'ETHIOPE'
She has completely aft a well ventilated saloon, plainly and neatly painted light green and white, as best suited for the hot climate. Has a very sharp forward, and sits high out of the water.
25th January 1855. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain Barnwell for Africa.
1st November 1854. Sailed from Fernando Po.
6th November 1854. Sailed from Lagos.
8th November 1854. Sailed from Acra.
9th November 1854. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
13th November 1854. Sailed from Liberia.
18th November 1854. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
22nd November 1854. Sailed from Bathurst.
23rd November 1854. Sailed from Goree.
29th November 1854. Sailed from Teneriffe.
2nd December 1854. Sailed from Madeira.
13th December 1854. Arrived at Plymouth with a large cargo of palm oil, ivory, wax, gum, cochineal, oranges and 1940 ounces of gold. Her passengers are 25, and 14 distressed Lascar seamen from Gambia, and 2 European seamen from Sierra Leone.
3rd April 1855. Sailed from Bonny.
8th April 1855. Sailed from Accra.
9th April 1855. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
16th April 1855. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
22nd April 1855. Sailed from Bathurst.
3rd May 1855. Sailed from Lisbon after having her machinery repaired.
4th May 1855. Sailed from Teneriffe.
5th May 1855. Sailed from Madeira.
6th May 1855. Put back into Lisbon.
10th May 1855. Sailed from Lisbon for England.
17th May 1855. Arrived at Plymouth with a general cargo, a light mail and £3,500 of gold.
11th December 1855. Sailed from Lagos.
14th December 1855. Sailed from Accra.
15th December 1855. Sailed from Cape Coast.
20th December 1855. Sailed from Liberia.
25th December 1855. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
29th December 1855. Sailed from Bathurst.
30th December 1855. Sailed from Goree.
6th January 1856. Sailed from Tenerife.
11th January 1856. Sailed from Madeira.
21st January 1856. Arrived at Plymouth from West Africa. Her cargo consists of 4000 ounces of gold dust, palm oil, etc. She is the first vessel which has brought gold dust from Sierra Leone, which now equals in shipment any other port on the coast. She will discharge all her cargo here, and then proceed to Liverpool to refit.
29th December 1856. Sailed from Old Calabar.
30th December 1856. Sailed from Cameroons.
4th January 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
5th January 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
8th January 1857. Sailed from Lagos then arrived and sailed from Accra.
20th January 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
23rd January 1857. Sailed from Bathurst.
30th January 1857. Sailed from Teneriffe.
1st February 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
February 1857. Experienced for 36 hours a strong gale from south-west to north-east, in which she lost a topsail and split her jib.
10th February 1857. Arrived at Plymouth with the mails, 2174 oz. of gold, and a cargo including four tons of ivory, 371 casks of palm oil, 60 cases of cayenne, 41 cases of arrow root, 89 bags of cochineal; pine apples, bees wax, and sundries.
6th April 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
9th April 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
12th April 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
13th April 1857. Sailed from Accra.
14th April 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast.
19th April 1857. Sailed from Monrovia.
24th April 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
28th April 1857. Sailed from Gambia.
29th April 1857. Sailed from Goree.
4th May 1857. Sailed from Teneriffe.
6th May 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
13th May 1857. Arrived at Plymouth with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, 39 passengers, 3,000 ounces of gold, and a full cargo of palm oil, ivory, wine, pine apples, cochineal, etc.
28th June 1857. Sailed from Cameroons.
30th June 1857. Sailed from Old Calabar.
2nd July 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
5th July 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
9th July 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
11th July 1857. Sailed from Accra.
13th July 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast.
17th July 1857. Sailed from Liberia.
22nd July 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
25th July 1857. Sailed from Bathurst.
26th July 1857. Sailed from Goree.
31st July 1857. Sailed from Teneriffe.
2nd August 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
9th August 1857. Arrived at Plymouth, Captain Corbett, with 2857 ounces of gold dust and £500 in specie.
27th September 1857. Sailed from Cameroons.
29th September 1857. Sailed from Old Calabar.
1st October 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
4th October 1857. Sailed from Bonny.
8th October 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
10th October 1857. Sailed from Accra.
11th October 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
15th October 1857. Sailed from Liberia.
21st October 1857. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
25th October 1857. Sailed from Bathurst.
31st October 1857. Sailed from Tenerife. Loaded a portion of the cargo of the wrecked steamer ‘Niger’. Which continues to wash ashore.
3rd November 1857. Sailed from Madeira.
11th November 1857. Arrived at Plymouth. She brings 2484 ounces of gold dust, 368 casks of palm oil, 63 packages of ivory, 209 boxes of oranges, 70 bales of moss, 40 pipes of wine, 22 bags of cochineal , and various sundries. She brings also 12 passengers.
23rd November 1857. Sailed from Liverpool for Africa.
27th November 1857. Sailed from Plymouth for Madeira and the west coast of Africa, Captain Croft.
27th December 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po.
28th December 1857. Sailed from Cameroons.
30th December 1857. Sailed from Old Calabar.
3rd January 1858. Sailed from Bonny.
9th January 1858. Sailed from Accra.
11th January 1858. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th January 1858. Sailed from Liberia.
20th January 1858. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
24th January 1858. Sailed from Bathurst.
30th January 1858. Sailed from Tenerife.
1st February 1858. Sailed from Madeira.
8th February 1858. Arrived at Plymouth, Captain Croft, from the west coast of Africa with 3056 ozs. of gold. She brings seven passengers and a full cargo of palm oil, ivory, camwood, arrow root, Maderira wine, and sundries. Trade was dull, and the coast was healthy. A British trader at Elobey had been murdered by the natives; he was shot in the groin. His head was cut off in the presence of his wife.
24th March 1858. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain A. J. M. Croft, with the mails for Madeira, Tenerife, and the West Coast of Africa.
27th April 1858. Sailed from Old Calabar. Captain Croft.
28th April 1858. Sailed from Cameroons.
29th April 1858. Sailed from Fernando Po.
5th May 1858. Sailed from Bonny.
7th May 1858. Sailed from Lagos.
9th May 1858. Sailed from Accra.
11th May 1858. Sailed from Cape Coast.
15th May 1858. Sailed from Liberia.
19th May 1858. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
24th May 1858. Sailed from Bathurst.
26th May 1858. Sailed from Goree.
29th May 1858. Sailed from Tenerife.
31st May 1858. Sailed from Madeira.
6th June 1858. Arrived at Plymouth from the west coast of Africa. She brings £3,000 of golddust, a general cargo, principally palm oil, and 29 passengers.
1st April 1865. Sailed from Bathurst.
22nd May 1865. Henry Salt was charged with stealing gold coins, to the value of £214 on the 2nd of April while at sea.
25th September 1865. Sailed from Benin.
29th September 1865. Sailed from Cameroons.
2nd October 1865. Sailed from Old Calabar.
3rd October 1865. Sailed from Fernando Po.
5th October 1865. Sailed from Brass River.
12th October 1865. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
14th October 1865. Sailed from Cape Palmas.
21st October 1865. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
25th October 1865. Sailed from Bathurst.
1st November 1865. Sailed from Tenerife.
4th November 1865. Sailed from Madeira.
11th November 1865. Arrived in the River Mersey, Liverpool, with 3,530 ozs gold-dust and £1,300 in specie.
11th February 1867. Sailed from Bonny.
12th February 1867. Sailed from Fernando Po.
14th February 1867. Sailed from Cameroons.
17th February 1867. Sailed from New Calabar.
22nd February 1867. Sailed from Accra.
25th February 1867. Sailed from Cape Palmas.
1st March 1867. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
10th March 1867. Sailed from Teneriffe.
12th March 1867. Sailed from Madeira.
20th March 1867. Arrived at Liverpool with the mails and 14 passengers, plus 49 oz. of gold dust.
8th August 1867. Sailed from Fernando Po. Trade was dull and the port was unhealthy.
12th August 1867. Sailed from Cameroons. Place was healthy, but trade was dull. High prices were demanded for oil.
14th August 1867. Sailed from Bonny. Trade was dull. The river was healthy, and trade flat.
19th August. 1867. Sailed from Lagos. Trade was very dull.
21st August 1867. Sailed from Accra. War amongst the natives.
24th August 1867. Sailed from Cape Palmas. Trade was dull.
28th August 1867. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
7th September 1867. Sailed from Teneriffe.
9th September 1867. Sailed from Madeira.
17th September 1867. Arrived at Liverpool.
28th November 1867. Taken by Randolph, Elder & Co. (Shipbuilders) in part payment for new ship, ‘Biafra’, and chartered back and registered to Mrs Arabella Elder.
26th October 1868. Arrived and sailed from Madeira for Africa.
1871. Chartered to Wm. Pile, Sunderland and renamed ‘Alfredo El Grande’.
