Transoceanische Reise S.M. Corvette Saida

Background and objectives

Journey to Brazil and Australia. Informative and consular affairs, collection of ethnographic and scientific objects, coastal cartography

Travelling route and dates

2.10.1884 departed Pola, 4.10. to 10.10. Meljine, disembarked a sick machine technician, took on a replacement. 20.10. to 25.10. Gibraltar, 26.11. to 6.12. Bahia. 9.1. to 17.1.1885 Kapstadt, 17.3. to 1.4. Sandridge, Melbourne, 9.4. to 25.4. Sydney, 6.5. to 7.5. Rangitoto, Neuseeland, 7.5. to 17.5. Auckland, 30.5. to 6.6. Suva, Fiji Islands, 10.6. to 22.6. Tanna, 22.6. to 24.6. Darnley Island, 24.6. to 25.6. Saddle Island, 29.6. to 2.7. Dobbo Island, 4.7. to 8.7. Banda Island, 15.7. to 19.7. Passarikan, 19.7. to 27.7. Soerabaja, 3.8. to 4.8. Edam Island, 4.8. to 20.8. Batavia, 25.8. to 30.8. Tullah Sumpat, Insel Pindang, 30.8. to 21.9. Singapore, 21.9. to 24.9. Tanjong, 25.9. to 28.9. Burney Point, Sarawak River, 28.9. Pindang ein und aus, 11.10. to 12.11. Singapore, 14.11. to 19.11. Georgetown, Penang, 6.12. to 15.12. Colombo. 3.1. to 6.1.1886 Aden, 14.1. Suez ein, 22.1. Suezkanal, 22.1. Ismailia ein, 23.1. to 27.1. Port Said, 5.2. Pola ein.

34,478 nautical miles travelled, 284 days spent at sea. The photographic equipment on board was used to take 130 photographs, mainly of landscapes. 8.2.1886 decommissioned.

Sources and literature

Official report of the journey

Transoceanische Reise S. M. Corvette "Saida" in den Jahre 1884-1886 : Beilage zu Heft IX u. X, 1886 der "Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens", Beilage zu: Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens ; 1886, 9 und 10, Druck und Commissions-Verlag von Carl Gerold´s Sohn, Wien/Pola 1886, 94 S., 1 Karte

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