“Orient’s” Outward Passages.
The following table gives her time out for twenty-one voyages under the Orient flag. She generally took about 95 days coming home via the Cape, calling in at Capetown and St. Helena, as it was the custom with ships carrying passengers.
“ORIENT.”
Arriving at Gibraltar with Troops from the Crimea.
From a lithograph.
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| Date. | Captain. | Date Left London. | Date Left Plymouth. | Date Arrd. Port Adelaide. | Days Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | A. Lawrence | June 28 | July 5 | Sept. 24 | 81 |
| 1857 | „ | „ 28 | „ 2 | „ 22 | 82 |
| 1858 | „ | „ 28 | „ 4 | „ 18 | 76 |
| 1859 | „ | „ 28 | „ 2 | „ 23 | 83 |
| 1860 | „ | May 29 | June 5 | Aug. 24 | 80 |
| 1861 | „ | „ 26 | „ 1 | „ 20 | 80 |
| 1862 | Harris | „ 27 | „ 2 | „ 24 | 83 |
| 1863 | „ | — | May 1 | July 12 | 73 |
| 1864 | „ | May 29 | June 2 | Aug. 22 | 81 |
| 1865 | „ | April 29 | May 4 | July 20 | 77 |
| 1866 | „ | Sept. 10 | Sept. 16 | Nov. 27 | 72 |
| 1868 | R. de Steiger | Oct. 31 | Nov. 6 | Jan. 26 | 81 |
| 1869 | „ | Aug. 29 | Sept. 1 | Nov. 24 | 84 |
| 1870 | „ | Sept. 17 | „ 22 | Dec. 17 | 86 |
| 1871 | „ | Aug. 28 | „ 2 | Nov. 27 | 86 |
| 1872 | W. H. Mitchell | Nov. 4 | Nov. 7 | Jan. 27 | 81 |
| 1873 | „ | Sept. 28 | — | Dec. 16 | 79 |
| 1874 | „ | July 25 | Downs 27 | Oct. 19 | 84 |
| 1875 | „ | „ 22 | Downs 25 | „ 16 | 83 |
| 1876 | M. Haffner | „ 23 | — | „ 11 | 80 |
| 1877 | „ | Aug. 21 | — | Dec. 3 | 104 |