'ESSEX'
1st July 1865. Sailed from Port Phillip with 27 cabin and 132 steerage passengers, 118,735oz of gold, value £474,940., and a cargo of wool, tallow, leather, and antimony ore.
4th October 1865. Arrived at Falmouth and landed some of her passengers and then proceeded up the Channel for London.
15th April 1866. Sailed from Melbourne bound for London.
24th May 1866. Rounded Cape Horn.
12th June 1866. Crossed the Line.
17th July 1866. Was 15 miles off Dartmouth.
20th August 1866. Sailed from London, Captain J.S.Atwood, for Melbourne.
20th April 1867. Sailed from London, Captain Robert Ridgers, for Melbourne.
20th January 1868. Sailed from London, Captain Robert Ridgers, for Melbourne.
27th January 1868. Arrived at Plymouth from London, to pick up passengers bound for Melbourne.
20th October 1868. Sailed from London, Captain Robert Ridgers, for Melbourne.
27th February 1869. Sailed from Melbourne.
22nd March 1869. Mr. E. Hind, saloon passenger, died of consumption.
27th March 1869. Rounded Cape Horn.
10th April 1869. Mrs. Miller, third-class passenger, died while teething an infant son.
26th April 1869. Crossed the line.
28th April 1869. Jne. Martendale, second-class steward, died of consumption.
19th May 1869. Mr. Beck, third-class passenger died of heart disease.
30th May 1869. 20 miles off Scilly bound for the Thames with 20,000 ounces of gold, a full cargo of wool, antimony, copper, leather, bark, etc, and 157 passengers.
21st August 1869. Sailed from London, Captain Robert Ridgers, for Melbourne.
11th June 1870. Sailed from London, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne.
19th June 1870. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
20th February 1871. Sailed from London, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne.
26th February 1871. Arrived at Plymouth from London.
26th January 1872. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne.
9th February 1871. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
21st October 1872. Sailed from London, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne.
20th August 1873. Sailed from London, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne.
26th August 1873. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
20th June 1874. Sailed from London, Captain John Cumming, for Melbourne.
25th April 1875. Sailed from London, Captain John Cumming, for Melbourne.
26th April 1875. Sailed from Plymouth with 20 first-class passengers in addition to a number of second and third-class, and a full general cargo, for Melbourne.
19th July 1875. Arrived at Melbourne.
26th February 1876. Spoken to by the ‘Blenheim’ off Dartmouth.
28th February 1876. Arrived at Plymouth from London.
7th March 1876. Sailed from Plymouth and returned, due to adverse winds. Captain John Cumming, for Melbourne. 23 first and 20 second-class passengers.
8th March 1876. Sailed again from Plymouth.
12th March 1876. Was off the port of Plymouth again, but did not put in.
30th October 1876. Sighted a vessel on fire. She ran down to her, and spoke the ‘Zetland’, British brigantine lying close to. Reported vessel sunk. Picked up a dog. There were no signs of crew. They are supposed to have left in boats.
2nd December 1876. Sailed from London, Captain John Cumming, for Melbourne.
8th December 1876. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne with saloon passengers – Miss Maling, Miss Townley, Mrs. Arthur Gibson and family (five), Rev. Mr. Philpot, Messrs. Hammersley (two), Vera Browne, Hugh D. Brown, Day, Collie, Ladds, Boddy, Maling, Joseph, M’Kiscock, Simpson; and 30 in the second cabin and steerage.
21st January 1877. At lat 28·21S. long 30·6W bound for Melbourne.
10th March 1877. Arrived at Melbourne.
1st November 1877. Sailed from London, Captain R.Ticehurst, for Melbourne.
4th November 1877. Arrived at Plymouth from London.
8th November 1877. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne. Had been ready to sail for several days, but had been detained in port in consequence of adverse winds.
23rd February 1878. Arrived at Melbourne.
27th August 1878. Arrived at Plymouth from London.
29th August 1878. Sailed from Plymouth, Captain R.Ticehurst, for Melbourne, with 50 passengers, 13 of whom were taken on board at Plymouth.
4th December 1878. Arrived at Melbourne.
5th June 1879. Arrived at, Captain Frank Ayles, for Melbourne.
6th June 1879. Sailed from Plymouth after embarking 23 passengers. She takes out 140 passengers in all.
13th September 1879. Arrived at Melbourne.
1880. Sold to C.B.Walker of Gloucester.
1882. Abandoned at sea.
