SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1922, Page 7

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER,

ARRIVED, March 14 —Waimea, s.s., 207 tons, from Westport. SAILED. Nil. IN PORT. Karori, Waimea, Opua.

The Waimea arrived this morning from Wellington, Picton and Westport. After discharge of cargo she loads coal for Picton. The Alexander will probably leave Wellington to-day, and Nelson to-mor-row for Westport and Greymouth, with general cargo. The Opua will sail for Lyttelton with a cargo of timber this afternoon. AT OTHER PORTS. SYDNEY, March 13. Arrived, Manuka, from New Zealand. WELLINGTON, March 13. Arrived, Ngahere, from Grevmouth. LONDON, March 13. Arrivals : At New York, Canadian Pioneer; at London, Wiltshire; at Suez, Banffshire, Malwa, and Nardana ; Passed Gibraltar, Palermo and Crosbv Hall. NEWCASTLE, March 14. Arrived, Kaikorai, from New Zealand. MISCELLANEOUS. SMART SAILING I’ASSAGE. The French five-masted barque France, 5633 tons, which won the wool ships’ race from New Zealand to London at the end of last year, was the subject of a very interesting interview with her master, Captain Leport, in the London Evening News of January 13. It will be remembered that the France made a very fast passage from Wellington to the English Channel. Leaving Wellington on September 5, she reported by wireless to the Falkland Islands on September 26 that at 9 a.m. that day she was 175 miles south of Port Stanley and about 350 miles east-north-east of Cape Horn, having sailed 5000 miles in 21 days, an average of 238 miles a day- She reported herself at he entrance to the English Channel 87 days out from AAellington, and docked in Tilbury on December 8. Referring to the sailing qualities of his ship, Captain Leport, said: “We had a tine run from Wellington to Cape Horn, and ran 260, 240, 276. 32”, 286. 243 knots in consecutive days, bm if you have head winds what‘are you going to do? In 30 days we had come halt-way from Wellington io London, but thence had head winds or no winds, and it took up two more months to complete the vya< r e.” “Is 322 knots the best run you had in a day?" “No! One day we did 420 knots, but then the hurricane was blowing; 322 was our best line weather record this - tri]).” “Four hundred and twenty knots in 24 hours; that’s something over 17 knots per hour.” “Yes, yes,” said Captain Leport, “hut you must remember that it was blowing very hard. Ju line weather she has sailed at. 14 knots for bix consecutive days—that is good.” Captain Leport said that after rounding Cape Horn, the France experienced the very worst hurricane he had ever known. One sea caused some damage on deck and swept away two sailors, who were not seen again. Captain Leport said most of the crew had gone from London across to I’rance, and he himself was hoping io get home for a lew days. He mentioned that on the outward passage front Cardiff to Lyttelton, “I ran down to the French coast and found myself within half a mile of my own home, the first time my wife had ever seen the France under sail, and then we tacked out, not to see each other again for ten months.” WORLD’S LARGEST STEAMERS. Two new ships, the Majestic (56,000 tons), the largest steamer in the world, and the Homeric (35,000 tons), the largest twin-screw steamer, are about to be added to the White Star line’s sailings between Southampton., Cherbourg, and New York. These vessels will co-operate with the Olympic, the largest triple-screw steameiThe Adriatic (24,541 tons) will be transferred to Liverpool, where she will be operated with the Baltic (23,876 tons), the Cedric (21,073 tons), and the Celtic (21,026 tons), in a weekly service to New York, via Queenstown. Thus the famous “Big lour” of the White Star Line fleet will once more operate in their original trade. The. combined gross register of the seven steamers named, the smallest of which is over 21,000 tons, amounts to no fewer than 228,000 tons. The Pittsburgh, a new oil-burning vessel, of 16,000 tons, is nearing completion, and is to play between Liverpool, Queenstown, and Philadelphia, in which service she will join the Haverford (11,635 tons) in the coming season. -These two vessels are both of the “two class” type. The Regina ipjea •s.teiuiseps euy oa\| ‘oi.ioq pin? over 16,000 tons gross register, are completing for the White Star-Domin-ion service, in which they will cooperate with the Megantic (14,876 tons), the Canada (9472 tons), and the Aedic and Rimouski (the “democratic” ships, carrying only third class), each with a, tonnage of 9300. These six ships will provide a splendid service betweeil this country and Canada. The total tonnage employed in the White Star Line’s North Atlantic, passenger service between England and America will be more than 330,000, and the average tonnage of the 15 ships mentioned above is over 22,000.

March 14 —10.55 a.m.; 11.14 p.m. March 15—11.35 a.m.• 11.59 p.m. March 16 ; 0.21 p.m. March 17—0.45 a.m. ; 1.12 p.m. March 18 —1.32 a.m. ; 1.58 p.m. March 19 —2.21 a.m. ; 2.48 p.m. March 20—3.14 a.m. ; 3.46 p-m. March 21- —4.22 a.m. • 5.5 p.m. March 22 —5.52 a.m. • 6.42 p.mMarch 23 —7.20 a.m.; 7.45 p.m.. March 24 —8.10 a.m. ; 8.35 p-m. March 25—8.50 a.m.; 9.13 p.m. March 26 —9.20 a.m. ; 9.43 p.m. March 27 —9.50 a.m. ■ 10.10 p.m. March 28 —10.20 a.m. ; 10.40 p-m. March 29 —10.50 a.m. ; 11.10 p.m. March 30 —11.20 a.m. • 11.40 p.m. March 31 —11.59 a.m. ■ —.