LEUT Cornelius E. Hunt of the Confederate States raider Shenandoah recorded in his journal two days out of Port Phillip:””Our ship’s company has received a mysterious addition of 45 men”. The men were Australian volunteers smuggled on board at Williamstown.
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1865
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