ARRIVAL OF THE GALATEA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 294, 23 April 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE GALATEA.

Sssr Majesty's ship Galatea, Captain !3L '&,. 11. the Duke of Ediuburgh, ardved in Tirrbour yesterday from Nelson at 5 a.m. The Galatea left Sydney ou April 3, and ,»asjr>untered a sd'ong head wind which soon oatscreased to a fierce gale. On the 6th the vgale abated and she steamed the remainder ■c£ ?£he passage, the wind being flue and •rg&ytsant, and arrived in Wellington harbour •rei April 11 at noon ; left Wellington for 3ds3son at 5 a.m. on the 17th,. and arrived at ".wc&n next day ; left again at midDight on 20th, arriving at Lyttelton as above, saEg piloted into the harbour by her own . sheers. 'The following particulars respecting the \iaiatea have been supplied by one of the BfiUcers: — She was built in the Government ~'Wxz£ at Woolwich in 1859, but was not put :'se. commission until 1 862, when she was sent :&3 isem the Baltic squadron. She was afterremoved to the Mediterranean, and 'rSiccce to the West Indian station, on which «frfc saw some real service. The blowing up «£ 3ibe Bulldog after a gallant fight at Cape HS&yt\ea, though it happened some four ■;-7ttE2rs ago, was attended by circumstances vsazch. hiive no doubt still kept it fresh in the aasmories of most of our readers. The exploit, irregular and in its issue very unfor-'"■£i22-K£e J was one after John Bull's own heart. 3Ee vowed to exact a salutary venjgc&zice for the destruction of his BulljSt^f, and the Galatea being then on the West itffiaß Station was told off. for the service. .She performed it thoroughly, dismantling 33e£ almost knocking to atoms the forts at ♦Ekpe, Haytieu. This episode " finished, she > ■*$&& barely time to return to Jamaica, when "sfee Insurrection broke out, and opened a jstsrespect of some melancholy work. It does -■net appear, however, that th£ Galatea had to iiefcfi a very active part in the suppression of '■ iiae (rebellion. In January, 1866^ she returned -i-oxce, and was paid off at Devonport. With ■3ns name of the Galatea's first commander — ':Sfe£ late Captain Rochfort Maguire — a sorTeminiscence is connected. It was he -yrko succeeded Commodore Wiseman on the ri.-jmtr.i]ian station. But he did not live long •io eajoy his promotion, having died in the ■Osiiterpart of 1867. Thus, though the Galatea is about nine '■gizizs old this is only the second time she has Tfreai "dn commission. The subjoined statisrSKE showing her dimensions, tonnage, ordsarice, &c, will be read with interest : — SZixr tonnage is 3227; length over all, 31 7 ■3sc&; breadth, 50 feet ; horse-power, 800; •epfced at the measured mile when new, 13 "JLnots, the indicated horse-power at that time -indng 3515. She can stow 700 tons of coal ac foer boxes, and 72 tons of water in her Kiß.nkK.^Qier armament consists of the f olStefwing guns, viz : — On the rriaindeck 18 10---.'SsichSG cwt. giins^ and four large 6£ ton guns, cylindrical shot of 115 lbs., and "iar^e double shells weighing 160 lbs., and Atayl&iuing within them a . bursting charge ■t£ 3 lbs. of powder. On the quarter- • SacSt she carries 2 rifled 64-pounders, xaa. 2 more of the same' kfnd on the fore- . ;3&£is^J Her draught of water (with three :aaesius' provisions on board) is — aft, 22 feet r^ixitiiies ; and forward, 21 ieet 8 in. The ilwaght of her foremost ports above the water.sac is 12 Teet 9 inches, of the midship ports £« ifeit 6 J inches, and of the after ports -'is. t&it 5 inches. Total number of guns, 26. a^j^r engines, which are well •worthy of in*jie^4ion, work up to 800 horse-power. She •:'*2£ also two twin screw steam launches on Se-ik, one named the Acis, and the other the The former is 49 feet, and the aCher 40 feet long. The engines and boiler r-xce made by Peun, of Greenwich, and arc 4JK®uiif ally finished. 'jT&e Galatea has on board a full compleof six hundred and fifty men, but 3Ev?eral changes having taken place among l ? 4cr «flicers since she was last in Australian '■wE&rTS, the following is now the correct ££$£;— Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edin"^zsh, KG.; commander-^ E. S. Adeane; r lisrctanaiits— G. W. R. Heneage, Wallace B. SS'llardy, Francis Rom^Uy,, Adolphus A. F. sFsir»eorge, J. W. Ramsay, iLord Beresford; -KSr-lgating lieutenant — W. H. Bradley; cap- •••"■ -&V. of marines — Robert F. Taylor; lieuten--«32t Iloyal Marine Artillery — Francis H. i2toc2ies chaplain and naral instructor — Rer

J. Milner, 8.A.; stafE surgeon— J. Young, M.D. ; paymaster — Thomas Bradbridge ; surgeon—W. L. Powell; chief engineer— James Sear; assistant-surgeon — W. H. Symes; en gineers — George Booth, George Lucas,jpLaurence Moreton, James Nelson, Charles S Jordan, William T. Ray; sub-lieutenants — J. Halifax, Guy Mainwaring, George R. E. Eyre, Charles Campbell, E. J. Fellows, L. C. Corry ; navigating sub-lieutenant— J. R. Veitch; assistant-paymastei's — Charles E. James, Edmund H; Key, W. O. Greenslade; assistant-engineer — T. J. Osborne; midshipmen—lT. T. S. Dorrien, George Neville, Hon. H. G. Howe, Thomas P. Carey, Herbert Onslow, R. H. Archer, E. H. Wild, W. H. L. Gale, 11. E. Thomas, H. S. Perm, P. A. C. de Crespigny, A. W. Paget, A. W. Brown, IT. R. Moore, C. W. G. Ayl,en, E. B. Eyre, T. S. T. Rich, G. H. Younge, Arthur Barrow, Edward Ponsonby. Gunner W. A. Fullerton; boatswain — W. Pearce; carpenter — Richard Earl.