 'Storm Bay, near Hchart, where patches were put On leaks above the waterline.
Before leaving Copenhagen Captain Andersen was approached in regard to the lost Danish auxiliary barque Koebenhavn, many people believing the missing vessel might be cast away on some island. Captain Andersen promised to keep a lookout, and in furtherance of this promise he visited the Auckland Islands. There was no sign of any men or -wreckage. The Koebenhavn left Buenos Ayres on December 14, 1928, for Adelaide, and was manned by a Danish crew and a large number of cadets. The natives of Tristan da Cunha saw a vessel believed to have been the Koebenhavn passing the island 011 January 21, 1929. There was no sign of life on 'boai."d and the ship appeared to be drifting on to the rocks when the current swung her clear. Nothing was afterwards heard of her. When the Monsunen was a considerable distance south of New Zealand the leaks became worse and the crew wan at the pumps night and day. It was decidcd to maka the nearest land and so the
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 303, 22 December 1932, Page 19
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