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'SUSSEX'

Built by:London & Glasgow Eng & Iron Shipbuilding Co., at Govan.
Yard No.234
Launched:22nd June 1883 by Miss M’Callum of Ross Bank, Cambuslang.
Tonnage:2,485
Length:320 . 4 feet
Breadth:39 . 1 feet
Depth:7 . 74m
Machinery:Comp. inv. 11 knots. 38 x 68 x 48 by builders. 300 hp.
Decks:
Built of:Iron
Type:Auxiliary Screw
Registered:Glasgow 1883 - Leith 1893
Off Number:87692
Built for:Money Wigram & Son's Ltd.
Other info:The construction of this vessel had been delayed by strikes on the Clyde.
History:16th August 1883. Running sea trials at Skelmorlie.
14th September 1883. Passed Malta from London.
20th September 1883. Arrived and sailed from the Suez Canal.
13th March 1884. Sailed from Gravesend for Sydney.
7th April 1884. Sailed from the Suez Canal.
17th May 1884. Arrived at Sydney.
18th October 1884. Arrived at Suez, partially in tow of the 'Lady Armstrong', from Amey for New York.
10th February 1885. Arrived at New York.
1st April 1885. Arrived at Suez for Sydney.
10th May 1885. Arrived at Adelaide.
15th May 1885. Arrived at Melbourne.
25th May 1885. Arrived at Sydney.
27th June 1885. Sailed from Sydney.
13th August 1885. Sailed from Chingkiang for Hong Kong.
7th November 1885. Arrived at Shanghai.
22nd December 1885. Arrived at Suez for New York.
16th March 1886. Arrived at Gibraltar.
27th March 1886. Arrived at Suez from New York for Bombay.
19th July 1886. Fire broke out onboard while in the South West India Dock.
16th August 1886. Sailed from Gravesend.
17th August 1886. Passed Dover for Sydney.
18th August 1886. Passed St. Catherine’s Point.
24th August 1886. Arrived at Tenerife and sailed for Sydney.
15th October 1886. Arrived at Melbourne.
25th October 1886. Arrived at Sydney.
8th November 1886. Sailed from Sydney.
27th November 1886. Sailed from Adelaide.
1st January 1887. Sailed from Port Said for London.
18th January 1887. Passed Gravesend for the South West India Dock.
2nd April 1887. Sailed from Gravesend for Sydney.
1st June 1887. Arrived at Melbourne.
13th June 1887. Arrived at Sydney.
28th July 1887. Arrived at Hong Kong.
26th October 1887. Sailed from Saigon for Hong Kong.
23rd July 1888. Arrived at Melbourne.
2nd August 1888. Arrived at Sydney.
8th September 1888. Sailed from Sydney.
20th September 1888. Sailed from Adelaide.
30th October 1888. Arrived at Suez.
17th November 1888. Arrived at Gibraltar.
16th February 1889. Arrived at Port Said from Hong Kong.
13th March 1889. Arrived at Penang.
17th March 1889. Arrived at Singapore from Hamburg and sailed for Hong Kong.
17th April 1889. Arrived at Hiogo.
15th May 1889. Sailed from Singapore for Hiogo.
7th June 1889. Sailed from Aden for Hiogo.
14th June 1889. Arrived at Suez from Hiogo.
20th June 1889. Sailed from Malta for Bremen.
29th June 1889. Passed Ushant.
30th June 1889. Passed Beachy Head.
1st July 1889. Passed Ushant, from Hiogo for Bremen.
8th August 1889. Passed Gibraltar for Calcutta.
10th September 1889. Arrived at Calcutta from Cardiff.
3rd October 1889. Sailed from Calcutta.
19th October 1889. Arrived and sailed from Perim.
24th October 1889. Arrived at Suez Canal.
26th October 1889. Sailed from Port Said.
30th October 1889. Passed Malta.
3rd November 1889. Passed Gibraltar.
4th November 1889. Passed Tarifa for London.
9th November 1889. Passed St. Catherine’s Point for London.
20th December 1889. Arrived at Newport News from London.
27th January 1890. Arrived at Liverpool from Norfolk (Va).
31st March 1890. Arrived at Batavia from Liverpool.
30th April 1890. Sailed from Passaroeang.
16th May 1890. Arrived at Nagasaki.
11th June 1890. Arrived at San Francisco from Nagasaki.
17th September 1890. Arrived at Vancouver from Yokohama.
28th September 1890. Sailed from Vancouver.
25th October 1890. Arrived at Yokohama from Vancouver.
5th November 1890. Arrived at Hong Kong.
30th December 1890. Arrived at Manila.
20th January 1891. Sailed from Manila for Saigon.
8th February 1891. Arrived at Hong Kong from Saigon.
19th February 1891. Sailed from Hong Kong for Japan.
26th February 1891. Arrived at Hiogo.
31st March 1891. Arrived at San Francisco from Hong Kong.
13th July 1891. Arrived at Yokohama from San Francisco.
31st July 1891. Arrived at Portland (Oregon).
15th January 1892. Arrived at Hong Kong from Victoria.
1893. Sold to London & Edinburgh Shipping Co. Leith.
1895. Registry closed. 'Sold Austria'. Austro-Americano SS Co., Trieste. Owned by Dr. August Angerer in Vienna & George and William Burrell in Glasgow.
1896. Renamed ‘ILLIRIA’ under Aust/Hungarian trade flag, Call sign H.K.S.J. Reg, Trieste, Italy. Captain Giovanni Moricich.
4th February 1897. Went missing after sailing from Newport News for Genoa.


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