Voyage to London in 1875

Voyage to London in 1875
Under command of	Captain Llewellyn Bowen
Departure port	Port Adelaide
Departure date	16th November 1874
Arrival port	London
Arrival date	21st March 1875
Voyage duration	135 days

The City of Adelaide spent much of October 1874 on Fletcher's Dunnikier Slip in the Port River having damaged copper sheathing on her hull stripped and replaced following her grounding on Kirkaldy Beach in August. She then berthed at Company's Wharf to load cargo for her return to the "mother country". She sailed from Port Adelaide on 16 November 1874 and arrived in London on 21 March 1875, a duration of 135 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	Graham, Reverend J.	Graham, J.	First Class (Saloon)
2	Graham, Mrs.	Graham,	First Class (Saloon)
3	Graham, Child	Graham,	First Class (Saloon)
4	Graham, Child	Graham,	First Class (Saloon)
5	Raphael, Mr.	Raphael,	First Class (Saloon)
6	Raphael, Mrs.	Raphael,	First Class (Saloon)
7	Attack, Mr.	Attack,	Second Class Cabins
8	Attack, Mrs.	Attack,	Second Class Cabins
9	Attack, Child	Attack,	Second Class Cabins
10	Martin, Mrs.	Martin,	Second Class Cabins
11	Martin, Child	Martin,	Second Class Cabins
12	Martin, Child	Martin,	Second Class Cabins
13	Rogers, Mrs.	Rogers,	Second Class Cabins

Crew List

The crew list for this voyage was due to be retained by the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich in London, England, but unfortunately it cannot be located. The voyage papers were used during the subsequent inquiries into the grounding, and it is possible that they were not returned to their proper file.

#	Name	Position	Wage	Last ship	Date joined	Place joined	Date Left	Place Left	Reason left	Age	Comment
1	Bowen, Llewellyn	Master		City of Adelaide		London				40	Assumed on crew, no list held
2	Robins, Edwd Joseph	1st Mate		City of Adelaide		London				54	Assumed on crew, no list held
3	Newnham, Ashley C	2nd Mate				London				23	Assumed on crew, no list held
4	Brown, William	Sailmaker		City of Adelaide		London				58	Assumed on crew, no list held
5	Gill, William A	Cook		City of Adelaide		London				37	Assumed on crew, no list held
6	Lacy, George	Steward		City of Adelaide		London				25	Assumed on crew, no list held
7	Hilliard, Geo Fredk R	Apprentice		Indentured	14 April 1874	London	Remains			17	Assumed on crew, no list held
8	Cox, William John	Apprentice		Indentured	29 July 1873	London	Remains			18	Assumed on crew, no list held
9	Barber, Richard Henry	Apprentice		Indentured	5 June 1874	London	Remains			16	Assumed on crew, no list held

Cargo List

The list of exporters and their goods follows.

Exporter	Goods		Exporter	Goods
Wallaroo Smelting Works	3,362 cakes copper		Bean, Laughton and Company	108 casks tallow
Bean, Laughton and Company	580 cases preserved meat		J Tidmarsh and Company	146 casks tallow
G Young	quantity bark		J Colton and Company	4 bales leather
J Colton and Company	20 bales wool		Mrs Penfold	3 kegs, 1 case wine
W Peacock and Son	1 case furs		W Peacock and Son	180 bales wool & skins
W Morgan and Company	76 bales wool		W Morgan and Company	62 packages metal
J Newman and Son	86 bales, 1 packet wool		A Hallett	373 bales wool
E Spicer	97 bales wool		Acraman, Main and Company	122 bales wool
Sanders, James and Company	308 bales wool		H and F Rymill	148 bales wool
H A Wood	144 bales wool		Newman Brothers	176 bales wool
C R Goode and Company	42 bales wool		Harrold Brothers	63 bales wool
C B Fisher	293 bales wool		Arch and Hay	35 bales wool
J Barritt	45 bales wool		W Duffield	173 bales wool
W Duffield and Company	111 bales wool		Elder, Smith and Company	353 bales wool
J H Angas	121 bales wool		J Wilcox	38 bales wool
F Wright	46 bales wool		G P Hodge	33 bales wool
W Forrest	32 bales wool