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'CANDACE'

Built by:John Laird & Sons
Yard:Dingle
Yard No.:
Launched:27th May 1854
Tonnage:660 tons
Length:206' 0"
Breadth:25' 5"
Depth:13' 4"
Machinery:120hp. Here engine is of 80 horse power on the direct acting princile. and the engine-room is well ventilated. Built by Humphreys and Co, London.
Decks:
Built of:Iron.
Type:Screw Steamer.
Registered:16th June 1854 in London.
Official No.:23169
Other info:The saloon is right aft, with ports all round. On her quarter-deck she carries a patent fire-engine.
Sister ship to the 'Ethiopia'.
History:1st / 7th June 1854. Hope to have her engines put in this week.
14th June 1854. Steamed a few miles outside the port of Liverpool for the purpose of testing her machinery. The performance was in every respect highly satisfactory to all on board. Steam was abundant throughout the trial – a result mainly due, it is said, to the excellent qualities of the Cardiff steam coal.
3rd July 1854. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain Hawkesley, for the West Coast of Africa with Twenty-three self-manumitted slaves from Havannah – viz., 11 men, 8 women, and 4 children, part of those brought to Plymouth on the 7th of June by the West India Mail steamship ‘Avon. By the distinctive cuts on their faces several of them appear to belong to the tribes inhabiting the west bank of the Niger.
8th July 1854. Sailed from Madeira for the coast.
16th July 1854. Sailed from Gambia for Sierra Leone.
10th August 1854. Sailed from Cameroons.
17th August 1854. Sailed from Lagos. There have been disturbances in the River Bonny; the chiefs are endeavouring to settle matters. Trade had been suspended there in consequence for five weeks.
27th August 1854. Sailed from Liberia.
3rd September 1854. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
17th September 1854. Sailed from Tenerife.
26th September 1854. Sailed from Madeira.
4th October 1854. Arrived at Plymouth from West Coast of Africa.
26th November 1854. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain Hawkesley for the West Coast of Africa.
1st December 1854. Sailed from Madeira for the coast of Africa.
30th December 1854. Sailed from Fernando Po.
3rd January 1855. Sailed from Lagos.
5th January 1855. Sailed from Accra.
6th January 1855. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
11th January 1855. Sailed from Liberia.
16th January 1855. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
22nd January 1855. Sailed from Bathurst.
23rd January 1855. Sailed from Goree.
23rd January 1855. Sailed from Teneriffe.
6th February 1855. Sailed from Lisbon.
13th February 1855. Arrived at Plymouth, Commander W. E. Hawkesley, with a cargo consists of 500 casks of palm oil, 300 bags of cochineal, 400 bags of pepper, 500 casks of bees’ wax, 100 elephants teeth, and 2,000 oz of gold.
6th March 1855. Sailed from Teneriffe.
8th April 1855. Sailed from Accra.
9th April 1855. Sailed from Cape Coast.
16th April 1855. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
22nd April 1855. Sailed from Bathurst.
4th May 1855. Sailed from Tenerife.
5th May 1855. Sailed from Madeira.
16th May 1855. Arrived at Plymouth with the African mails, £3,000 in gold, and 30 passengers. Trade was rather dull along the coast.
16th July 1855. Sailed from Cameroons.
17th July 1855. The natives of Scabbagee, a town with the territory of the British settlements (Bathurst) on the river Gambia, broke out into open rebellion.
22nd July 1855. Sailed from Lagos.
24th July 1855. Sailed from Accra.
25th July 1855. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
30th July 1855. Sailed from Monrovia.
3rd August 1855. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
8th August 1855. Sailed from Bathurst.
9th August 1855. Sailed from Goree.
16th August 1855. Sailed from Tenerife.
19th August 1855. Sailed from Madeira.
27th August 1855. Arrived at Plymouth, Captain W. Hawkesley, from the West Coast of Africa with the mails and 26 passengers, and a cargo of camwood, palm oil, ivory, gum, ginger, pepper, nut oil, wax, cochineal, and 2000 ounces of gold-dust.
29th August 1856. Sailed from Cameroons and arrived and sailed from Old Calabar. Trade was good.
30th August 1856. Sailed from Fernando Po.
2nd September 1856. Sailed from Bonny. Trade was good.
6th September 1856. Sailed from Lagos.
8th September 1856. Sailed from Accra.
9th September 1856. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th September 1856. Sailed from Monrovia.
18th September 1856. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
22nd September 1856. Sailed Bathurst.
23rd September 1856. Sailed from Gorre.
28th September 1856. Sailed from Tenerife.
30th September 1856. Sailed from Madeira.
7th October 1856. Arrived at Plymouth, Captain Hawkesley, from the West Coast of Africa with 340 casks of palm oil, 180 cakes of beeswax, 170 pieces of ivory, 3000 ounces of Gold dust, and sundry small packages, plus 27 passengers. She landed her mails then proceeded to London to discharge her cargo.
3rd December 1856. Sailed from Bonny.
7th December 1856. Sailed from Lagos.
10th December 1856. Sailed from Accra.
11th December 1856. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th December 1856. Sailed from Liberia.
20th December 1856. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
23rd December 1856. Sailed from Bathurst.
24th December 1856. Sailed from Goree.
29th December 1856. Sailed from Teneriffe.
31st December 1856. Sailed from Madeira.
7th January 1857. Arrived at Plymouth with a full general cargo, about 1,500 ounces of gold dust, and six passengers.
31st January 1857. Sailed from Maderia.
25th August 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
27th August 1857. Sailed from Old Calabar.
30th August 1857. Sailed from Cameroons. Dr. Shaw died of fever.
4th September 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
7th September 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
9th September 1857. Sailed from Accra.
11th September 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th September 1857. Was at Monrovia.
19th September 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
23rd September 1857. Arrived and sailed from Bathurst.
23rd September 1857. Sailed from Goree.
28th September 1857. Sailed from Tenerife.
30th September 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
9th October 1857. Arrived at Plymouth, after touching at the usual intermediate ports, and fired signal guns for the shore steamer to fetch the mails, but so fearful was the gale other vessels moored under the lee of the breakwater and rode out the violence of the gale in safety.
10th October 1857. Unloaded her mails and passengers, etc. Her cargo includes 500 puncheons of palm oil, also 2531 ounces of Gold dust.
24th October 1857. Sailed from Plymouth for the Coast of Africa.
26th November 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
28th November 1857. Sailed from Cameroons.
30th November 1857. Sailed from Old Calabar.
3rd December 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
6th December 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
10th December 1857. Sailed from Accra.
11th December 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th December 1857. Sailed from Monrovia.
20th December 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
23rd December 1857. Sailed from Bathurst.
24th December 1857. Sailed from Goree.
28th December 1857. Sailed from Tenerife.
30th December 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
5th January 1858. Arrived at Plymouth, Captain J. H. Rolt. She brings the usual mails, six cabin passengers, and the captain and part of the crew of the barque ‘Countess of Durham’, a wreck noticed previously. Her cargo consists of 1801 ounces of gold dust, 334 casks of palm oil, 902 billets camwood, 64 packages gum, 47 packages bees-wax, 81 tusks and 60 cases of ivory, and 40 packages of sundries.
21st February 1858. Sailed from Liverpool.
23rd February 1858. Arrived at Plymouth to pick up the mails and some passengers and also filled up on coal.
24th February 1858. Sailed from Plymouth.
4th May 1858. Was run into by the Dutch barque ‘Ida Elizabeth’, bound from Cardiff to Batavia and almost immediately foundered. Captain Rolt (28), the master, two passengers, and four of the crew were drowned. The remaining portion of those on board, between fifty and sixty in number, were taken on board the barque and went on with her. The ship was fully insured.


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