“Port Jackson.” _Port Jackson_ has always been considered one of the most beautiful iron ships ever built. She was designed by Mr. Alexander Duthie, and built by Hall under the supervision of the Duthie brothers; cost £29,000 to build or at the rate of £13 a ton; was unusually strong and in every way made as perfect as possible. She was one of the most sightly four-mast barques ever launched. Captain Crombie was her first commander, and under him she did some very fine performances, notably a run of 39 days from Sydney to San Francisco, when she was only three days behind the time of the mail steamer. Her best run in the 24 hours was 345 miles. Unfortunately, when Captain Crombie left her, for some years no one attempted to bring out _Port Jackson’s_ sailing qualities, and for two years before she was bought by Devitt & Moore for their cadet training scheme she lay idle in the Thames. After long years of cadet carrying _Port Jackson_ fell a victim to the war, being torpedoed by a German submarine in the Channel in 1916. PASSAGES TO SYDNEY UNDER 80 DAYS IN 1882. +-----------------+-------+-------+------+------------+--------+ | Ship | From | Left | To | Arrived |Days Out| +-----------------+-------+-------+------+------------+--------+ |_Thomas Stephens_|Channel|Nov. 9|Sydney|Jan. 22, ’83| 74 | |_Port Jackson_ | „ |Oct. 28| „ |Jan. 13, ’83| 77 | +-----------------+-------+-------+------+------------+--------+ PASSAGES TO MELBOURNE UNDER 80 DAYS IN 1882. +--------------+----------+-------+--------+--------+--------+----+ | | | |Crossed | Passed | | | | Ship |Departure |Crossed| Cape | Cape |Arrived |Days| | | |Equator|Meridian| Otway | |Out | +--------------+----------+-------+--------+--------+--------+----+ |_Rodney_ |Plymouth |Nov. 7|Nov. 29|Dec. 22|Dec. 23| 69 | | | Oct. 15| | | | | | |_Ben Voirlich_|Lizard |May 28|June 18|July 11|July 12| 70 | | | May 3| | | | | | |_Salamis_ |Lizard |Mar. 31|April 24| |May 17| 71 | | | Mar. 7| | | | | | |_Miltiades_ |Lizard |May 15|June 6| |July 1| 73 | | | April 19| | | | | | |_Aristides_ |Start |Aug. 13|Sept. 4|Sept. 25|Sept. 25| 73 | | | July 14| | | | | | |_Simla_ |Penzance | | | |Nov. 16| 74 | | | Sept. 3| | | | | | |_Marpesia_ |Tuskar |Aug. 11|Aug. 30| |Sept. 25| 78 | | | July 9| | | | | | |_Thessalus_ |Channel | | | |July 28| 79 |