VOYAGE OF THE COUNTESS OF KINTORE.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1663, 17 June 1875, Page 2

VOYAGE OF THE COUNTESS OF KINTORE.

We are indebted to our good friend Captaia Braddick, of the ship Countess of Kintorey so well known in these waters, for sending us a short account of his late voyage from Gravesend to Napier. It will be .seen that the Countess has done some capital sailing. As already stated, the passage is the shortest on record between London and Hawke's Bay :—"Porb Ahuriri, 10th of June, 1875. Countess of Kintore left •Ckavesend March 17th at 6 a.m. ; at noon same day passed through the Downs ;. off Dartmouth 18th of:. March ;at 8 am. sighted Madeira, 6 days from Dartmouth; crossed the Equator 23°-W. 19 days out; rounded the Cape of Good Hope, 42 days out ; passed S. end of Tasmania, 67 days out ; and the frnares, 73 days ; had light >* wind from N. E. till in the lat. of JSanks Peninsula-when had a heavy S. gale, The • next day Suiadayj 6th June, experienced a tremendous S.E gale with very heavy sea;, anchored under Cape Kidnappers at dark on 7th June ; thua making the passage from Gravesenrt to Hawkes Bay in 82 days, the best passage here on record. Two children died on the passage, and one was born. The weather generally on the passage was fine and the ship made some good j,days runs, | the best being 300 miles."