With the change of ownership as with the change of skippers, evil luck again struck the celebrated old ship, for the Italians soon ran her ashore and after getting her off again sent her to Genoa to be broken up. But when the Genoese shipbreakers saw the beauty of her model and construction, they went to the expense of repairing her, only to again bump her on the rocks. This time she was towed back to Genoa for good and all, and was broken up in 1910.

Captain.Date Left
London.		Date Left
Plymouth.		Date Arrived
Adelaide.		Days
Out.
H. R. AngelDec. 8, 1875Dec. 12, 1875Mar. 7, 1876 85
„Oct. 26, 1876Oct. 29, 1876Jan. 18, 1877 81
„„ 27, 1877Nov. 4, 1877„ 11, 1878 68
„„ 26, 1878„ 2, 1878„ 18, 1879 77
„„ 26, 1879Oct. 30, 1879„ 8, 1880 70
„„ 28, 1880Nov. 2, 1880„ 6, 1881 65
„„ 27, 1881Oct. 29, 1881„ 8, 1882 71
„„ 26, 1882„ 29, 1882„ 16, 1883 79
„„ 27, 1883„ 29, 1883„ 7, 1884 70
„„ 26, 1884Nov. 2, 1884„ 25, 1885 84
„„ 27, 1885„ 1, 1885„ 8, 188668
„„ 28, 1886„ 2, 1886„ 15, 1887 74
„„ 27, 1887„ 8, 1887„ 14, 1888 67
„„ 27, 1888„ 1, 1888„ 14, 1889 74
„„ 30, 1889„ 7, 1889„ 26, 1890 80
W. H. Cope„ 29, 1890DismastedApril 26, 1891179
„—Nov. 25, 1891Feb. 28, 1892 95
„Oct. 25, 1892—Jan. 30, 1893 97
„Nov. 3, 1893—„ 26, 1894 84
„Oct. 14, 1894—„ 13, 1895 91
„Sept. 18, 1895—Dec. 6, 1895 79
F. AngelOct. 26, 1896Left Downs
Oct. 28		Jan. 11, 1897 75
„„ 30, 1897—„ 15, 1898 77
„„ 25, 1898Struck IcebergFeb. 5, 1899103
„„ 31, 1899—Feb. 5, 1900 97
„„ 27, 1900Left Downs
Oct. 30		Jan. 20, 1901 82
„„ 24, 1901—Feb. 2, 1902101
„„ 26, 1902—Jan. 17, 1903 83

The Torrens, with the exception of the Lochs, was the last sailing ship to carry passengers. As a composite ship, built specially for passengers, she had no rival except Devitt & Moore’s celebrated Sobraon.

“SOBRAON.”

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“SOBRAON.”

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