26-31 October, 1921 – Cape Verde Islands
Wednesday 26 October, 1921
In the afternoon, Quest arrives at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands and sets about coaling.
Wilkins writes to his mother: “Owing to the ship
20-25 October, 1921
Thursday 20 October, 1921
Quest’s engines are knocking badly again. There is much debate as to what to do.
Friday 21 October, 1921
8 am: Quest is passed by the Royal Mail ship RMSP Araguaya, a few hundred miles
12-19 October, 1921 – Madeira
Wednesday 12 October, 1921
Not long after leaving Lisbon, the knocking of the engines begins again. More bad weather. Almost everyone is suffering from seasickness.
Thursday 13 October, 1921
Still rough seas and Quest rolls so much that it is
8-11 October, 1921
Saturday 8 October, 1921
J C Bee Mason, in place of Sir Ernest Shackleton, gives a lecture describing the expedition to the Portuguese Boy Scouts Association.
In the evening a dinner is given in honour of Sir Ernest Shackleton by
1-7 October, 1921
Saturday 1 October, 1921
With a gale getting up, Quest lays up with the engines stopped, but they are soon restarted to better ride the storm. Lysaght writes in his diary: “The seas were now mountainous and the biggest I