H Winter of Cyclone* 41 



was damaged, and the cargo of the Maori shifted while 

 she was making for the English Channel. 



On the morning of January 7th, when the Wolviston 

 was rolling and pitching a great deal, her fore and 

 main staysails were blown away, and the fore -trysail 

 split. The log records on the morning following : 

 " Mountainous seas ; shipped great wave which broke 

 the engineers' ventilator off, flooding the berths, 

 breaking cabin mess-room funnel flange from the deck 

 and carrying away starboard lifeboat skid, as well as 

 breaking port glasses and frame in third engineer's 

 berth and mess-room." The weather continued 

 tempestuous, and on Monday, January 9th, a heavy 

 sea washed away the ballast from the awning deck, 

 destroyed four hatch tarpaulins and smashed all the 

 boarding put up to protect the crew from the waves", 

 which were constantly washing over the ship. Among 

 other damage done by this sea was the bending of 

 rails and stays, and the breaking of an iron stanchion 

 with rails attached. The Wolviston that night was in 

 45 degrees N. and 31 degrees W. The storm at that 

 time is described in the log as " terrific." From then 

 up to the sighting of the American coast, every page 

 of the log is filled with entries eloquent of the extra- 

 ordinarily severe weather the vessel continued to 

 encounter. One can conceive the intense relief of all 

 on board when on Monday, January 23rd, the Wolviston 

 got Cape Charles abeam, at the entrance to the Chesa- 

 peake. She reached Baltimore at 8.30 next morning. 



Such was the Wolviston' 's outward passage. Her 

 return passage was destined to be an even more 

 eventful one. 



