'SUFFOLK'
Dates of survey:
Frames complete 30th June 1855
Beams put in 7th October 1856
Planking complete 5th November 1856
10th June 1857. Lost her foremast by the board, with all the gear and bowsprit close to the gammoning.
19th August 1857. Arrived in Melbourne.
5th October 1857. Sailed from Hobson’s Bay for London, with 145,000 ounces of golddust; besides which there is a considerable amount in the hands of her passengers, - altogether 240, many successful diggers, one of whom has a nugget weighing 274 lb.
3rd November 1857. Rounded Cape Horn.
4th December 1857. Crossed the Line.
25th December 1857. Off the Lizard.
28th December 1857. Landed 100 passengers at Plymouth.
28th February 1858. Sailed from London for Melbourne.
13th May 1858. Arrived at Melbourne from London.
30th June 1858. Due to sail from Melbourne for London.
8th December 1858. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
23rd February 1859. Arrived at Melbourne from London.
28th March 1859. Due to sail from Melbourne for London.
9th August 1860. Arrived at Melbourne.
26th September 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for London with 80,000 ounces of gold, 170 passengers, and a full cargo of wool.
10th October 1860. While running under single reefed topsails, she lost a seaman overboard from furling the mainsail.
22nd October 1860. Rounded Cape Horn.
13th November 1860. Crossed the Line.
5th December 1860. Arrived at Plymouth and landed by a pilot-boat 19 of her passengers.
30th May 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for London, Captain J. B. Martin.
October 1861. Arrived at Plymouth from Melbourne.
30th November 1861. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
20th February 1862. Arrived at Melbourne.
11th April 1862. Sailed from Melbourne.
26th June 1862. Off Plymouth, Captain Martin, from Melbourne with 258 passengers and 35,587 ounces of gold.
27th August 1862. Sailed for Melbourne, Captain J. B. Martin having on board a large number of chief and second cabin, intermediate, and steerage passengers. Among the chief cabin passengers were:- Messrs. W. Lawton, J. Bray, J. Peters, F. Cator, A. Sproat, Mr. J. Wabster and Family, Mr. J. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Frewin, Mrs. A. Spiers and child, Mr. J. Embling, Mr. and Mrs. D. Thomas, Mr. G. Thomas.
9th September 1863. Arrived at Melbourne from London. Captain Martin.
17th January 1863. Due to sail from Melbourne for London.
23rd September 1864. Passed Gravesend, bound for the East India Docks, meet with the new steamer ‘London’ on her Trials, and the ‘True Briton’ heading out for Melbourne.
23rd September 1865. Sailed from London for Plymouth, Captain W. H. Merriman.
30th September 1865. Sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne.
15th December 1865. Arrived at Melbourne from London.
6th February 1866. Sailed from Melbourne for London, Captain W. H. Merryman. She takes with her between 19,000 and 20,000 ounces of gold and about 150 passengers. On hauling off from the pier, the cheering of the passengers and crew on board and of those who had come to see them off was vigorous and sustained. She has attained the celebrity as being the “yacht of the fleet”.
20th June 1866. Due to sail from London, Captain. W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
21st January 1867. Due to sail from London, Captain W.H. Merryman, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
20th November 1867. Due to sail from London, Captain W.H. Merryman, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
25th November 1867. Arrived at Plymouth from London to embark passengers.
20th August 1868. Due to sail from London, Captain W.H. Merryman, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
20th May 1869. Due to sail from London, Captain W.H.Merryman, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
19th August 1869. Was in Melbourne.
5th October 1869. Expected to sail from Melbourne.
10th March 1870. Due to sail from London, Captain G.Mant Miller, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
18th March 1870. Sailed from Plymouth.
21st November 1870. Due to sail from London, Captain G.Mant Miller, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
30th November 1870. Sailed from Gravesend for Melbourne.
3rd March 1871. Arrived at Melbourne. Amongst the passengers are Captain Tonkin (formerly of the ship ‘Norfolk’) and his family, who now intend to settling upon his property in the Western Districts. He has brought out with him two bulls and a heifer of a superior breed. Captain Miller brought out some English pheasants and Brahma Pootra fowls, as also a pet dog of the pug species, a breed that is at present quite the rage in England.
11th September 1871. Due to sail from London, Captain G.Mant Miller, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
18th September 1871. Sailed from Plymouth.
30th September 1871. Sighted Madeira.
19th October 1871. Crossed the equator.
12th December 1871. Arrived at Melbourne.
20th August 1872. Due to sail from London, Captain G.Mant Miller, for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
27th August 1872. Sailed from Plymouth, with a general cargo and passengers.
20th May 1873. Due to sail from London, Captain G.Mant Miller for Melbourne and calling in at Plymouth.
Sold to H.Ellis & Son in the middle seventies and her new owners stripped the yards off her mizen mast.
In the eighties she became a country ship.
1892. Broken up.
