Voyage to London in 1870

Voyage to London in 1870
Under command of	Captain John Bruce
Departure port	Port Adelaide
Departure date	3rd November 1869
Arrival port	Shadwell Basin, London
Arrival date	16th March 1870
Voyage duration	133 days

The City of Adelaide was berthed at Prince's Wharf in Port Adelaide for almost 14 weeks, then mid-stream in the Port River for a further three weeks before she sailed from South Australia on 3 November 1869. She arrived in London on 16 March 1870 after a voyage of 133 days.

Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Alan Platt, historian, specialising in the history of the 'City of Adelaide' and her illustrious masters, we have a list of passengers who are known to have made the return voyage to England aboard her. The list was compiled by Dr. Platt from data collected from Adelaide newspapers by R.T. (Bob) Sexton, noted South Australian maritime author.

The list is alphabetical and all passengers are assumed to be in the First Class cabins.

Passenger List

The following is a list of passengers on the voyage that arrived in London on 16th March 1870 after a 133 day passage.

No.	Name on Passenger List	GEDCOM Name	Cabin Class	Birth Date	Age	Trade	Marital Status	Passage	Comment
1	Bell, Mr. F.	Bell, F.	First Class (Saloon)
2	Bingle, Miss A.	Bingle, A.	First Class (Saloon)
3	Field, Reverend T.	Field, Thomas	First Class (Saloon)	30 Dec 1830
4	Field, Mrs.	Neales, Elizabeth Bentham	First Class (Saloon)	November 1867
5	Field, Master	Field,	First Class (Saloon)	15 May 1862
6	Field, Miss	Field, Laura Margaret	First Class (Saloon)	1868
7	Field, Servant of	Unknown,	First Class (Saloon)
8	Hocking, Mr. O.	Hocking, O.	First Class (Saloon)
9	Hocking, Mrs.	Hocking, Mrs.	First Class (Saloon)
10	Hooke, Mr. Thomas	Hooke, Thomas	First Class (Saloon)						Died 22 Nov 1869 of ulceration of the bowels
11	May, J.	May, J.	First Class (Saloon)
12	Packard, Dr.	Packard,	First Class (Saloon)						Surgeon
13	Prankerd, J.	Prankerd, J.	First Class (Saloon)

The ship's Log Book had an entry dated 22 November 1869 stating that "Thomas Hooke, a Passenger, expired from Ulceration of the Bowels, after a long illness. He was in bad health when he embarked. Age 20. Lat. 33 deg S, Long. 107 deg E. Signed John Bruce, Master; Dr. <hard to read> Packard, Surgeon; E. Robins, Chief Mate.

Crew List

This list is held by the Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

#	Name	Position	Wage	Last ship	Date joined	Place joined	Date Left	Place Left	Reason left	Age	Comment
1	Bruce, John	Master		City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	Remains			29
2	Robins, Edwd Joseph	1st Mate	9-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	Remains			50
3	Watts, Robert A	2nd Mate	6-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	29
4	Garrood, Henry	3rd Mate	2-15-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	19
5	Escott, Richard	Boatswain	3-10-0	Europa	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	47
6	McIntosh, William	Carpenter	6-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	29
7	Brown, William	Sailmaker	3-15-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	58
8	Nicol, John	Cook	5-0-0	Moravian	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	41
9	Gordon, Francis	Steward	6-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	34
10	Millner, George	Steward, Assistant	0-1-0	Landsman	30 October 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	20
11	Irwin, C	Butcher	0-1-0	Landsman	1 November 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	21
12	Morris, William H	AB	2-10-0	South Australian	10 May 1869	London	19 Mar 1870	London	discharged	21
13	Hodge, Alexander	AB	2-10-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	19 Mar 1870	London	discharged	21
14	Golding, George	AB	2-10-0	Zemindar	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	23
15	Neve, Ford	AB	2-10-0	Bridgetown	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	35
16	Smith, William	AB	5-0-0	Jane Bell	25 October 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	25
17	Lloyd, Frederick	AB	5-0-0	Jason	25 October 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	26
18	Brown, James	AB	5-0-0	Furnis Abbey	29 October 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	20
19	Sheerin, James	AB	6-0-0	John Pane	1 November 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	23
20	Tayor, William	AB	6-0-0	John Pane	2 November 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	24
21	Stevens, Robert	AB	6-0-0	Cassina	2 November 1869	Adelaide	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	25
22	Taylor, Henry C	OS	2-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	21
23	Robinson, Fredk Wm	OS	2-0-0	City of Adelaide	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	19
24	Regan, Michael	OS	2-0-0	South Australian	10 May 1869	London	18 Mar 1870	London	discharged	18
25	Brown, Woolmer Geo	Apprentice		Indentured	5 April 1869	London	Remains			20
26	Conlon, Francis Patrick	Apprentice		Indentured	21 April 1869	London	Remains			19
27	Curtis, George	Apprentice		Indentured	17 June 1868	London	Remains			16
28	Bennett, Walter Jas	Apprentice		Indentured	20 August 1867	London	Remains			16
29	Rose, Henry Taylor	Apprentice		Indentured	24 June 1868	London	Remains			16
30	Reed, William Albert	Apprentice		Indentured	10 May 1869	London	Remains			16

Cargo List

The individual exporters are listed below.

Exporter	Goods		Exporter	Goods
Paramatta Mining Company	3,134 bags copper ore		G Young	37 tons bark
J Taylor and Sons	402 bales wool		Ormerod and Company	30 bales wool
T Magarey	92 bales wool		J Riddoch	113 bales wool
Coombes	38 bales wool		R B Smith	1,000 bales wool
J and G Wilcox	34 bales wool		J Whyte	112 bales wool
Duffield, Harrold and Company	38 bales wool		Harrold Brothers	71 bales wool
Duffield and Porter	146 bales wool		Harrold and Duffield	333 bales wool
W Peacock and Son	225 bales wool		W Peacock and Son	74 bales leather
J Colton and Company	16 bales leather		J Colton and Company	3 casks tallow
J Colton and Company	212 bales wool		J Colton and Company	2 tons gluepieces
J H Angas	44 bales wool		J H Angas	3 bales sheepskins
G McGill	109 bags bark		J Hill	1 case books
Wills and Company	1 case		F Clark and Sons	68 bales wool
F Clark and Sons	4 bales leather		F Clark and Sons	1 bag hair
Carter, Tyas and Company	1 bale drapery		Woodman	1 case books
D and W Murray	5 cases		C Lamb	2 qr-casks wine