Voyage to London in 1874

Voyage to London in 1874
Under command of	Captain Llewellyn Bowen
Departure port	Port Adelaide
Departure date	3rd November 1873
Arrival port	London
Arrival date	15th February 1874
Voyage duration	104 days

The City of Adelaide discharged her passengers and cargo at the Company's Wharf in Port Adelaide during the month of July 1873. She was then anchored in the Port River "stream" for the next eight weeks, before being returned to the wharf where, throughout October, she steadily assembled her cargo for the voyage "home". The ship was cleared from the dock on the 29th October, but the weather was so boisterous that she anchored at the Semaphore Anchorage until she was able to sail down the Gulf at dawn on 3 November 1873. She arrived in London on 15 February 1874, a duration of 104 days.

Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Alan Platt, historian, specialising in the history of the City of Adelaide and its illustrious masters, we have a list of passengers who are known to have made the return voyage to England aboard the clipper. The list was compiled by Dr. Platt from data collected from Adelaide newspapers by R.T. (Bob) Sexton, noted South Australian maritime author.

Passenger List

No.	Name on Passenger List	GEDCOM Name	Cabin Class	Birth Date	Age	Trade	Marital Status	Passage	Comment
1	Bosustow, Captain	Bosustow,	First Class (Saloon)
2	Bowen, Reverend E.	Bowen, E.	First Class (Saloon)
3	Bowen, Mrs.	Bowen,	First Class (Saloon)
4	Bowen, Miss	Bowen,	First Class (Saloon)
5	Lawrence, Miss	Lawrence,	First Class (Saloon)
6	Mitchell, Mr. J.	Mitchell, J.	First Class (Saloon)
7	Waldron, Mrs.	Waldron,	First Class (Saloon)
8	Welch, Dr.	Welch,	First Class (Saloon)
9	Wright, Mrs. G.	Wright, G.	First Class (Saloon)
10	Chapman, Mrs.	Chapman,	Second Class Cabins
11	Chapman, Child	Chapman,	Second Class Cabins
12	Chapman, Child	Chapman,	Second Class Cabins
13	Field, Miss	Field,	Second Class Cabins
14	Roberts, Mr. J.	Roberts, J.	Second Class Cabins
15	Symes, Mr.	Symes,	Second Class Cabins

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	Bowen, Llewellyn	Master		City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	Remains			39
2	Robins, Edwd Joseph	1st Mate	9-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	53
3	Garrood, H	2nd Mate	5-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	28
4	Ussher, James	3rd Mate	3-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	23
5	Moffett, Daniel	Boatswain	4-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	26
6	Welch, Samuel	Surgeon	0-1-0		28 October 1873	Adelaide	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	23
7	McIntosh, William	Carpenter	6-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	32
8	Brown, William	Sailmaker	3-15-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	57
9	Gill, William A	Cook	5-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	35
10	Lacy, George	Steward	4-10-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	23
11	Butcher, John	Steward, 2nd Class	2-10-0	City of Adelaide	12 August 1873	Adelaide	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	24
12	Hooper, Frederick	Butcher	0-1-0	First ship	28 October 1873	Adelaide	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	18
13	Connell, William	AB	3-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	32
14	Parce, George	AB	3-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	29
15	Hughes, James	AB	3-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	26
16	Jacobsen, Lars	AB	3-0-0	City of Adelaide	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	25
17	Ussher, Arthur H A	AB	3-0-0	Gateside	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	20
18	Golding, George	AB	3-0-0	Ellen	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	25
19	Berlich, John	AB	3-0-0	Ellen	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	21
20	Dure, William	AB	3-0-0	Hisperia	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	22
21	Pordage, Harry	AB	3-0-0	Hisperia	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	18
22	Watson, W	AB	3-0-0	Callenho	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	23
23	Roach, John	AB	3-0-0	Fine Barton	9 April 1873	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	21
24	Henderson, W	AB	10-0-0	Bella	28 October 1873	Adelaide	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	30
25	Brinsmead, Horace G	AB (from 3 Nov 73)	3-0-0	Indentured	4 November 1869	London	16 Feb 1874	London	discharged	20
26	Maisland, Frederick	Apprentice		Indentured	31 March 1873	London	Remains			17
27	Hale, Paggen	Apprentice		Indentured	10 June 1872	London	Remains			17

Cargo List

THe following exporters despatched goods on this voyage.

Exporter	Goods		Exporter	Goods
Wallaroo Mines	150 tons copper		W G Luxmoore	20 casks tallow
Dean, Laughton and Co.	59 casks & 400 cases tallow		J Tidmarsh and Company	61 casks tallow
Adelaide Meat Company	43 casks tallow		Adelaide Meat Company	150 cases meat
D and J Fowler	17 casks tallow		J and B Taylor	11 casks pelts
J and B Taylor	51 bales wool		T Macdonald	26 bales flax
W H Holmes and Company	3 cases wax		G Young	48 tons bark
W Morgan and Company	1 qr-cask brandy		W Peacock and Son	8 tons horns, hoofs & bones
Acraman, Main and Co.	1 case, 3 bags hair		Acraman, Main and Co.	233 bales wool
J W Bakewell	5 packages		J Colton and Company	21 bales wool
A Hallett	212 bales wool		E Spicer	20 bales wool
F Clark and Sons	66 bales wool		Cleland, Mitchell and Co.	7 bales wool
W Duffield	174 bales wool		J Barritt	19 bales wool
W Sloane and Company	82 bales wool		McCulloch, Sellars and Co.	330 bales wool
Duffield, Harrold and Hurd	107 bales wool		Harrold and Duffield	66 bales wool
H and F Rymill	125 bales wool		Sanders, James and Co.	429 bales wool
C B Fischer	311 bales wool		H A Wood	136 bales wool
J White	78 bales wool		G Young	76 bales wool
W Peacock and Son	34 bales wool		J H Angas	118 bales wool
Harrold Brothers	16 bales wool