Newspaper Report from The Courier Thursday January 21, 1864.

The Susanne Goddefroy sailed from Hamburg on the 21st September, and discharged the pilot at Cuxhaven, on the 24th of the same month.  Immediately after sailing she encountered very severe weather, by which she was detained fifteen days in the North Sea, and did not make the South Foreland on the British coast, till the 15th day out.

Madeira was made on the 37th day out, the ship having been delayed by contrary winds.  After that she got the trade winds, which carried her to the Cape of Good Hope.  While making her easting between the Cape and the Island of Tristan d'Acunha she met very heavy weather, and sprung the main mast, foremast, foretopmast, and fore yard.  These were 'fished' with the spare spars, but the accident tended somewhat to lengthen the passage.  However she was only 39 days in making the southernmost point of Tasmania, after leaving Tristan d'Acunha.

She made Cape Moreton in nine days, and was boarded by Pilot Cooper at 7.30pm on Sunday last, the 17th instant.  She rounded the Cape, and brought up in the Roadstead off the bar on the following day.

Dr Hobbs, the health-officer, visited her on Tuesday evening, and having found the passengers in good health, passed her.  She has on board 369 German immigrants, many of whom, we are informed, are skilled workmen.  We understand that arrangements have been made to land them to-day.

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The Susanne Godeffroy of the Johann Cesar Godeffroy line was a ship of burden 457 C.L. (note 1), capacity 1119 NRT (note 2) and dimensions 61.1m x 10.5m x 7.50m (note 3).  She was built in 1863 at the shipyard of Meyer at Lubeck and commissioned 1 June 1863.
After leaving Brisbane on this her first major voyage she went to Sydney, on to some trading port(s), and then returned via Antwerp to Hamburg in 1865.  She brought only one further group of emigrants from Hamburg to Australia - departing 1865.  She was finally sold to an Englishman in Sydney in 1880.
Note 1:  CL (Commerzlasten) was 6000 Hamburg pounds or about two English tons.
Note 2:  NRT (Net Registered Ton) has a volume of 2.83 cubic metres.
Note 3:  Dimensions are, in turn, the length of the upper deck from stem to stern, the width at the widest point, and the depth of the hold from the floorboards to the top edge of the upper deck beams.

Background:  Hamburg Harbour 1800's