H.M.S. Himalaya in a Storm.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6146, 19 August 1891, Page 3

H.M.S. Himalaya in a Storm.

; «. H.M.S. Himalaya, which brought relief crews for the warships on tho Australian station, experienced some very dirty weather. The following extract is from theJSydney Morning Herald : The weather after leaving Sfc. Vincent on the sth June became rough, and fche ship rolled and pitched as if she wpuld throw the spars out of her. For 17 days fchis violent weather continued, when tho Himalaya headed up towards Simon's Bay, and with a clear day ahead of schedule time in hand. No sooner had she reached, there, however, beforo it came on to blow a real old Cape of Good |Hope hurricane, and the Himalaya hove up and ran for Table Bay for shelter. On the 23rd June she was back in Simon's Bay with the yellow flag flying, but after a brief quarantine pratique was granted, the three sick men were landed, and the Himalaya on the twentyeighth of June started for Australia in the teefch of terrible weather. Naval orders must be obeyed — " though the Heaven's fall " mighb be added ; and the Himalaya's orders were to bo in Sydney yesterday. A day had been lost through bad weather at tbe Cape, so thafc ib was imperative the ship should push on. After leaving Simon's Bay awful weather was met with, and on the sth July the Himalaya encountered a storm of cyclonic fury. Referring to this part of the voyage, ifc is said fchat for 16 hours tho captain uever left the bridge of his vessel. During the whoio of fche sth, 6fch, and 7th seas broke over her, smashing eve./thing breakable about the decks. Her rolling is stated to have ranged between fche angles o2 20 to 05 degrees. The night of the July 6 will be remembered by those on board. A terrific cross sea caused by tho sudden shifting of fche gale between north and west, broke on board in immense bodies, and from '•very quarter. Afc l a.m. on fcho 7th one appalling sea struck her on the port quarter, and earned everything before io. The wheelhouso aft received the brunt of ifc, aud gave way beforo ifc like so much paper. How the watch on deck escaped is a miracle, but no acoidenfc or injury resulted to any of them. Everything was battened down, and. save the captain on the bridge, littlo of li?e above fche upper deck was visible, and nothinc but the shrieking of the storm to be heard. At 7 a. m. another towering sea came over the starboard quarter, and smashed the lie beats and two of the troop boats. An enormous boat, with a capacity for carvying 200 persons, escaped by the merest chance. After wreaking its vengeance on deck the Himalaya shook herself clear, and about 11 a.m. the weather took off. From that out the voyage to Albany was uneventful, - and the run round the coast particularly ' ■ fine. j

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