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{{Voyage to Adelaide in 1866}}
On the 11th October 1866, the ''City of Adelaide'' reached South Australia for the third time, having departed London on July 27th, The Downs on the 28th and Plymouth on the 2nd August. She had left the English Channel in company with the ship ''[[Yatala]]'', and although the ''Yatala'' was considered to be a faster vessel at the time, the ''City'' made the better crossing to Adelaide.

During the voyage, the ''City'' spoke to two other vessels - the French barque ''Jusselein'' on its way from Mauritius to Bordeaux and the Bremen ship ''Emilie'' on her way from Akjab to Falmouth.

Passengers aboard on this voyage included some colonists of long standing who made regular trips to England. These included Mr. Alfred Hawker and the Archdeacon of Adelaide, Mr. W. J. Woodcock.

The speed of this voyage was reported in the newspapers, as the ''City'' took less than seventy days to make the voyage pilot to pilot from Plymouth. Ultimately, the ''Yatala'' and the ''City of Adelaide'' shared the record for the fastest transit to Adelaide for many years. Unfortunately, the friendly rivalry between these two ships came to an end when the ''Yatala'' was lost when she ran aground near Cape Gris-Nez on 27th March 1872.

The Adelaide newspapers, including the ''South Australian Advertiser'' of 12 October 1866, printed an account of the voyage and the ''City'''s arrival in  Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28791900 |title=SHIPPING NEWS. |newspaper=[[The_Advertiser_(Adelaide)|The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=12 October 1866 |accessdate=26 November 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Passenger List==
Adelaide newspaper passenger lists and a testimonial to Captain Bruce<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28791900 |title=SHIPPING NEWS. |newspaper=[[The_Advertiser_(Adelaide)|The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=12 October 1866 |accessdate=26 November 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}};<br/>
{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41022238 |title=SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. |newspaper=[[South_Australian_Register|South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=12 October 1866 |accessdate=26 November 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}};<br/>
{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41027017 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[South_Australian_Register|South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=13 October 1866 |accessdate=26 November 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
</ref> report the passengers shown in the table below with the following differences and additional information.

* Not listed in newspapers: Mr Brown, Algernon Fiveash, Justina Steigenberger.

* Additional passengers: Miss J. Brown, two Fiveash children, two Hodgkin children, W. Smith is named twice in the passenger lists (but only once in the testimonial) so this may be a misprint or an additional passenger with the same name.

* Additional information: D. Bruce ''jun.'', C. W. H. Muller in second not first, S. Simpkins class not given (only named in the testimonial), John Spark in second not first, ''Alfred E.'' and ''Agnes J.'' Wright, ''John'' Mayers, C. E. or ''E. C.'' Tapley.

* Alternative spellings: Gerner not Garner, Strathern not Strathen, Weinbourg/Wynbourg, Myers/Mayers.


The following is a list of passengers on the voyage that arrived in Port Adelaide on 11 October 1866 after a 76 day passage.

Dr E. Low was likely the ship's medical officer.

{{Passenger List to Adelaide in 1866}}


==Crew List==

{{Crew List to Adelaide in 1866}}



==References==
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==External Links==

[[Category:Voyages to Adelaide]]
[[Category:Passenger lists]]

{{Passenger and Crew Lists}}

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