 The "Royal Adelaide", captained by John Batty, left Cork fully laden with cargo and about 250 passengers on Wednesday, 27 March 1850, touching off at Plymouth on the Thursday evening.By the time the ship left Plymouth for London at 3.00 am on Friday, there were almost 300 deck passengers.The ship was lost at about 11.00 pm on Saturday, 30 March 1850 on Tongue Sands north of Margate, with the loss of all on board.