| Name: | SUSSEX |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/09/1862 |
| Completed: | 25/10/1862 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 14 |
| Dimensions: | 135grt, 93nrt, 100dwt, 110.0 x 17.8 x 9.9ft; (1877: 178grt, 121nrt, 125.1 x 17.8 x 9.9ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (22 & 22 x 20ins), 45nhp; (1882: C2cyl (12.5 & 22 x 18ins), 64nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1882: C Burrell & Son, Thetford) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 45651 |
| History: | |
| 15/12/1862 | London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co, Newhaven |
| 1887 | G Nelson, Liverpool |
| 1888 | Ponsonby & Co, London |
| 1893 | West of England & France Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Ponsonby & Co, managers) |
| 1893 | W Lamplaugh & Co, London |
| 1894 | RN Gunning & Co, London |
| 1894 | P Mouries, Marseilles; renamed ALIX |
| 1895 | A Busck, Marseilles |
| 26/12/1896 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | She would transit the Newhaven to Dieppe run in 6 hours 20 minutes |
| 1877: Lengthened to 125.1ft, (178grt, 121nrt) | |
| 26/12/1896: Wrecked at the mouth of the river Rhone | |
| On a voyage from Cette to Marseilles |