Passengers to Natal per Dane, Priscilla 1863

                                                      

                                                           Natal Mercury June 23 1863

Arrived:
June 20, RMS Dane, from Cape Town and intermediate ports. Cargo, general. 
PASSENGERS 
From Cape Town: 
Lieut Harrison 
Messrs 
P Milner 
Briggs 
Baumes 
Hofstedt 
From Algoa Bay: 
Messrs 
Schieffs 
Moreland 
Tomlin 
Mr Henry (Consul General Belgium) 
Mr and Mrs Botha and child 
Mr and Mrs Thornhill and three children 
From East London: 
Miss Driver 
Messrs 
R Walker 
Johnson 
Lieut Tolner (Tollner) 
Dr Tate 
Mr and Mrs McKay and two children 
Professor Hansen 
Report: 
Left Table Bay June 12 at 3 p.m., arrived at Algoa Bay on the 15th, at 1 p.m.; left Algoa Bay on the 16th, at 1 p.m., arrived off East London on the 17th, at 1 p.m., sea too high to land; left East London on the 18th, at 1 p.m. arrived at Port Natal and came to anchor on the 20th, at 10.30 a.m. 
- J Brown, agent.

June, Priscilla, barque, 253 tons, G Brown, from London, sailed 2nd April. General cargo. 
PASSENGERS: 
Messrs 
J Vincent 
Herbert 
Reginal Bowers 
Gadsden 
Mrs Greening, son and daughter 
- Handley and Dixon, agents.

June 21, Eleonore, barque, 302 tons, C Jonains, from Algoa Bay, sailed 10th June. 
PASSENGER: 
Mr Hugill

June 21, Eveline, schooner, 101 tons, G Murison, from Cape Town, sailed 16th June, 
PASSENGER: 
Mr HB Portland 
- McArthur and Co., agents.

Sailed:

June 18, Heathel [sic, Heather] Bell barque 257 tons, R Thomas, to Ceylon, in ballast. 
PASSENGERS: 
Mrs Eastwood and two children.

Passengers to Natal arriving by Maritzburg and departing by Dane 1863

ARRIVAL OF MARITZBURG Natal Mercury July 7 1863

ARRIVED

July 5 - Maritzburg, barque, 536 tons, WL Eastham, from London, sailed April 4.
General cargo.
PASSENGERS
Chief Cabin
Mr and Mrs E Scott
Messrs
W Denny
AP Watson
JB Whyte
Private Cabin
Messrs
Bailey
Bamber
Crosley
Devillers
Foster
Morrill
Markham
Mason
Methley
Mr and Mrs Mumford
Mr and Mrs Hiscock
Mr A Pearson
Mr and Mrs W Pepworth
Misses Jane and Eliza Pepworth
Masters, Wm, and John Pepworth
Mr F Tenneil
Mr and Mrs R Wadham
Misses Mary and Jane Wadham
Mr R Wadham jun
Government Passengers
Matilda, TB, John and George Archer
William and Sophia Austin
Harriett Bailey
Hannah Barker
William Baxter
James, Charlotte, Arthur and Jane Beckett
Joseph Bliss
Joh, Mary, Duncan, Mary, John N and Jas Brown
Joseph, Rose Anne, Eleanor and Samuel Brown
David and Elizabeth H Calder
Wm T Cooper
Thos C Cruikshank
Alexander Grieve
W Griffiths
Mary, Sarah, Charles, Henry and Ellen Grix
Mary, John and David Hind
John Horrigan
AR Judd
FW Johnson
John Kane
Thomas and William Lunn
Joseph, Elizabeth, Emma, Charles and Alice Lumley
Agnes McGibben
D McKenzie
Henry B Ogden
William and Robert Ogram
Sophia Pullen
Ellen Rowlands
James Ridsdale
William and Mary Roberts
Jno, Mary, John T and WD Sparks
D Studd
George and Elizabeth Woods
Joseph F, Sarah A, James T Herbert T, Henry T, and Joseph FF Wood
Gillespie and Co, agents.

SAILED

July 3 - Natal Star, ship, 366 tons, Forbes, for Port Elizabeth and London.
PASSENGERS
Cabin
Mr and Mrs Mello, infant and servant
Miss Spencer
Mr and Mrs Mayne and son
Miss Henderson
Captain Lucas
Mr GF Dixon
Steerage
Mr R Archer

SAILED

DEPARTURE OF RMS DANE Natal Mercury July 3 1863

July 1 -RMS Dane, 530 tons, W Ladds, for Cape Town and intermediate ports.
PASSENGERS
For East London
Cabin
Mr R Walker and 1 officer
Third Class
2 non-commissioned officers and six soldiers
For Port Elizabeth Cabin
Mr Vanhees
For Cape Town
Cabin
Messrs
JD Barry
JJ Barry
J Beck
P Girault
HJ Hofstedt
JS Colborne
Burton
Greetham
Second Class
Messrs
RJ Smyth
TJ Smyth
T Page
GR Lillington
Mrs Lloyd
Cargo, colonial produce, value £620.

VESSELS EXPECTED
Maritzburg, Earthian, from London; sailed from the Downs 31st March.
Gillespie and Co, agents.

Passengers to Natal per Dane, Priscilla, Eleonore and Eveline 1863

ARRIVALS OF RMS DANE, PRISCILLA, ELEONORE AND EVELINE;
and DEPARTURE OF HEATHEL [sic] BELL - Natal Mercury June 23 1863

Arrived:

June 20, RMS Dane, from Cape Town and intermediate ports. Cargo, general.
PASSENGERS
From Cape Town:
Lieut Harrison
Messrs
P Milner
Briggs
Baumes
Hofstedt
From Algoa Bay:
Messrs
Schieffs
Moreland
Tomlin
Mr Henry (Consul General Belgium)
Mr and Mrs Botha and child
Mr and Mrs Thornhill and three children
From East London:
Miss Driver
Messrs
R Walker
Johnson
Lieut Tolner (Tollner)
Dr Tate
Mr and Mrs McKay and two children
Professor Hansen
Report:
Left Table Bay June 12 at 3 p.m., arrived at Algoa Bay on the 15th, at 1 p.m.; left Algoa Bay on the 16th, at 1 p.m., arrived off East London on the 17th, at 1 p.m., sea too high to land; left East London on the 18th, at 1 p.m. arrived at Port Natal and came to anchor on the 20th, at 10.30 a.m.
- J Brown, agent.

June, Priscilla, barque, 253 tons, G Brown, from London, sailed 2nd April. General cargo.
PASSENGERS:
Messrs
J Vincent
Herbert
Reginal Bowers
Gadsden*
Mrs Greening, son and daughter
- Handley and Dixon, agents.

June 21, Eleonore, barque, 302 tons, C Jonains, from Algoa Bay, sailed 10th June.
PASSENGER:
Mr Hugill

June 21, Eveline, schooner, 101 tons, G Murison, from Cape Town, sailed 16th June,
PASSENGER:
Mr HB Portland
- McArthur and Co., agents.

Sailed:

June 18, Heathel Bell barque 257 tons, R Thomas, to Ceylon, in ballast.
PASSENGERS:
Mrs Eastwood and two children.

*Thomas Alfred Gadsden my g grandfather would later become lightkeeper at the Bluff Lighthouse and marry Eliza Ann Bell, daughter of Port Captain William Bell. 

Priscilla barque 1863; Capt G Brown

Passengers to Natal per Dane, Priscilla 1863

Natal Mercury June 23 1863

Arrived:
June 20, RMS Dane, from Cape Town and intermediate ports. Cargo, general. 
PASSENGERS 
From Cape Town: 
Lieut Harrison 
Messrs 
P Milner 
Briggs 
Baumes 
Hofstedt 
From Algoa Bay: 
Messrs 
Schieffs 
Moreland 
Tomlin 
Mr Henry (Consul General Belgium) 
Mr and Mrs Botha and child 
Mr and Mrs Thornhill and three children 
From East London: 
Miss Driver 
Messrs 
R Walker 
Johnson 
Lieut Tolner (Tollner) 
Dr Tate 
Mr and Mrs McKay and two children 
Professor Hansen 
Report: 
Left Table Bay June 12 at 3 p.m., arrived at Algoa Bay on the 15th, at 1 p.m.; left Algoa Bay on the 16th, at 1 p.m., arrived off East London on the 17th, at 1 p.m., sea too high to land; left East London on the 18th, at 1 p.m. arrived at Port Natal and came to anchor on the 20th, at 10.30 a.m. 
- J Brown, agent.

June, Priscilla, barque, 253 tons, G Brown, from London, sailed 2nd April. General cargo. 
PASSENGERS: 
Messrs 
J Vincent 
Herbert 
Reginal Bowers 
Gadsden 
Mrs Greening, son and daughter 
- Handley and Dixon, agents.

June 21, Eleonore, barque, 302 tons, C Jonains, from Algoa Bay, sailed 10th June. 
PASSENGER: 
Mr Hugill

June 21, Eveline, schooner, 101 tons, G Murison, from Cape Town, sailed 16th June, 
PASSENGER: 
Mr HB Portland 
- McArthur and Co., agents.

Sailed:

June 18, Heathel [sic, Heather] Bell barque 257 tons, R Thomas, to Ceylon, in ballast. 
PASSENGERS: 
Mrs Eastwood and two children.

Passenger Arrivals and Departures: Natal 1863

Report of the departure of RMS Dane 'for Capetown and Intermediate ports', in the Natal Mercury of 3 July 1863, illustrates that troops on board were generally not named in published shipping lists. Officers occasionally were but here 2 non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and six soldiers, travelling Third Class, pass unidentified into history.

The port is very busy, with several vessels of heavy draught (for that era) waiting Outside, others which have already entered, and a number still 'expected'. This last is a useful feature when tracking an ancestor on a particular ship - for example, the column announces that the Maritzburg sailed from the Downs 1st March, so obviously a search forward for its arrival would be indicated.

The Dane, built in 1855, pioneered the Union Company's service to the Cape in 1857, inaugurating the mail service to that port. During her interesting career, she was later (1865) chartered by the Admiralty to convey stores to Zanzibar for the British naval forces engaged in the suppression of the slave trade on the east coast of Africa. Having left Simonstown on 28 November 1865 on her way to play this important role, she was stranded during her approach to Port Elizabeth and became a total wreck. Passengers and crew were safely taken off.