1879-80 London to Calcutta, undocked 3.30 p.m. October 4 Arrived Saugor Roads, Jan 4 90 days. against N.E. monsoon. 1881 Calcutta to Melbourne, Jan 10-February 25 45 days. 1881 Melbourne to London, 7th April—off Lizard, 4.30 p.m. June 27 81 „ —docked June 30 84 „ 1882 Dundee to Frisco, July 17-November 14 120 „ 1882 Frisco to Queenstown, January 6-April 20 104 „ 1883 Wifsta, Sweden, to Adelaide, July 11-October 8 89 „ 1883 Adelaide to Tegal, Java, November 15-December 13 28 „ 1885 Liverpool to Sydney, June 14-August 31 78 „ 1894-5 Sydney to London, October 14-January 4 82 „ 1895 Dungeness to Sydney. March 13-June 4 83 „ 1895 Sydney to London, October 13-December 29 77 „ _Argonaut’s_ best known commander was Captain Hunter, who was one of those who knew how to carry sail. On his wool passage home in 1896, however, he was very much out of luck, as the _Argonaut_ was one of the very few ships that took over 100 days. [Illustration: “ARGONAUT.” _Photo by Hall & Co., Sydney._] Captain A. Cook was her first skipper, then Captain Bonner had her in the late eighties. _Argonaut_ was still afloat in 1914. Under the name of _Elvira_, she flew the Portuguese flag and used the same home port, Lisbon, as the _Cutty Sark_ and _Thomas Stephens_—and her round of ports was usually the same as that of _Cutty Sark_, namely—Rio Janeiro, New Orleans and Lisbon. In 1913, her name was again changed to _Argo_. The Portuguese, as in the case of the _Cutty Sark_, retained the yards on the mizen. PASSAGES UNDER 80 DAYS TO SYDNEY IN 1876. +--------------+---------+--------+--------+---------+-------+----+ | | |Crossed |Crossed | Passed | |Days| | Ship |Departure|Equator | Cape |S.W. Cape|Arrived|Out | | | | |Meridian|Tasmania | | | +--------------+---------+--------+--------+---------+-------+----+ |_Patriarch_ |Channel |July 14 |Aug. 9 |Aug. 30 |Sept. 2| 71 | | | June 23| | |(Otway) | | | |_Samuel_ |Plymouth |June 28 |July 19 |Aug. 9 |Aug. 19| 78 | | _Plimsoll_ | June 2| | | | | | |_Cutty_ |Channel |Nov. 19 |Dec. 11 |Jan. 3 |Jan. 10| 79 | | _Sark_ | Oct. 23| | | ’77 | ’77| | +--------------+---------+--------+--------+---------+-------+----+