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, FijiInseln, 10.6. to 22.6. Tanna, 22.6. to 24.6. DarnleyInsel, 24.6. to 25.6. SaddleInsel, 29.6. to 2.7. DobboInsel, 4.7. to 8.7. BandaInsel, 15.7. to 19.7. Passarikan, 19.7. to 27.7. Soerabaja, 3.8. to 4.8. EdamInsel, 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.
Journey description
Sources and literature
Official report of the journey: |Transoceanische Reise S.M. Corvette Saida in den Jahren 1884 - 1886 (PDF for download)