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A wooden brig docked in an unidentified port
A bluff-bowed, wall-sided wooden brig docked in an unidentified port.
The 'Palestine' moored in a English harbour
The iron barque 'Palestine', 598 tons, moored at either Gravesend or Greenwich, U.K. This is a stately iron barque with skysails on both the fore and mainmasts [iron barque, 623 tons, ON45489. 184.3 x 27.6 x 17.0 Built 1863 (10) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: WH Tindall, registered Scarborough, later JG Lund, registered at Hamburg].
The 'Hesper' anchored near a tree-lined coast
The United States wooden barque 'Hesper', 695 tons, anchored near a tree-lined coast. One of the few wooden barques to set fore and main skysails. She is also notable for her fine figurehead [wooden 3 mast barque, 695 tons. ON(US)95717, 163.0 x 38.0 x 15.0. Built 1882 Hall Bros. Port Blakely, Washington, USA owned in USA].
The 'Hainaut' as a bulk oil carrier
The steel ship 'Hainaut', 1783 tons, as a bulk oil carrier [steel ship, 1783 tons. 248.8 x 40.3 x 22.2. Built 1887 Barrow SB Co. Barrow. Owners: American Petroleum Co., registered Rotterdam. Fitted to carry petroleum in bulk].
The 'Berean' sunk by a collision in the Thames
The composite barque 'Berean', 542 tons, sunk by a collision in the Thames. [Composite barque, 542 tons. ON60996, 160.5 x 30.2 x 17.2 Built 1869 (8) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners TB Walker registered London sold c.1896 Norwegian owners. In 1910 suffered severe damage after a collision with a steamer in the Thames and sunk. Raised and converted into a hulk and subsequently broken up. Under the British flag was well known in the Tasmanian trades.]
The 'Conference' on a slip
The iron barque 'Conference', 421 tons, on a slip. [iron barque, 421 tons. ON25992, 164.8 x 26.3 x 15.9. Built 1855. Tayleur and Co. Warrington. Owner John Hargrove, registered Liverpool 1877 Thomas J Parker. Registered Melbourne, 1878 TJ Parker James Huddart and John Traill, registered Geelong. Jan. 1882. James Dransfield (of Christchurch, NZ) Oct 1888 EJ Lusher registered Wellington NZ, 1889 John Gilchrist, registered Sydney, 1890 Alfred J. Simpson. Vessel dismantled and register closed in 1904.]
The 'Bargany' after being reduced to a barque
The iron ship 'Bargany', 1295 tons, after being reduced to a barque. [iron ship, 1295 tons. ON72371, 226.3 x 37.1 x 21.9. Built 1874 (10) A. McMillan and Sons, Dumbarton. Owners: J. Kerr and Co. registered Greenock. c. 1900 sold Norway without change of name and reduced to barque rig.]
The 'Bargany' after being reduced to a barque
The iron ship 'Bargany', 1295 tons, after being reduced to a barque. [iron ship, 1295 tons. ON72371, 226.3 x 37.1 x 21.9. Built 1874 (10) A. McMillan and Sons, Dumbarton. Owners: J. Kerr and Co. registered Greenock. c. 1900 sold Norway without change of name and reduced to barque rig.]
The 'Arracan' in a North American port
The four masted steel barque 'Arracan', 2282 tons [steel 4 mast barque. 2282 tons, ON99396, 291.3 x 42.1 x 24.5, Built 1892 (5) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners: British and Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. registered Liverpool. Sold 1908 to Thames and Mersey Shipping Co. Ltd later became the German 'Carla' and finally 'Fehmarn' being broken up in 1924]. Believed to be located at a North American port following information from a researcher: 'The rolling stock to the right of the view appears to have 'White Line' stencilled on it. [From research] of a railroad company of that name, "The White Line was a short-lived branch of the Long Island Rail Road in western Queens County, New York". The scow/barge/tender alongside the 'Arracan' has the name A. E. Cargill, a Canadian coal company'.
The 'Benicia' after being reduced to a barque
The iron ship 'Benicia', 1868 tons, after being reduced to a barque. [iron ship, 1868 tons. ON87916, 261.0 x 39.3 x 24.1 Built 1883 (10) Whitehaven Sailing Boat Co. Whitehaven, Owners Lowden Edgar and Co registered Liverpool. Later J. Edgar and Co (when partnership split) in 1912 was sold to Norway and renamed 'Manicia' and was sold for breaking up in 1922.]
The 'Esmeralda' after a collision near Monte Video
The iron barque 'Esmeralda', 730 tons, after a collision near Monte Video [iron ship, later barque, 730 tons. ON54982, 188.4 x 31.1 x 19.0. Built 1866 (4) T Verson and Son, Liverpool. TH Ismay and Co and successors. (White Star Line), registered Liverpool, sold 1894 to Danish owners without change of name. Sold 1909 to Italian owners without change of name. Converted into a lightship in the River Plate in 1910 and in the 1950s still engaged in the same capacity].
The 'Camphill' being towed by a tug
The steel barque 'Camphill', 1240 tons, being towed by a tug [steel three mast barque, 1240 tons. ON96333, 226.0 x 36.4 x 21.9. Built 1889 (6) CJ Bigger, Londonderry. Owners Camphill Ship Co. (Squarey and Kendall) registered Liverpool. c.1905 J & J Rae and Co. Wrecked October 6 1906 on a rock off Tumbes Peninsula]. One of the ships owned by J. and J. Rae and Co., Liverpool.
The 'Arranmore' after being stranded in Algoa Bay from a gale
The steel ship 'Arranmore', 1946 tons, after being stranded in Algoa Bay from a gale. [steel ship 1946 tons. ON102634, 263.8 x 39.0 x 23.6. Built 1893 (10) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Sailing Ship Arranmore Co. Ltd. (Thomson, Dickie and Co) registered Glasgow 1910 sold to German owners and renamed 'Waltraute'. In 1913 converted into Sailors Mission in Hamburg. During WW1 was used as submarine depot ship at Heliogland. After war taken to UK under the name 'Vindicatrix' and used to house the crews of surrendered German ships. Later was used as seamen's hostel in West India Docks during the strike of 1925. Was stranded in Algoa Bay Nov. 14 1903, following damage in a gale. She was later refloated and towed to England by the Dutch tug 'Swartezee' for repairs. Dragged her anchors and stranded at Inchkeith while on duty with German surrendered ships, but refloated without damage.] Further information has been provided by Roy Derham MBE, the author of the book 'Vindicatrix': 'The information given beneath the pictures of the Ship Arranmore is in several places, incorrect. The book 'Vindicatrix' was fully researched over two years and records her history from her keel being laid until she was broken up in Newport, Wales, in 1967. She was part of the Maiden City Line managed by Thomson, Dickie & Co. After being pulled from the beach at Algoa Bay in 1903 she was towed home by the Tug Zwart Zee to Greenock in Scotland, NOT England, where she arrived on 26th April, 1904 and she was repaired by her builders. She sailed again just 14 weeks later. She was sold to the Germans in 1910 but was severely damaged off the Falklands inJuly 1913 and under a jury rigged sail, took 40 days to reach Montivideo. From there she was towed back to Hamburg by the tug 'Thames' and turned into a Depot ship for seamen in Hamburg Harbour. In that same year, the Imperial German Navy commandeered her and took her to Heligoland to be decked over and provided with boiler and generator, then she was taken through the Kiel Canal to Eckernfiorde in the Baltic on 10th September 1915 where she provided accommodation for Uboat officers whist they trained. After the war she was anchored in the Firth of Forth off Lieth, Scotland, whilst she was providing accommodation for German crews who had been delivering their ships under the Reparation scheme, On 15th November, 1920, a storm blew her on to the Inchkeith Rocks. She WAS holed and when towed clear, was taken into drydock in Lieth for repair. She should have returned to Hamburg but instead, was handed over to the Shipping Federation who took her to the West India Docks, London. She remained the Waltraute until 1922, when she was named 'Vindicatrix'.
The 'Ardenconnel' on a slip in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Ardenconnel', 816 tons, on a slip in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 843 tons, c. 1883 reduced to barque same tonnage. ON67947. 196.4 x 32.2 x 18.8. Built 1874 (8) Macfayden and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners J. Brymner and others. Registered Greenock. Sold c. 1882/3 to Denmark and renamed 'Katinka'.] Note from Parsons "I find no reference to this vessel being ever owned by Edmiston and Mitchells".
The 'MacDuff' as Norwegian vessel 'Britta' being reduced to a barque
The iron barque (ex ship) 'MacDuff' as Norwegian vessel 'Britta', 1280 tons, being reduced to a barque [iron ship, 1280 tons, ON78571, 232.4 x 36.0 x 21.0. Built 1877 (12) A McMillan and Son, Dumbarton. Owners: R McMillan, registered Glasgow, then North British Shipping Co., registered Glasgow, c.1895 G Gordon and Co. Sold to Norway c. 1911 and renamed 'Britta'].
The 'Inverness-Shire' anchored in a harbour
The four masted steel barque 'Inverness-Shire', 2307 tons, anchored in a harbour, thought to be Greenock (from information supplied by a researcher) [steel 4 mast barque, ON102686, 282.9 x 42.8 x 24.7. Built 1894 (5) R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners Thomas Law and Co. Registered Glasgow, sold c.1916 to Norway and renamed 'Svartskog' and went missing in October 1920 on a voyage towards Buenos Ayres].
The 'Loch Tay' as a coal hulk at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Loch Tay', 1250 tons, as a coal hulk at Port Adelaide [iron ship, 1250 tons, ON60468, 225.4 x 35.5 x 21.6. Built 1869 (10) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: JP Kidston, registered Glasgow, later Glasgow Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn, managers) registered Glasgow. Sold Nov. 1909 Huddart, Parker Ltd, Registered Port Adelaide and Converted into coal hulk. Register closed in 1958 when advice received vessel broken up].
The 'Pass of Balmaha' with a reduced sail plan
The steel ship 'Pass of Balmaha', 1571 tons, with a reduced sail plan [steel ship, 1571 tons, ON95087, 245.5 x 38.8 x 22.5. Built 1888 (8) R Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Gibson and Clark, registered Glasgow. During WW1 was captured and taken to Germany and refitted as a commerce raider and named 'Seeadler' under the command of von Luckner and sank a number of ships before being wrecked in August 1917 in the Society group. 'The Sea Devil' by Lowell Thomas, (W Heinemann Ltd., 1928) gives extensive coverage to this vessel)].
The 'Alastor' at Port Louis, Mauritius after being dismasted in a hurricane
The iron barque 'Alastor', 824 tons, at Port Louis, Mauritius after being dismasted in a hurricane on March 1888 in the Indian Ocean on passage Sarawak for Swansea, made Mauritius under jury rig. [iron 3 mast barque. 874t. ON69930, 196.6 x 31.7 x 18.6. b.1875 (10) Mounsey & Foster, Sunderland. Owners. RH Penney, reg. Shoreham. c.1896 to Norwegian owners without change of name. Broken up in 1952. For the time owned by Penney was under charter to Shaw Savill for the New Zealand trade and made regular voyages].
The 'Star of Bengal' under sail as a barque
The iron ship 'Star of Bengal', 1877 tons, under sail as a barque [iron ship, later barque, 1877 tons, ON63957. 262.8 x 40.2 x 23.5. Built 1874 (1) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: JP Cory and Co., registered Belfast. Sold to American owners, finally Alaska Packers Association, and was wrecked in Alaska in September 1908].
The 'MacMillan' after being rigged down to a barque
The iron barque (ex ship) 'MacMillan', 1507 tons, after being rigged down to a barque [iron ship, later barque 1507 tons, ON82265, 255.5 x 38.3 x 20.6. Built 1879 (10) A Macmillan and Sons, Dumbarton, owners: A Macmillan and Sons, registered Glasgow later J&A Roxburgh].
The 'Cutty Sark' at Falmouth as a barquentine
The composite barquentine (ex ship) 'Cutty Sark', 962 tons, at Falmouth as a barquentine [composite ship, 963 gross tons. ON63557. 212.5 x 36.0 x 21.6. Built 1869 (11) Scott and Linton, Dumbarton. Owners John Willis and Son, registered London. (The shipbuilders went bankrupt in the course of constructing the ship and it was completed by Denny Bros) Sold 1895 to Portuguese and renamed Ferreira. Bought in 1922 by Captain Dowman of Falmouth, named and restored and re-rigged to her original sail plan. Presented to the Thames Nautical Training College in 1938. Subsequently installed in a dry dock at Greenwich on permanent display. This vessel has probably had more written about her than any other sailing ship, including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' by Lubbock, see for full details up to 1938. The name is taken from a poem by Burns - Tam O'Shanter and the best translation appears to be 'short chemise'. Built for the China trades and considered to be among the world's fastest sailing ships. she was transferred to the Australian trades in 1885-6, trading mainly to Sydney, until she made a few voyages to Brisbane in the 1890's prior to being withdrawn and sold foreign. See 'The Log of the cutty Sark', 'Colonial Clippers', 'China Clippers'].
Albatrosses caught by the crew of a sailing ship
Albatrosses caught by the crew of a sailing ship.
The 'Rewa' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Rewa', 2999 tons, in an unidentified harbour [see 'Alice A Leigh'].
A coaster under construction in Devon
A group of men constructing a coaster in Devon.
A Thames barge
A barge sailing on the River Thames.
The 'Rangitiki' in Otago Harbour rigged as a barque
The iron ship 'Rangitiki', 1188 tons, in an unidentified harbour [As the 'Scimitar = iron 3 mast ship 1227 gross, 1188 net tons. ON47395. 212.0 x 35.0 x 22.8. Built 1863 (7) Humber Iron Works Co., M Samuelson, Hull. Owners: Finlay, Campbell and Co., registered London. c.1865 Bombay Shipping Co. Ltd., registered Bombay: c.1873 New Zealand Shipping Co., registered London. Renamed 'Rangitiki' in 1874 and registered at Lyttelton. Re-rigged as a barque in 1889-90. Sold to Norwegians in 1898 and renamed 'Dalston' later sold to French owners and converted into a hulk at Noumea, about 1909].
The 'Shandon' in an unidentified harbour, rigged as a barque
The iron barque 'Shandon', 1442 tons, in an unidentified harbour rigged as a barque [iron 3 mast ship, later 3 mast barque, 1442 gross, 1397 net tons ON86743, 245.9 x 37.8 x 21.3. Built 1883 (1) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Thom and Cameron Ltd., registered Glasgow. c.1906 sold to Norwegian owners, re-rigged as a barque and renamed 'Victor'. Reverts to 'Shandon' 1914 and converted into a coal hulk at Melbourne. Re-rigged as a barque c.1915 and owned by the Commonwealth Government, registered Melbourne. Sold to Bellambi Coal Co., 1921 and in 1922 converted to a coal hulk and broken up at Melbourne in 1960. In 1912 on a voyage from Sourabayqa towards Newcastle, NSW illness caused many deaths and the ship was found drifting near Dirk Hartog Island, WA. by some local fishermen who helped get the ship into Fremantle. The ship was laid up at Newcastle until the outbreak of WW1 when she was sold to J Paterson and Co., Melbourne, loaded with coal and sailed to Melbourne for conversion to a coal hulk. Sold to the Commonwealth Government and was re-rigged and engaged in the Trans-Pacific trade until once again converted to a coal hulk] notes from 'The Argus' Jan. 2, 1932 and April 26, 1922.
The 'Beatrice' as a trader
The wooden schooner 'Beatrice', 72 tons, as a trader. [wooden 2 masted schooner, ON23860, 99 tons, 94.1 x 19.1 x 11.5. Built 1860 Newhaven Sussex. Came to Australia in March 1862 owned by Thomas Must, registered Portland, Victoria. In September 1862 sold to Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Province of South Australia. Sold out of Government service July 1890 owner Richard Honey, registered Port Adelaide. Stranded near Port Lincoln Feb. 4 1897. Recovered re-registered now 81 gross and 72 net tons. Transferred to Port of Melbourne in July 1917 and lost at Waterhouse Island, Bass Strait in 1921. Purchased for survey work and spent some time in the Northern Territory. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition. See 'Navy in South Australia' Parsons, 1974.]
Coastal steamships at Edithburgh on a New Year's Day about 1912
Coastal steamships at Edithburgh on a New Year's Day about 1912, including the 'Warrawee' on the left.