Thursday 21 st Oct r having loaded in London. The whole altogether was a grand sight and worth having seen. The Journal of Alexander Kidd 1870 'Priam' and 'Sarpedon' delivered, fleet now seven. Cleator' and 'Saladin' sold. Orestes', 'Stentor' and 'Anchises'.
Fleet now totals sixteen.
Sarpedon' sinks off Ushant. 1878 Isaac Middleton dies. 1880 Company enters tobacco trade. Fleet now 23 ships. 1881 John Swire and Alfred Holt begin to argue.