George de Gruchy's voyages

George de Gruchy's voyages

This log of George Charles de Gruchy's (1848-1915) voyages was compiled by his great-grandson, Stephen de Gruchy. All the ships he sailed on were sailing ships, not steam

Loyal

Registration number unknown, not 5545 (1865 crew list examined), possibly 28469, built Jersey 1860, 19 tons but no crew agreements from 1860-65

Ocean Queen

51263 - Registered Jersey, 159-ton Brigantine

Carpenter and Ordinary Seaman. Albert George Cantall was master

• 5 June 1865 – departed Jersey
• 31 Jan 1866 – arrived Liverpool. George was discharged.

Ernestine

47512- Registered London, 1049 tons

Ordinary seaman/carpenter’s mate. Thomas, his older brother, was first mate

• 21 April 1866 – departed London (337 souls + cargo)
• 4 September 1866 – arrived Adelaide
• 30 October 1866 – departed Adelaide
• 10 February 1867 – arrived Callao (Peru) from the nearby Chincha Islands; loaded guano, probably
• July 1867 – arrived Queenstown (now, Cobh), Ireland
• 19 July 1867 – departed Queenstown
• 27 July 1867 – arrived London

Able seaman. Thomas was master

• 20 November 1867 – departed London (29 souls + cargo)
• 7 March 1868 – arrived Melbourne
• Late April 1868 – departed Melbourne (cargo included 114 horses and 150 tons copper)
• 21 June 1868 – arrived Calcutta
• 5 August 1868 – departed for Mauritius
• 20 September 1868 – arrived Mauritius (loaded 800 tons sugar)
• September 1868 – departed Mauritius
• 24 November 1868 – arriveds Melbourne
• 2 February 1869 – departed Melbourne (cargo included gold)
• 20 May 1869 – arrived London

Third mate, Thomas was master

• 6 July 1869 – departed London (27 souls + cargo)
• 13 October 1869 – arrived Melbourne
• 25 December 1869 – departed Melbourne , with cargo
• 3 May 1870 – arrived London

Second mate, Thomas was master

• 31 May 1870 left London for Sweden,
• 18 June 1870 – arrived Sundsvall, Sweden, to load timber
• 14 July 1870 – departed Sundsvall
• 8 Dec 1870 – arrived Melbourne
• 21 Feb 1871 – Captain Thomas married
• 27 Feb 1871 – departed Melbourne with cargo of wool, preserved meats, pyrites, tallow, kangaroo skins, tobacco, sheepskins
• 15 June 1871 – arrived London
• 2 July 1871 – sailed for Quebec
• 16 August 1871 – arrive Quebec
• 5 Sept 1871 – departed for London
• 6 Oct 1871 – arrived London

Glendower

45048. Registered London. 1191 tons

Second mate. Thomas was master

• 10 January 1872 – departed Hamburg
• 2 February 1872 – arrived Penarth, Wales. Probably loaded coal
• 15 April 1872 – arrived Cuba
• 18 July 1872 – departed Cuba, probably with sugar for refining
• 26 August 1872 – arrived Greenock

First mate. Thomas was master

• 4 December 1872 – departed London (general cargo + 10 cabin passengers)
• 29 March 1873 – arrived Sydney
• 12 June 1873 – departed Sydney (with cargo + 4 cabin passengers)
• 15 September 1873 – arrived London
• 22 Sept 1873 – George married in Jersey

First mate

• 18 October 1873 – departed London
• 17 December 1873 – arrived New Orleans
• Early January 1874 – departed New Orleans
• 23 February 1874 – arrived Portsmouth
• 28 February 1874 – departs Portsmouth
• 3 March 1874 – arrived Le Havre, France (where George left the ship)

Star of Denmark

47182. Registered Belfast. 998 tons

First mate. Joseph Mayne was master

• 17 September 1874 – departed London (with cargo)
• 3 January 1875 – birth of first child – George Noel
• 29 January 1875 – arrived Calcutta
• 25 February 1875 – departed Calcutta, with a cargo of rice, poppyseed and rapeseed
• 30 May 1875 – arrived St Helena, picked up provisions, did not anchor, departed the same day
• 8 August 1875 – arrived London

First mate. William Legg was master

• 16 September 1875 – departed London (with general cargo)
• 6 January 1876 – arrived Calcutta
• 2 February 1876 – departs Calcutta carrying: saltpetre, rice, tea, cotton, jute indigo shellac and lao dye
• 28 May 1876 – arrived London
• 4 August 1876 – departed London with general cargo
• 21 November 1876 – arrived Calcutta
• 6 December 1877 – departs Calcutta with tea, jute, linseed, poppyseed and wheat
• 4 March 1877 – second child, Dora May, born
• 29 March 1877 – arrived London

Star of Greece

60313, Registered Belfast. 1227 tons

First mate. Captain Legg was master

• 14 April 1877 – departed London for Calcutta, probably with cargo only
• 2 July 1877, arrived Calcutta. After unloading, ship loaded linseed, rapeseed, wheat and cutch.
• 22 October 1877 – arrived Ascension Island. Probably just a one-day stop to load provisions - food, water, etc
• 8 Nov 1877, arrived London

First mate

• 21 February 1878 – departed London for Calcutta with general cargo
• 27 May 1878, arrived Calcutta. After unloading, loaded jute bales for Dundee (ship was chartered)
• 9 August 1879 – third child, Frank, born
• 10 November 1878 – arrived Dundee

First mate

• 5 December 1878 – departed Dundee for Shields (Newcastle)
• 6 December 1878 – arrives Shields – loads coal
• 16 December 1878 – departs Shields
• 8 April 1879 – arrived Calcutta. After unloading coal, took on linseed, rapeseed, poppyseed, cotton, jute, ginger and shellac.
• 27 May 1879, departed Calcutta
• 11 September 1879, arrived London

First mate

• 14 Jan 1880 – departed Liverpool – cargo of salt, mined in Cheshire
• 20 April 1880 – arrived Calcutta
• 7 June 1880 – departed Calcutta – cargo of wheat, linseed, rapeseed, poppyseed, jute, horns
• 7 Oct 1880 – arrived London

First mate

• 20 Dec 1880 – departed London. General cargo for importers.
• 25 Mar 1881 – arrived Adelaide
• 11 May 1881 – departed Adelaide – cargo of wheat, flour, bark, wool, tallow, skin (hides), gum.
• 1 July 1881, twins Thomas and Edward born
• 29 August 1881 – arrived London
• 7 Oct 1882 – departed London (general cargo)
• 16 Jan 1882 – arrived Sydney
• 24 Feb 1882 – departed Sydney (in ballast)
• 1 May 1882 – arrived Calcutta
• 5 June 1882, in Calcutta, George left the Star of Greece, by mutual consent (1882 crew agreement), was paid his wages of £255 3s 2d, and took over as master of the Poonah

Poonah

56889. Registered London. 1199 tons

Master

• 29 June 1882 – departed Calcutta, with 477 indentured labourers
• 16 September 1882 – arrived Fiji
• 28 September 1882 – departed Fiji
• 7 December 1882 – arrived Calcutta

• 8 April 1883 – departed Calcutta (with 495 indentured labourers)
• 19 June 1883 – arrived Fiji
• May 1883 – departed Fiji (unladen)
• 27 August 1883 – arrived San Francisco
• 25 September 1883 – departed San Francisco (with wheat)
• 29 January 1884 – arrived Queenstown (now, Cobh), Ireland
• February 1884 – departed Queenstown
• 13 February 1884 – arrived Limerick
• March 1884 – departed Limerick
• 22 March 1884 – arrived Cardiff (where George leaves the ship)

Jane Porter

28835. Registered Belfast. 952-ton barque

Master

• October 1884 – departed Antwerp. George joined the ship there
• 2 November 1884 – arrived London
• 18 November 1884 – departed London (general cargo)
• 23 February 1885 – arrived Adelaide
• 3 April 1885 – departed Adelaide, with a cargo of wheat
• 18 August 1885 – arrived Queenstown (now, Cobh), Ireland
• 5 September 1885 – departed Queenstown
• 8 September 1885 – arrived West Hartlepool, where George leaves the ship

Master

• 26 November 1885 – departed London (general cargo)
• 7 March 1886 – arrived Adelaide
• 13 April 1886 – departed Adelaide, in ballas
• 22 June 1886 – arrived Portland, Oregon , loaded wheat)
• 13 July 1886 – departed Portland
• 17 November 1886 – arrived Queenstown, Ireland
• 24 November 1886 – departed Queenstown
• 26 November 1886 – arrived Westport
• 30 December 1886 – departed Westport, under tow
• 1 January 1887 – arrives Liverpool, where George leaves the ship

Star of Persia

60312. Registered Belfast. 1227 tons

Master

• 31 January 1887 – departed London (general cargo + 1 passenger)
• 27 April 1887 – arrived Adelaide
• 30 May 1887 – departed Adelaide
• 15 July 1887 – arrived Valparaiso, Chile (probably loaded provisions)
• 17 July 1887 – departed Valparaiso
• September 1887 – arrived Pisagua, Chile, loaded saltpetre
• 16 September 1887 – departed Pisagua
• 17 December 1887 – arrived Hamburg, where George left the ship and is believed to have retired from the sea