The Barquentine Energy.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1139, 5 September 1882, Page 2

The Barquentine Energy.

There was this morning and yesterday upwards of seven hundred tons of shipping inside the river, which is the greatest quantity we have heard of being on this side of the bar at one period. Part of this is the barquentine Energy, and as she is the largest vessel that has ever entered our river, and also the first threemasted sailing vessel, we append her description and also a full account of the voyage from Newcastle. The Energy is 185 tons register; dimensions, 120 feet.in length ; 24in. 4ft. beam ; depth of hold, 9ft. 6in.; draft, light, 4ft. 6in., in ballast, 6ft., when loaded, 10ft., and carries dead weight 280 tons, or 75,000 feet kauri timber. She was built by John Steward, at Sydney, New South Wales, aud launched in June, 1880. She is built of iron-bark and flooded gum, and copper fastened and copper bottom. All her spars are made of flooded gum and iron bark. She is barquentine rigged, and was purchased by Captain Savory and Messrs Stone Bros., of Auckland, and was principally intended for the Greymouth trade. About fourteen months ago, and it was since they bought her, she has had heavy bilge pieces put on running nearly the entire length of the vessel which steadies her very considerably when at sea. The vessel is a good Weatherly ship, and has proved a fast sailing vessel, having on her last passage from Newcastle to Auckland made her voyage in seven days one hour, port to port; and on her present trip passed the Great Barrier on her ninth day out from Newcastle. She carries, all told, 8 hands; codsisting of captain, 2 mates, cook, and 4 seamen. The Energy this trip was loaded with 272 tons of coal for Messrs Kennedy and Bennet, and came into the river with 120 tons on a draft of 6ft. 9in. aft, and 6ft. 6in. forward. We have to thank Captain Savory for the above information, and may here state that Captain Savory is one of the old hands connected with the shipping of this port. He was here as far back as 23 years ago, with the late Captain Glover in the schooner Roseaun, and visited this port last some three years ago in the fore-and-aft schooner Energy (Captain Savory appears to be fond of Energy, and he looks it'.) which vessel has since been sold to the French Government, and this is the third vessel that the Captain has sold to that Government. The following is the account of the voyage of the Energy Left Newcastle on tne 10th August, at 8 a.m.; cleared the heads at 10 a.m.; sighted Three Kings on the 17th August, and passed the Great Barrier on Sunday, 20th August, and rounded the East Cape on the 23rd, and came to an anchor in the Bay at 1U a.m. on the 24th, thus completing the voyage in 14 days. Had Ijg’ht southerly weather all the trip as far as the Three Kings, and from there met with light variable winds along the coast up to time of arrival.