JUBILEE OF ARRIVAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19265, 2 March 1926, Page 12

JUBILEE OF ARRIVAL.

BRODICK CASTLE REUNION. SHIP'S VOYAGE RECALLED. A SERIES OF MISHAPS. Tho jubilee of tho arrival of the ship Brodick Cast-la at Auckland in 1876 will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 23, by a reunion of passengers. A most eventful voyago was experienced by tho Brodick Castle. Sho left London on October 7, 1875, and her first mishap was tho breaking of an anchor chain in a strong wind and sho drifted on to a pier. In the Bay of Biscay, she lost her masts in a very heavy sea. Tho vessel rolled heavily in the trough of the waves, and all passengers were battened below decks. For three days and nights, they were without food or water. One of tho masts in its fall killed a sailor, and the second mate had his leg broken. After seven days, the Brodick Castle was taken in tow by a steamer, and was taken back to Plymouth to refit. Tho ship started out again on her long voyage on December 14, with instructions to put up another yard-arm when the weather suited. On Christmas Day, Captain Thyna ordered this to bo done, and because the men objected, refused to give them any Christmas extras. The crew continued in .a mutinous spirit during the remainder of the voyage, and on arrival at Auckland the two ring-leaders were handed over to the water police. They wero each sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

On Christmas Day also, the Brodick Castle sighted an abandoned skip, the Sparkenhoe, of Dublin. Sho was then on her beam-ends, and the hull looked quite fresh, all tho starboard bulwarks being under the water.

The Equator was passed on January 13, and the Cape of Good Hope on February 12. The Three Kings wore not sighted. In the Auckland Harbour, the Brodick Castle struck Bean Rock and had to wait for the next tide to float her off. She was a new ship of 1775 tons, and brought 293 passengers.