Chapter LIV: Appendix: No. 16. VOL. iv., p. 279

“WHITE STAR” LINE.

_Abstract of Log.—Screw Steam-Ship “Adriatic,” H. H. Perry, Commander. From Liverpool, viâ Queenstown, towards New York. Voyage No. 10._

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| No. | | Thermometer.| Winds. |
Date, | of | Barometer.+------+------+-----------+--------+ Weather.
1873. | days| | Dry. | Wet. | Direction.| Force |
| out.| | | | | 0 to 12|
---------+-----+-----------+------+------+-----------+--------+---------
April 3 | 2.50 p.m., weighed anchor. 3.18 p.m., Rock Light abeam.
| 4.0 p.m., off Bell Buoy.
” 4 | 2.20 a.m., off Tuskar. 8.25 a.m., abreast Roche’s Point.
| 8.40 a.m., anchored Queenstown Harbour. 10.20,
| received passengers. 0.30 p.m., weighed anchor and proceeded
| 0.50 p.m., Roche’s Point. 5.08 Fahr.
” 5 | 1 | S. | 53 | 52 | N. W. | 5 | C. B.
” 6 | 2 | S. | 54 | 52 | W. | 3 | C. B.
” 7 | 3 | F. | 55 | 53 | S. | 4 | M. O.
” 8 | 4 | F. | 47 | 53 | S. W. | 5 | P. D.
” 9 | 5 | R. | 32 | 34 | N. W. | 4 | P. O.
” 10 | 6 | R. | 31 | 34 | N. | 6 | C. B.
” 11 | 7 | F. R. | 43 | 41 | Var. | 4 | R. B.
” 12 | 8 | F. | 40 | 37 | do. | 4 | M.
| 5.05 p.m., anchored off Bar.
” 13 | 3.15 a.m., received pilot. 5.25 a.m., weighed anchor.
| 5.52 a.m, off Sandy Hook. 6.46., anchored, quarantine.
| 7.35 a.m., hove up anchor. 8.45 a.m., dock.
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| | | | Distance
Date, | Courses. | Latitude.| Longitude.| run in
1873 | | | | Knots.
| | | |
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April 5 |S. 85·37 W.| 51·04 W. | 16·00 W. | 301
April 6 | 85·57 | 50·40 | 24·44 | 331
April 7 | 84·00 | 50·01 | 33·54 | 355
April 8 | 78·17 | 48·58 | 41·40 | 309
April 9 | 65·36 | 46·46 | 48·52 | 318
April 10 | 61·05 | 43·38 | 56·57 | 396
April 11 | 72·50 | 41·52 | 64·40 | 356
April 12 | 84·00 | 40·34 | 72·31 | 363
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(Signed) H. H. PERRY, _Commander_.[469]

EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS.

_Barometer._—Letters—R., rising; F., falling; and S., steady.
Extreme wind is the strongest wind experienced in past twenty-four
hours.

_Weather._—Beaufort scale is B., blue sky; C., detached clouds;
D., drizzling rain; F., fog; G., dark, gloomy; H., hail; L.,
lightning; M., misty, hazy; O., overcast; P., passing showers; Q.,
squally; R., rain; S., snow; T., thunder; U., ugly, threatening;
V. visibility; W. wet, dew.

But however great the speed of the _Adriatic_, the _regularity_ of the passages of this ship is equally surprising; they are as follows:—

FROM SANDY HOOK (NEW YORK) TO QUEENSTOWN.

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| | D. H. M.
Voy. No. 1 | April 1872| 8 21 58
” 2 | June ” | 8 12 3
” 3 | August ” | 8 3 18
” 4 | Sept. ” | 8 19 26
” 5 | October ” | 8 7 54
” 6 | November ” | 8 8 18
” 7 | December ” | 8 23 33
” 8 | Feb. 1873| 8 0 17
” 9 | March ” | 8 10 28
” 10 | April ” | 8 12 28
” 11 | May ” | 8 9 11
” 12 | June ” | 8 10 46
” 13 | August ” | 9 1 13
” 14 | Sept ” | 8 10 18
” 15 | October ” | 8 9 32
” 16 | November ” | 8 22 28
” 17 | December ” | 8 22 18
” 18 | January 1874 | 8 6 18
” 19 | March ” | 8 13 23
” 20 | April ” | 8 6 28
” 21 | May ” | 8 4 56
” 22 | June ” | 8 10 6
” 23 | July ” | 8 6 33
” 24 | October ” | 7 23 12
” 25 | January 1875 | 8 2 53
” 26 | February ” | 8 10 42
” 27 | April ” | 8 14 28
” 28 | May ” | 8 9 52
” 29 | June ” | 8 3 12
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Average—8 Days, 10 Hours, 57 Minutes.

But the _Adriatic_ has been surpassed by the _Germanic_, whose last log is as follows:—

OUTWARDS.

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Date. | Winds. | Courses.| Distances. |Latitude.|Longitude.| Weather.
---------+-------------+---------+------------+---------+----------+---------------
1875. | | | | | |
July 29 | .. | .. | Left Liverpool 4.50 Bell Buoy, 6.42 p.m.
” 30 | .. | .. |{Left Queenstown 11.35 a.m. Roche’s
| | |{ point abeam.
| | S. W. | | North. | West. |
” 31 | Northerly | 87·34½ | 367 | 51· 9 | 17·46 | Fine.
Aug. 1 | Variable | 81·11 | 367 | 50·13 | 27·18 | Overcast.
” 2 | Variable | 77·00 | 360 | 48·52 | 36·19 |{Overcast, with
| | | | | |{ head sea.
” 3 | Westerly | 68·37 | 348 | 46·45 | 44·22 |{Cloudy, with
| | | | | |{ head sea.
” 4 | N. Westerly | 66·19 | 373 | 44·15 | 52·31 | Fine.
” 5 | S. W. | 72·52 | 364 | 42·29 | 60·29 | Cloudy.
” 6 | S. W. | 74·00 | 361 | 40·50 | 68·12 | Cloudy.
| | | | | |{Arrived off
” 7 | To S. Hook | .. | 260 | .. | .. |{ Sandy Hook.
| | | | | |{ 6.20 a.m.
---------+-------------+---------+------------+--------+-----------+---------------
Mean Time—7 Days, 23 Hours, 7 Minutes.

HOMEWARDS.

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Date. | Wind. | Courses. | Distances. |Latitude.|Longitude.| Weather.
---------+-------------+----------+------------+---------+----------+-----------
1875. | | | | | |
Aug. 14 | Left New York. Sandy Hook abeam 5.11 p.m. | |
| | N. E. | | North. | West. |
” 15 | Southerly. | 87·33 | 278 | 40·40 | 68·20 | Overcast.
” 16 | Southerly. | 69·00 | 343 | 42·24 | 61·12 | Overcast.
” 17 | Southerly. | 65·33 | 341 | 44·45 | 54·4 | Overcast.
” 18 | Southerly. | 65·23 | 341 | 47·7 | 46·39 | Overcast.
” 19 | S. W. | 68·18 | 357 | 49·19 | 38·21 | Overcast.
” 20 | Westerly. | 75·00 | 364 | 50·53 | 29·13 | Moderate.
” 21 | Westerly. | 84·48 | 342 | 51·24 | 20·10 | Fine.
” 22 | S. W. | 88·34 | 360 | 51·15 | 10·46 | Fine.
|To Queenstown. | 105 | | Arrived 7.41 p.m.
” 23 |In Channel Holyhead 8.22 a.m. | Liverpool 1.20 p.m.
| | | | | |
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Mean Time—7 Days, 22 Hours, 8 Minutes.

FOOTNOTES:

[469] As will be seen by the above abstract of log, the _Adriatic_ sailing west, made 396 knots, or 455 miles, in (calculating the actual time) 24½ hours, or equal to 18·55 miles per hour; but on her return passage on the same voyage (May 1872), she made (sailing _east_) 384 knots, or 441½ miles in 23½ hours actual time, which is equal to 18·9 miles per hour.