 Sailing from Cape Town on 6 September, "Samuel Huntington" sailed around the African continent, calling at Durban on 10 September, and arriving at Aden, on the Arabian peninsula, in mid September.Departing there on 24 September, the "Huntington" sailed up the Red Sea, calling at Massaua on the Eritrean coast on 26 September and Suez on 1 October.Departing Suez on 12 October, she retraced her track around Africa, calling at Port Sudan on 18 October, Durban on 2 November, Cape Town on 7 November.