HMS New Zealand World Cruise 1913
*** 1913 *** H.M.S. "NEW ZEALAND'S" EMPIRE CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD
Transcription of a Hand-typed list of ports of call of the HMS New Zealand in 1913. John Sullivan 342386 had this record amongst his papers.
DEPART. | ARRIVE. | DISTANCE | Comments (not in original document) |
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Plymouth Jan 28th. | Portsmouth Jan 30th. | 120 miles | |
Portsmouth Feb 6th. | St. Vincent Feb 13th. | 2,250 miles | - |
St Vincent Feb 14th. | Ascension Feb 20th. | 1,640 miles | - |
Ascension Feb 20th. | St Helena Feb 22th. | 620 miles | - |
St Helena Feb 23th.(!) | Capetown Feb 28th. | 1,700 miles | - |
Capetown Mar 5th. | Simons Town Mar 5th. | 54 miles | - |
Simons Town Mar 6th. | Durban Mar 7th. | 745 miles | - |
Durban Mar 15th. | Melbourne 31th. | 5,700 miles | - |
Melbourne Apl 8th. | Wellinghton Apl 12th. | 1,470 miles | - |
*: NEW ZEALAND CRUISE :* | - | ||
Wellington Apl 24th. | Napier Apl 25th. | 200 miles | - |
Napier Apl 26th. | Gisbourne Apl 27th. | 80 miles | - |
Gisbourne Apl 28th. | Auckland Apl 29th. | 297 miles | - |
Auckland May 10th. | Lyttelton May 13th. | 624 miles | - |
Lyttelton May 23rd. | Akaroa May 23rd. | 42 miles | - |
Akaroa May 28th. | Timaru May 28th. | 69 miles | - |
Timaru May 29th. | Oamaru May 30th. | 30 miles | - |
Oamaru May 30th. | Dundin May 31st. | 30 miles | - |
Dunedia (!) Jun 2nd. | Bluff Jun 3rd. | 120 miles | - |
Bluff Jun 3rd. | Milford Sound Jun 4th. | 138 miles | - |
Milford Sound Jun 4th. | Greymouth Jun 5th. | 78 miles | - |
Greymouth Jun 6th. | Westport Jun 7th. | 105 miles | - |
Westport Jun 7th. | Nelson Jun 8th. | 97 miles | - |
Nelson Jun 9th. | Picton Jun 10th. | 97 miles | - |
Picton Jun 11th. | Wellington Jun 11th. | 44 miles | - |
Wellington Jun 14th. | Wangaaui Jun 16th. | 108 miles | - |
Wangaaui Jun 16th. | New Plymouth Jun 17th. | 104 miles | - |
New Plymouth Jun 17th. | Russell Jun 19th. | 381 miles | - |
Russell Jun 20th. | Auckland Jun 21st. | 135 miles | - |
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Auckland Jun 28th. | Suva (Fiji) Jul 1st. | 1,142 miles | - |
Suva Jul 5th. (no day) | Levuka (Fiji) Jul 5th. | 55 miles | - |
Levuka Jul 5th (" ") | Honolulu Jul 12th. | 2,750 miles | - |
Honolulu Jul 19th. | Victoria Jul 25th. | 2,300 miles | - |
Victoria Jul 27th. | Vancouver Jul 27th. | 90 miles | - |
Vancouver Aug 4th. | Victora Aug 4th. | 90 miles | - |
Victoria Aug 9th. | Mazatlan Aug 16th. | 2,300 miles | - |
Mazatlan Aug 18th. | Acapulco Aug 20th. | 600 miles | - |
Acapulco Aug 22th. | Salina Cruz Aug 23rd. | 350 miles | - |
Salina Cruz Aug 25th. | Panama Aug 29th. | 1,300 miles | - |
Panama Sep 5th. | Callao Sep 9th. | 1,300 miles | - |
Callao Sep 13th. | Valparaiso Sep 17th. | 1,300 miles | - |
Valparaiso Sep 24th. | Monte Video Oct 3rd. | 2,800 miles | - |
Monte Video Oct 7th. | Rio de Janerio Oct 10th. | 1,000 miles | - |
Rio de Janerio Oct 17th. | Trinidad Oct 27th. | 3,000 miles | - |
Trinidad Oct 31st. | Barbades Nov 1st. | 200 miles | - |
Barbades Nov 3rd. | Jamaica Nov 6th. | 1,000 miles | - |
Jamaica Nov 10th. | Bermuda Nov 13th. | 1,100 miles | - |
Bermuda Nov 19th. | Halifax Nov 22nd. | 750 miles | - |
Halifax Nov 28th. | Plymouth Dec 6th. | 2,500 miles | - |
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Total Distance | - | ||
45,000 Miles | - |
Punta Arenas Strait of Magellan (CHILE)
Grenada
West Indies <-- Not on Program (hand written - possibly referring to all this section)
Dominica