Voyage to London in 1879

Voyage to London in 1879
Under command of	Captain Edward Alston
Departure port	Adelaide
Departure date	25th October 1878
Arrival port	London
Arrival date	8th February 1879
Voyage duration	106 days

On the 1878 visit to South Australia the City of Adelaide did not call at Port Augusta. After unloading at Port Adelaide’s McLaren Wharf for four weeks, the ship was anchored mid-stream in the Port River for a month to have the rigging and gear aloft subjected to a complete refit and overhaul, rendered necessary by the strain the vessel was subjected to on the passage out. She then spent five weeks loading in the Company Basin until the ship sailed from Port Adelaide on 25 October 1878. She arrived in London on 8 February 1879, a duration of 106 days.

Passenger List

The following is a list of the passengers who sailed from Port Adelaide on 25 October 1878.

Mr Sullivan, Mrs Sullivan and Mr H E Ponsford, - in the first saloon.

Mr Hollidge, Mrs Hollidge, Emily Hollidge, Charles Hollidge, David Hollidge, William Hollidge and Annie Hollidge - in the second cabin.

Crew List

This crew 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	Alston, Edward Daniel	Master		City of Adelaide	16 April 1878	London	Remains			37
2	Sharpe, James P	1st Mate	8-0-0	City of Adelaide	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	26
3	Stockman, E J	2nd Mate	5-0-0	City of Adelaide	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	23
4	Shewan, William	Carpenter	6-6-0	Aristedes	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	36
5	Shutz, F	Sailmaker	4-10-0	Langstone	18 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	32
6	Nix, Robert E	Cook	5-0-0	City of Adelaide	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	37
7	Gibbs, John	Steward	6-10-0	City of Adelaide	16 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	23
8	Crawford, A	Steward Boy	0-1-0	Plain Miller	18 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	15
9	Raffray, John	AB	3-0-0	Dunbar Castle	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	33
10	Hughes, James	AB	3-0-0	Carlisle	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	32
11	Smith, Robert	AB	3-0-0	Outalpa	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	30
12	Erickson, Ey	AB	3-0-0	Neva	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	22
13	Challoner, M	AB	3-0-0	American ship	16 April 1878	London	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	25
14	Wood, Andrew	AB	9-0-0	South Australian	26 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	34
15	Arickson, Albert	AB	9-0-0	South Australian	26 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	27
16	Milo, Henry	AB	9-0-0	South Australian	26 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	34
17	Dedis, Nicholas	AB	9-0-0	South Australian	27 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	26
18	Enands, Thomas	AB	9-0-0	Maria Gibson	27 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	23
19	Clark, Thomas	AB	9-0-0	Garonne	27 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	33
20	Von Gerhardt, Oscar	OS	4-0-0	Tumut	25 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	19
21	Arthur, William Jos	Deckhand	0-1-0	Landsman	23 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	31
22	Harkuis, George	Deckhand	0-1-0	Landsman	24 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	36
23	Francis, Charles	Deckhand	0-1-0	Landsman	25 October 1878	Adelaide	08 Feb 1879	London	discharged	30
24	Macleod, Walter Ross	Apprentice		Indentured	16 April 1878	London	Remains			19
25	Townsend, Henry	Apprentice		Indentured	8 April 1878	London	Remains			15
26	Graham, Arthur Lance	Apprentice		Indentured	16 April 1878	London	Remains			15

Cargo List

Much of the cargo of "homeward" wool came from Western Australia. The exporters on this passage are listed below.

Exporter	Goods		Exporter	Goods
Yorke's Peninsula Mining Company	2,106 bags copper ore		J Tidmarsh and Company	65 casks tallow
G Young	460 bags bark		J Colton and Company	20 bales gluepieces
S Smith and Sons	2 hogsheads wine		W Peacock and Son	quantity horns and bones
W Peacock and Son	2 bales rabbit skins		W Peacock and Son	5 bales leather
W Peacock and Son	160 bales wool		W Peacock and Son	270 casks tallow
Alexander Hay and Company	282 bales wool		Harrold and Duffield	318 bales wool
J F T Hassell	3 bales wool		Hurd and Foote	180 bales wool
J Barritt and Company	145 bales wool		Mockeridge and Company	125 bales wool
R Lowe	52 bales wool		W Reynell	17 bales wool
T G Magarey	16 bales wool		J Hanway	35 bales wool
W Fowler	97 bales wool		J H Angas	737 bales wool
E J Hector	33 bales wool		H Muecke and Company	32 bales wool
G P Hodge	21 bales wool		Acraman and Company	33 bales wool
J White	17 bales wool		Church and Warnes	12 bales wool
Thomas Warnes	24 bales wool		H F Rymill	34 bales wool
Sir John Morphett	9 bales wool		A H Landseer	33 bales wool
Harrold Brothers	22 bales wool		W Duffield and Company	158 bales wool
Duffield and Makin	72 bales wool		J Barritt	133 bales wool
Sanders, James and Company	439 bales wool		National Bank	1 box silver coin