Orient

A wooden full-rigged ship built in 1853 by Bilbe, Rotherhithe. Dimensions 56,24×9,67×6,44 meters [184'4"×31'7"×21'1"] and ____ GRT, 1033 NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1853 December: Launched at the shipyard of Bilbe, Rotherhithe, for Orient Line (Anderson, Anderson & Co.), London [?]. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 12981 and signal LFCK. Employed in the Australian passenger and wool trade.
1856: Captain A. Lawrence.
1856 July 5 - September 24: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 81 days.
1857 July 2 - September 22: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 82 days.
1858 July 4 - September 18: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 76 days.
1859 July 2 - September 23: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 83 dasy.
1860 June 5 - August 24: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 80 days.
1861 June 1 - August 20: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 80 days.
1861 November 3: Left Port Adelaide with 2600 bales of wool.
1861 January 2: The wool cargo was found to be on fire.
1862: Captain Harris.
1862 June 2 - August 24: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 83 days.
1863 May 1 - July 12: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 73 days.
1864 June 2 - August 22: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 81 days.
1865 May 4 - July 20: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 77 days.
1866 September 16 - November 27: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 72 days.
1868: Captain R. de Steiger.
1868 November 6 - January 26: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 81 days.
1869 September 1 - November 24: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 84 days.
1870 September 22 - December 17: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 86 days.
1871 September 2 - November 27: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 86 days.
1872: Diagonally sheated.
1872: Captain W.H. Mitchell.
1872 November 7 - January 27: Sailed from Plymouth to Port Adelaide in 81 days.
1873 September 28 - December 16: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 79 days. The Lammermuir, which had left London on the 12th of September, was overtaken in 5°N and eventually arrived at Adelaide six days after the Orient.
1874 July 25 - October 19: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 86 days.
1875 July 22 - October 16: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 86 days.
1876: Captain M. Haffner.
1876 July 23 - October 11: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 80 days.
1877 August 21 - December 3: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 104 days.
1879: Sold to Cox Bros., Waterford.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-06-08 by Lars Bruzelius

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