History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 3 (of 4)

by W. S. Lindsay

5. Under certain restrictions the carriage of a limited number of horses, cattle, and dogs in passenger ships is allowed.

6. In case of wreck or damage to the ship the same regulations are extended to passengers whose passages have been provided for them by others, as were applicable under the Act of 1855 to passengers who had contracted for their own passages.

7. The bond to be given by the master and another surety to the Crown is increased from 200l. to 500l. in the case of ships of which neither the owner nor charterers reside in the United Kingdom, and the obligors are made liable for expenses incurred in rescuing and forwarding shipwrecked passengers.

APPENDIX No. 8.

Passages of Clipper Ships engaged in the Trade with China.

The following Tables, showing the dates of starting and arrival of ships from the China ports during the years 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, is abridged from ‘Naval Science’ for July, 1873.

Date of Sailing.		Ship’s Name.	Port.	Date of Arrival.		Passage.
1868
May	28	Taeping	Foo-chow-foo	Sept.	7	102
”	30	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	”	8	100
June	7	Yang-tsze	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	7	122
May	28	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Sept.	3	98
June	11	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	17	128
”	13	Titania	Shanghai	”	17	126
May	30	Undine	Whampoa	Sept.	11	104
”	28	Ariel	Foo-chow-foo	..		97
”	29	Spindrift	Foo-chow-foo	..		97
June	1	Serica	Foo-chow-foo	..		113
”	2	Fiery Cross	Foo-chow-foo	..		121
July	10	Challenge	Shanghai	..		131
1869
July	9	Taeping	Foo-chow-foo	..		107
”	2	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	102
”	16	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	”	14	90
June	10	Forward Ho	Shanghai	”	2	114
”	16	Titania	Shanghai	Sept.	22	98
April	2	Undine	Shanghai	Aug.	2	122
June	30	Ariel	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	104
July	4	Spindrift	Foo-chow-foo	..		106
”	27	Serica	Foo-chow-foo	..		110
”	1	Leander	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	103
Aug.	6	Challenge	Shanghai	..		148
July	28	Falcon	Foo-chow-foo	..		110
”	3	Thermopylæ	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	2	91
June	21	Taitsing	Shanghai	..		115
1870
June	5	Taeping	Whampoa	Sept.	29	116
Oct.	13	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Jan.	18	97
Aug.	2	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	12	102
June	28	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	25	119
”	14	Titania	Hankow	”	8	116
July	30	Undine	Shanghai	Nov.	13	106
June	28	Serica	Shanghai	Oct.	14	112
Sept.	15	Fiery Cross	Whampoa	Jan.	10	117
Oct.	6	Leander	Foo-chow-foo	”	17	103
Aug.	30	Windhover	Foo-chow-foo	..		100
Sept.	2	Falcon	Foo-chow-foo	Dec.	20	109
July	29	Thermopylæ	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	12	106
June	24	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Oct.	14	112
Nov.	3	Taitsing	Foo-chow-foo	March	4	121
1871
..		Taeping	..	..		..
July	27	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	15	111
June	24	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	20	118
July	1	Titania	Foo-chow-foo	”	2	93
June	27	Undine	Shanghai	”	16	111
Sept.	4	Ariel	Shanghai	Dec.	26	113
June	22	Thermopylæ	Shanghai	Oct.	6	106
Sept.	2	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Dec.	21	110
1872
July	7	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	6	122
May	25	Titania	Whampoa	Sept.	19	116
June	24	Undine	Shanghai	Oct.	17	115
Dec.	4	Fiery Cross	Shanghai	April	2	119
Aug.	3	Falcon	Whampoa	May	22	111
June	18	Thermopylæ	Shanghai	Oct.	11	115
”	17	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Oct.	18	122
				Lost her Rudder.
Aug.	8	Taitsing	Shanghai	Nov.	30	114

APPENDIX No. 9.

Log of the Passages of the Sailing Ship ‘Thermopylæ’ from London to Melbourne, thence to Newcastle (N.S.W.), thence to Foo-chow-foo, and thence to London, 1868-69.

London to Melbourne.
Date.	Lat.	Long.	Distance.	Remarks.
	N.	W.
Nov. 5	..	..	..	5.30 P.M. at Gravesend.
” 6	..	..	..
” 7	..	..	..	5 A.M. left Gravesend.
” 8	..	..	..	6 P.M. Lizard, N. 20 miles.
” 9	48·30	7·2	168	Var., moderate.
” 10	45·38	13·16	274	S.E., N.W., fresh.
” 11	43·13	15·38	213	Var., moderate.
” 12	41·11	19·24	194	S.S.E. Lost Peter Johnson overboard, ship hove-to for an hour, without success.
” 13	39·44	22·10	138	S.S.E. strong gales.
” 14	38·40	22·58	69	Var., moderate.
” 15	35·12	21·54	213	North-westerly, strong.
” 16	30·39	22·55	279	North-westerly, fresh.
” 17	29·9	23·43	99	N., S.E., moderate.
” 18	27·38	26·5	200	South-westerly, moderate.
” 19	26·45	24·12	112	South-westerly, light.
” 20	26·32	24·39	..	South-westerly, light.
” 21	25·14	24·32	68	Easterly, light.
” 22	21·39	26·5	228	E., fresh.
” 23	17·18	26·25	268	North-easterly, fresh.
” 24	13·18	25·32	250	E., fresh.
” 25	10·6	24·33	210	Easterly, moderate.
” 26	6·53	23·32	202	South-easterly, moderate.
” 27	4·27	24·3	140	South-easterly, heavy squalls.
” 28	1·23	25·50	228	South-easterly, moderate.
	S.
” 29	2·13	29·0	271	South-easterly, fresh.
” 30	6·30	21·8	288	South-easterly, strong.
Dec. 1	11·22	31·28	293	Easterly, variable.
” 2	16·14	31·25	294	Easterly, strong.
” 3	20·24	30·26	256	Easterly, moderate.
” 4	23·0	29·0	176	Easterly, light.
” 5	24·32	27·39	118	Easterly, light.
” 6	25·53	27·8	81	Northerly, light.
” 7	27·22	26·28	96	Northerly, light.
” 8	29·4	25·10	123	Northerly, light.
” 9	32·24	22·35	240	North-westerly, fresh gale.
” 10	26·26	18·51	224	South-westerly, blowing a gale.
” 11	38·34	13·2	303	South-westerly, strong.
” 12	39·38	6·34	314	W.S.W., strong.
	S.	E.
” 13	40·34	0·25	324	S.W., strong.
” 14	40·51	6·33	280	Var., moderate.
” 15	41·51	11·19	230	Northerly, fresh.
” 16	42·29	17·30	282	North-westerly, moderate.
” 17	43·6	23·41	278	North-westerly, strong.
” 18	43·9	28·29	211	North-easterly, fresh.
” 19	43·44	34·56	284	North-easterly, strong.
” 20	43·57	40·30	240	Northerly gale.
” 21	43·35	47·34	305	Northerly gale.
” 22	43·45	54·18	290	Northerly gale.
” 23	42·57	61·17	310	Northerly gale.
” 24	43·6	67·21	266	Northerly, strong.
” 25	42·57	74·26	312	Northerly, strong.
” 26	43·22	80·28	265	Northerly, fresh.
” 27	43·15	85·41	229	Northerly, fresh.
” 28	43·22	90·40	222	Easterly, fresh.
” 29	43·40	94·55	185	N.E., light.
” 30	43·11	102·11	320	S.W., gale.
” 31	43·4	106·43	200	N.N.W., moderate.
1870
Jan. 1	43·10	111·54	228	N.N.W., moderate.
” 2	43·7	117·14	248	N.N.W., fresh.
” 3	42·7	124·36	330	Northerly, strong.
” 4	40·39	131·18	326	Northerly, strong.
” 5	39·48	136·14	225	South-westerly, moderate.
” 6	38·41	140·18	202	S.E., Percy Island.
” 7	..	..	..	Cape Otway, N. ½ W., 12 miles.
” 8	..	..	..	Calm and light.
” 9	..	..	..	7 P.M., came to anchor in Port Phillip Harbour.
Newcastle to Shanghai.
Date.	Lat.	Long.	Distance.	Remarks.
	S.	E.
Feb. 10	7·30	A.M.	..	Left the harbour.
” 11	..	..	60	E.N.E. to S.E., calm.
” 12	32·46	156·3	152	N.E. and E., very unsteady.
” 13	32·13	158·26	125	N.E. and N., Passed Lord Howe’s Island.
” 14	28·30	160·55	250	N., strong, squally.
” 15	23·32	162·16	300	N., clear.
” 16	19·47	161·58	230	N.W., clear.
” 17	15·36	162·11	251	N. ½ E., heavy, squally.
” 18	13·31	163·24	145	N.N.E., thunder and lightning.
	S.
” 19	12·16	163·17	75	N., heavy rain.
” 20	8·35	164·0	224	N., heavy rain and thunder.
” 21	4·16	165·24	262	N. and E., lightning.
” 22	1·35	166·48	180	N.N.E., heavy squalls.
” 23	0·19	166·50	75	N.W. by W. Off Pleasant Head, got quantity of jugs and cocoa-nuts.
	N.
” 24	1·14	165·5	130	N.W.
” 25	3·24	162·25	200	N.W. ½ W., squally.
” 26	6·47	159·58	250	N.W. by N., clear.
” 27	10·28	156·35	297	N.W. by W., fresh.
” 28	13·28	152·4	298	N.W. by W., fresh.
Mar. 1	15·54	148·25	256	N.W. by W., squally.
” 2	17·14	146·2	160	N.W. by W., passed between Faraltan and Guguants.
” 3	19·56	142·35	255	N.W. by W. ½ W., squally.
” 4	21·46	139·48	200	N.W. by W. ½ W., light.
” 5	22·23	138·19	82	N.W. by W., light.
” 6	23·32	136·43	110	N.W. by W., light and variable.
” 7	25·23	133·34	202	N.N.W., passed Golden, Sydney to Shanghai 59 days.
” 8	26·57	129·26	239	W.N.W., passed Fok Island.
” 9	29·30	126·11	230	W. by N., heavy squalls, thunder, and lightning.
” 10	31·20	124·0	200	W.N.W. Off Vido. Got pilot. Passage pilot to pilot 28 days, quickest on record .
” 13	..	..	..	Shanghai. Thick and calm.
Foo-chow to London.
Date.	Lat.	Long.	Distance.	Remarks.
	N.	E.
July 3	..	..	..	5 A.M., proceeded down in tow.
” 4	..	..	..	Pinnacle Island, W. by N.
” 5	..	..	..	3 P.M., passed Adams Point.
” 6	23·6	126·32	174	South-westerly, fresh.
” 7	23·2	126·1	48	Var., moderate.
” 8	21·13	123·59	157	South-easterly, squally.
” 9	19·13	120·28	233	South-easterly, fresh.
” 10	18·36	118·37	115	South-westerly, light.
” 11	18·16	116·2	148	South-easterly, fresh.
” 12	17·37	112·38	200	Southerly, fresh.
” 13	16·43	109·49	176	Southerly, fresh.
” 14	15·43	109·5	63	South-easterly, light.
” 15	14·6	110·7	114	South-westerly, light.
” 16	12·37	109·29	96	South-westerly, light, Cape Varella, 6 miles.
” 17	11·47	109·30	50	South-westerly, light.
” 18	8·16	109·49	212	Westerly, strong and squally.
” 19	5·9	109·21	191	South-westerly, strong and squally.
” 20	4·16	109·17	53	South-westerly, moderate.
” 21	3·28	109·22	48	South-westerly, light.
” 22	2·40	109·54	58	South-westerly, light.
” 23	2·6	..	..	Var., light.
” 24	0·51	108·40	..	Boorang Island, E. by S., 10 m.
	S.
” 25	0·45	108·34	96	South-easterly, light.
” 26	1·28	107·48	63	Var., light.
” 27	3·15	..	..	Spoke Achilles, 10 days out from Foo-chow.
” 28	..	..	..	6 A.M. Anger Light, S.S.W., 8 miles.
” 29	7·54	101·56	223	South-easterly, fresh.
” 30	9·22	97·21	284	South-easterly, squally.
” 31	10·59	93·10	267	South-easterly, fresh.
Aug. 1	12·42	88·43	290	S.S.E., strong.
” 2	14·31	83·28	318	E.S.E., strong.
” 3	16·5	79·44	236	South-easterly, moderate. Spoke Leander.
” 4	17·30	76·33	203	S.E. moderate, Leander, 10 miles.
” 5	18·45	72·58	217	S.E., fresh, Leander, 14 miles.
” 6	19·16	71·26	97	S.E., light.
” 7	19·4	68·28	170	S.W. to S.E., heavy gale, and sea washed away head rail.
” 8	21·11	63·53	249	S. by E., under topsails and courses.
” 9	23·4	59·0	295	S. by E., strong.
” 10	24·30	54·55	246	S. by E., all plain sail.
” 11	26·9	51·23	216	S. by E., var., plain sail and port studding-sails.
” 12	27·25	48·30	185	E.N.E., moderate.
” 13	29·7	45·24	192	E., light.
” 14	..	..	170	W.S.W., var.
” 15	30·23	38·29	200	S., strong gale with squalls.
” 16	31·20	35·0	198	E., light.
” 17	34·20	33·35	110	S.E., steamer astern like Achilles; sunset, breeze increasing, leaving her out of sight.
” 18	34·2	29·39	270	N.N.E., fresh.
” 19	35·6	24·0	240	S.W. by S., fresh, strong current to S.W.
” 20	35·8	20·4	196	N.E., fog and calm at noon.
” 21	34·45	18·10	100	W.S.W. increasing, rounded Cape of Good Hope, heavy sea.
” 22	31·53	13·26	302	S., all plain sail set.
” 23	29·9	9·29	262	S.S.E., all plain sail set and studding sails.
	S.	E.
” 24	26·14	5·19	284	S.E., all possible sail.
” 25	23·13	1·50	264	S.E. by S., all possible sail.
” 26	20·44	0·53	212	N.E., and backing to S.E.
		W.
” 27	19·9	2·49	146	S.E., light.
” 28	17·29	4·58	158	S.E., light.
” 29	15·36	7·33	187	S.E., light.
” 30	13·19	10·5	201	S.E., light.
” 31	11·16	12·16	190	S.E., light.
Sept. 1	9·6	14·8	164	S.E. by S., light.
” 2	7·11	16·0	158	S.E. by S., light.
” 3	5·9	18·2	172	S.E. by S., light.
” 4	3·19	19·51	156	S.E. by S., light.
” 5	1·10	21·46	172	S.E. by S., light, strong current to W.
	N.
” 6	0·55	23·4	146	S.E., light.
” 7	2·57	25·4	174	S.E. by S., light.
” 8	5·51	26·7	184	S.S.W., fresh.
” 9	10·0	27·6	257	S.W., very squally.
” 10	12·16	27·16	140	S., light var.
” 11	13·10	27·0	60	N.N.E., var., squally.
” 12	16·33	30·9	273	N.E., trade winds.
” 13	20·5	32·58	270	N.E., trade winds.
” 14	24·0	35·23	272	N.E. by E., trade winds.
” 15	26·45	36·15	172	E. by N., light.
” 16	27·39	36·18	54	E. by N., light and calm.
” 17	28·0	36·23	21	E. by N., light and airy.
” 18	28·56	36·5	58	S., light.
” 19	30·18	35·45	52	S., light.
” 20	32·37	35·5	144	S., light.
” 21	33·45	34·18	85	W., light rain.
” 22	36·4	34·4	140	W., light breeze.
” 23	39·18	33·30	200	S.W., squally, rain.
” 24	42·37	30·17	245	W., squally, heavy sea.
” 25	44·10	26·16	200	W., light and variable.
” 26	45·14	22·59	158	S.W. to N.W.
” 27	46·8	18·34	200	W., bar falling rapidly.
” 28	47·15	14·0	202	S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 29	48·30	9·13	200	S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 30	..	..	200	S. by E., noon Lizard, N., 8 miles.
Oct. 1	..	..	..	Beechy Head, E., 20 miles at noon, 5 P.M., Dungeness, got pilot.