| Name: | SUSSEX |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/09/1862 |
| Completed: | 25/10/1862 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 14 |
| Dimensions: | 144grt, 104nrt, 100dwt, 110.0 x 17.8 x 9.9ft; (1877: 180grt, 125.1ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (22 & 22 x 18ins), 45nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots on trials |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 45651 |
| History: | |
| 1862 | London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co, Newhaven |
| 1887 | G Nelson, Liverpool |
| 1888 | Ponsonby & Co, London |
| 1893 | West of England & France SN 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, giving an increase to 180grt | |
| 26/12/1896: Wrecked at the mouth of the Rhone, when on passage | |
| from Cette to Marseilles |