VESSELS IN PORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2059, 10 August 1893, Page 37

VESSELS IN PORT.

The following vessels were in the harbour of Otago on Monday : — At Dunedin.— Ship Oamaru (Captain Thomas), barque Mary Haßbrouck (Captain Ludwigs), steamers Flora (Captain "Allman), Rotorua (Captain A. W. Cameron, R.N.R.), Jnvercargill (Captain Suudstrom), Napier (Captain Hansen). At Port Chalmers.— Steamers Duke of Devonshire (Captain Long), Mararoa, Te Anau, Rotomahana, Ringarooma, Beautiful Star, Tekapo. During the week ending August 6, # eight vessels with a total of 3766 tons register-arrived at the Dunedin wharves, and 10 vessels representing 6384 tons left them. The barque Achievement, for whose safety Borne anxiety was felt, she being 171 days out from Liverpool, arrived at Wellington on Friday. The s.s. Duke of Devonshire passed an iceberg 120 ft high and half a mile lODg on July 24 in lafc. 48.30 S. and long. 104 E. ~The s.s. Mararoa is undergoing very extensive alterations, and a complete overhaul at Port Chalmers The arrival of the Henny at Queenstown brings to a termination (says the Shipping World) a voyage which, even in these days of long voyages, may well be termed phenomenal. She Bailed from Corinto on September 16 last, and haß thus taken 232 days to get home. The Weatmeath. the largest cargo steamer m the world, is 4:35 ft long,- 53ft' beam, with a moulded depth of 34ft. She iB expected to attain a speed of 11 knots. ' , . Owing to the serious delays experienced in obtaining a suitable ship for penetrating the ice south of Franz Josef Land, Mr Frederick Jackson has been compelled to postpone his Arctic Expedition until next year. He will, however, sail for Nova Zembla, and will spend the autumn and winter in exploring the coast and interior of that country. In midwinter Mr ,Jackson hopes to be able to cross to Waigatz Island, and reaching the mainland, will sledge across the Samoyede Peninsula—a region of Arctic Siberia which is almost an entire blank upon the maps. Lloyd's Register of Shipping Bhows that during the present year 112 steamers, of 191,453 tons, and 28 Bailteg vessels, of 48,157 tons, have been commenced; while 84 steamers, of 161,210 tons, and 17 sailers, with an aggregate tonnage of 13,995, have been launched. Captain Tingley, master of the -American ship Constance, which arrived at Melbourne from New York on July 12, reported passing an abandoned barque-rigged vessel in the southern portion of the Indian Ocean. The derelict was sighted on the morning of June 5, in 29.43 S., by 27.30 E., and at 2 o'clock the same afternoon she was abeam of the Constance at a distance of less than half a mile. With the aid of a glass, Captain Tingley made her out to be the Eugenic, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She was built of wood, and Beemed about 800 tons burthen. The foremast and mainmast had snapped off at the deck, but the mizzenmast was still standing while the jibboom was also intact and uninjured. The spanker-boom was lying across tho poop, and had evidently been lowered before the crew abandoned the vessel. The derelict, which was in ballast trim, was apparently making no water, and there was not a sign of life about the decks. A 10-knot breeze was blowing and a high sea running at the time. If the work bad not been one of considerable difficulty and danger, Captain Tingley would have boarded the wreck and set her on fire.