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==Crew List==
==Crew List==
The following list is held by the Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
The following list is held by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, England.
 
It includes crew members between Port Adelaide and Port Augusta who may have left the ''City of Adelaide'' before the clipper left Port Augusta for London.
It includes crew members between Port Adelaide and Port Augusta who may have left the ''City of Adelaide'' before the clipper left Port Augusta for London.



Revision as of 01:53, 28 August 2010

Voyage to London in 1885
Under command of Captain Edward Alston
Departure port Port Augusta
Departure date 4th October 1884
Arrival port London
Arrival date 27th January 1885
Voyage duration 115 days

The City of Adelaide discharged her cargo in Port Adelaide, then sailed for Port Augusta on 22nd August 1884 and arrived on the 26th. She steadily loaded her return cargo and sailed from Port Augusta on 4 October 1884, arriving in London on 27 January 1885 after a voyage of 115 days.

Passenger List

Sorry we do not have any passenger information for this voyage. If you have any information regarding this voyage, please contact us.


Crew List

The following list is held by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, England. It includes crew members between Port Adelaide and Port Augusta who may have left the City of Adelaide before the clipper left Port Augusta for London.


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Cargo List

The ship's cargo comprised 3,618 bales of greasy wool (weighing 1,359,171 pounds), 133 bales of scoured wool (weighing 38,248 pounds), 1 bale of cloth clippings, 84 tons of silver-lead, 59 tons of manganese, and 36 tons of bark.[1]

The cargo totalled 803 tons at a Declared Value of 59,747 pounds sterling.[2]


Notes

  1. South Australian Register, 6 October 1884.
  2. Port Augusta Dispatch, 6 October 1884.


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