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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

The Glenhuntly

page 186

The Glenhuntly.

"The vessel is very deeply laden, as is usual with most of the ships recently dispatched to this port by Shaw, Savill and Co., and considering the very severe weather encountered it is almost surprising that she has been permitted to make port so soon," said the Auckland "Star" in recording the arrival of the iron barque Glenhuntly, a vessel of 546 tons, on October 26, 1872. The Shaw, Savill people were always supposed to get the most they could out of their vessels, hence the little "dig." the Glenhuntly was a fine, staunch vessel. She made three trips to New Zealand, in 1871, 1872 and 1873. On the first and third occasions she was in charge of Captain Large and on the second occasion Captain Alexander brought her out owing to the fact that Captain Large could not leave as there had been a collision between the barque and a French steamer which sank within five minutes of the collision, and the crew had barely time to scramble on to the barque. This happened when the Glenhuntly was Homeward bound from Napier.

The barque's first visit was to Dunedin. She left London on August 28, 1871, and reached Port Chalmers on November 23, 1871, the voyage taking 87 days. Her two following trips were to Auckland. Leaving London on July 6, 1872, she reached Auckland on October 26, 1872, 111 days from the Downs. She was then in command of Captain Alexander. During the month of September very severe weather was experienced and on the 18th of that month, after passing Prince Edward Island, the climax was reached. A number of sails were blown away, and she had to be kept head to wind with only a tarpaulin lashed in the mizzen rigging. Later on the ship struck more bad weather and heavy seas did considerable damage to her topgallant bulwarks and rails. the Glenhuntly's second trip to Auckland took place the following year. She left London on September 13, 1873, and reached Auckland on December 27, 1873.