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The 'Dilpussund' under sail
The composite barque 'Dilpussund', 624 tons, under sail [composite barque, 625 tons. ON50043. 180.0 x 29.0 x 18.0 Built 1864 (6) C. Lungley, Deptford, London. Owners: John Fleming, registered London, c.1881 SD Grant and Co. registered London, Feb.1883 sold to Germans and renamed Europe, (or Europa?) returns to British ownership in 1892 and reverts to original name, Owner JJ Hanks, registered London, 1897 - Robertson and Richards, registered Sydney, 1907 Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd, registered Dunedin and converted to a coal hulk. Broken up in Wellington, NZ 1933. Employed in troop duties to India, initially. In Australian ownership employed in timber and collier trades. DIL prefix is Hindustani for heart. See 'Union Fleet' by IJ Farquhar, 1968 and Index to the NZ Section of the Register of British Ships, MN Watt, nd].
The 'Hereford' anchored in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Hereford', 1440 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1510 tons, ON60978, 241.1 x 37.2 x 23.2. Built 1869 (7) John Elder, Glasgow. Owners: Merchant Shipping Co. Registered London c.1880-1 James Nourse, registered London, sold to Norwegians. c.1900 rigged down to a barque and wrecked April 1907. 'Coolies Ships and Oil Traders' by Basil Lubbock].
The 'Elbe' at anchor in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Elbe', 1693 tons, at anchor in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1693 tons, ON94299, 257.0 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1887 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners J Nourse, registered London. Sold Dec. 1907, presumably to shipbreakers. See 'Coolie Ships and Oil Traders' by Basil Lubbock, gives some brief mention].
The 'Montgomeryshire' docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand
The iron barque 'Montgomeryshire', 886 tons, docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand [iron ship, 1452 tons, ON76520. 235.4 x 38.1 x 23.0 Built 1877 (6) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Hughes and Co., registered Liverpool later sold to Norwegian owners without change of name. Wrecked on her voyage from Peru to Sydney 12 February 1907 at Tonga. No lives lost].
The 'Wanderer' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Wanderer', 2903 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2903 tons, ON99311, 309.0 x 46.0 x 25.8. Built 1891 (9) WH Potter and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Ship Wanderer Ltd. (WH Potter and Sons) registered Liverpool. Sunk when run down by ss 'Gertrud Woermann' when at anchor near Cuxhaven, April 14, 1907. Was the subject of a famous poem by John Masefield].
The 'Cupica' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The steel barque 'Cupica', 1210 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [steel barque 1210 tons. ON93833, 226.0 x 36.4 x 21.9. Built 1888 (12) CJ Bigger, Londonderry. Owners Steel Barque Cupica Co. Ltd. MacVicar, Marshall and Co. registered Liverpool c.1907 became the German vessel Gretchen Hartrodt].
The 'Norma' in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Norma', 2122 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2122 tons, ON98433, 278.0 x 41.2 x 24.1. Built 1893 (5) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Owners: Norma Ship Co., MJ Begg, registered Cardiff, later MacVicar, Marshall and Co., registered Cardiff. Run down and sunk by Ardencraig April 20, 1907 while at anchor off the Semaphore, Port Adelaide].
The 'Norma' in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Norma', 2122 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2122 tons, ON98433, 278.0 x 41.2 x 24.1. Built 1893 (5) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Owners: Norma Ship Co., MJ Begg, registered Cardiff, later MacVicar, Marshall and Co., registered Cardiff. Run down and sunk by Ardencraig April 20, 1907 while at anchor off the Semaphore, Port Adelaide].
The 'Norma' docked in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Norma', 2122 tons, docked in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2122 tons, ON98433, 278.0 x 41.2 x 24.1. Built 1893 (5) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Owners: Norma Ship Co., MJ Begg, registered Cardiff, later MacVicar, Marshall and Co., registered Cardiff. Run down and sunk by Ardencraig April 20, 1907 while at anchor off the Semaphore, Port Adelaide].
The 'Lathom' in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Lathom', 3082 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 3082 tons, ON99304. 324.0 x 46.0 x 25.2. Built 1891 (8) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners:Steel Sailing Ship Lathom Co. Macvicar, Marshall and Co. Registered Liverpool. Became 'Bertha' owned by DH Watjen and Co. Registered Bremen].
The 'Dowan Hill' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Dowan Hill', 2155 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [this ship was owned by the Scottish Hill Line and not the Liverpool Hill Line. Steel 4 mast barque, 2115 tons. ON102602, 280.8 x 40.5 x 24.6. Built 1893 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners JR Dickson and Co. registered Glasgow, then Albyn Shipping. For a period during WW1 was renamed Eugenio Bruni but later reverted to Dowan Hill before being sold to Norwegian owners who renamed the vessel Snig].
The 'Fort George' at San Francisco
The four masted iron barque (ex ship) 'Fort George', 1756 tons, at San Francisco. This vessel retains the bowsprit and jib-boom, and was built with masts of conventional design--each except the jigger-mast in three sections. After a serious dismasting late in her career, she was remasted with pole-type lower masts which appear as an anachronism. [iron 4 mast ship (later barque) 1756 tons, ON87748, 260.0 x 40.0 x 23.1. Built 1884 (2) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners: Clark and Service, registered Glasgow. Later owned in San Francisco, and in 1907 or thereabouts, went missing on a voyage round Cape Horn] See 'The Downeasters' B. Lubbock. p.216.
The 'Sea Flower' at Port Adelaide
The typical South Australian wooden ketch 'Sea Flower', 66 tons, at Port Adelaide. This photograph was taken by Francis Wear, a travelling photographer who had a business under the name of "F.E. Wear" at Rann Street, Port Adelaide from 1896-1907. According to a researcher, the Le Messurier family bought the ship from Tasmania and registered it in Port Adelaide in 1899. It was sold to Fremantle in aproximately 1913 and wrecked there in 1923. (Sources - "Le Messuriers of Port Adelaide" , John Tregenza, 1991 and "Ketches of South Australia", Ronald Parsons).
The 'Sokoto' at Port Adelaide
The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. One of the large carriers and fair passage-makers with which sailing-ship owners strove to compete with steam [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool.]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.
The 'Sutlej' docked in Darling Harbour, Sydney
The iron ship 'Sutlej', 1742 tons, docked in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Town Hall clearly visible on right [iron ship, 1742 tons, ON94365, 260.3 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1888 (2) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Foley and Co., registered London. Sold c.1907 and renamed 'Antares' by Italian owners. Wrecked off the Victorian coast, west of Peterborough late in 1914, with the loss of her entire crew when on a voyage from Marseilles to Melbourne. Apparently struck the base of a high cliff and foundered].
The 'Sutlej' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Sutlej', 1742 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1742 tons, ON94365, 260.3 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1888 (2) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Foley and Co., registered London. Sold c.1907 and renamed 'Antares' by Italian owners. Wrecked off the Victorian coast, west of Peterborough late in 1914, with the loss of her entire crew when on a voyage from Marseilles to Melbourne. Apparently struck the base of a high cliff and foundered].
The 'Peru' docked at Port Chalmers
The iron barque 'Peru', 683 tons, docked at Port Chalmers [also known as 'Louisa Craig'] [iron barque, 710 tons, ON75188, 182.4 x 30.1 x 17.8. Built 1876 (8) J Key and Sons, Kinghorn, Owners: JW Robertson, registered Dundee. c.1885 J Stewart and Co., registered Dundee. 1907 sold to J Craig and Co, and renamed 'Louisa Craig' and registered at Auckland. In October 1916 renamed 'Raupo' and became the property of GH Scales (of Wellington). 1923 Canterbury Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. and hulked in 1922-3, and register closed in 1929].
The 'Ashmore' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque (ex ship) 'Ashmore', 1099 tons, at Port Adelaide. [Iron ship, converted to barque c.1900.1179tons. ON76946, 219.3 x 35.3 x 20.6. Built 1877 (3) J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow: Owners John Stewart and Co. Registered London, c.1907 to Norwegian owners with change of name.]
The 'Ashmore' anchored in Brisbane
The iron barque (ex ship) 'Ashmore', 1099 tons, anchored in Brisbane. [Iron ship, converted to barque c.1900.1179tons. ON76946, 219.3 x 35.3 x 20.6. Built 1877 (3) J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow: Owners John Stewart and Co. Registered London, c.1907 to Norwegian owners with change of name.]
The 'Daylight' under tow in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Daylight', 3756 tons, under tow in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 3756 tons. ON114812, 351.5 x 49.1 x 28.2. Built 1902 (1) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd, registered London. c.1912 Standard Transportation Co. Ltd. registered Hong Kong. Made her last seagoing voyage in 1920-21 and then sold to Charles Nelson and Co. of San Francisco. Laid up until 1924 when she was converted to a barge. During WW2 with the shortage of tonnage she was re-rigged as a 6 mast schooner by Americans and renamed Tangara. Actual fate not known but apparently not a success under this last rig].
The 'Nelson' docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand
The iron ship 'Nelson', 1310 tons, docked near a rocky outcropping ay Port Chalmers, N.Z.[see other entry in this name. Some confusion exists but it is recommended to those interested that they compare the illustration of the New Zealand trader 'Nelson', correctly identified, that appears at page 105, v.1 in White Wings, ref. 7. iron 3 mast ship, 1310 gross, 1247 net tons. ON71668, 239.3 x 36.0 x 20.7. Built 1874 (8) R Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., registered Glasgow 1882 Shaw Savill and Albion Ltd. c.1907 sold to owners in Chile and re-rigged as a barque without change of name. She was wrecked in 1943].
The 'Galgorm Castle' at Port Adelaide
The steel barque 'Galgorm Castle', 1596 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel barque, 1596 tons, ON99125, 256.2 x 38.0 x 22.0. Built 1892 (2) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners: North Shipowners Co. Ltd, registered Belfast. Captured by German submarine 27 February 1917 and sunk by gunfire. 11 lives lost. Took place 90 miles west from the Fastnet. NB - this ship is in the wrong shipowner section - it was NOT owned by Chambers 'Castle Line'].
The 'Silberhorn'
The four masted iron barque 'Silberhorn', 1920 tons, believed to be docked in Wellington, New Zealand [see Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891-1954) Wed 20 Apr 1892, page 6].
The 'Sierra Lucena' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Sierra Lucena', 1747 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1747 tons, ON87394, 260.4 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1883 (9) R Steele and Co., Greenock, as 'Inveruglas' for J McGregor and Son, registered Greenock, sold and renamed 'Sierra Lucena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd.) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Norwegian 'Sophie' c.1923 became American 'Tusitala'. Broken up in 1938 at New York].
The 'Sierra Miranda' docked in an unidentified port
The steel ship 'Sierra Miranda', 1888 tons, docked in an unidentified port [steel ship, 1888 tons, ON87957, 264.7 x 39.1 x 23.9. Built 1884 (3) J Reid and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Thompson, Anderson and Co., (Sierrra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1907,sold to Norway but not renamed. c.1921/2 sold and renamed 'Maria Borges', owned by Brown, Willis and registered at Panama. Sunk at anchor in Hampton Roads, USA in 1922].
The 'Sierra Miranda' at anchor
The steel ship 'Sierra Miranda', 1888 tons, at anchor [steel ship, 1888 tons, ON87957, 264.7 x 39.1 x 23.9. Built 1884 (3) J Reid and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Thompson, Anderson and Co., (Sierrra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1907,sold to Norway but not renamed. c.1921/2 sold and renamed 'Maria Borges', owned by Brown, Willis and registered at Panama. Sunk at anchor in Hampton Roads, USA in 1922].
The 'Sierra Miranda' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Sierra Miranda', 1888 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [steel ship, 1888 tons, ON87957, 264.7 x 39.1 x 23.9. Built 1884 (3) J Reid and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Thompson, Anderson and Co., (Sierrra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1907,sold to Norway but not renamed. c.1921/2 sold and renamed 'Maria Borges', owned by Brown, Willis and registered at Panama. Sunk at anchor in Hampton Roads, USA in 1922].
The 'Alisa' under sail
The composite ship 'Alisa', 1112 tons, under sail. [C. ship, 1112t. ON63281, 213.1 x 35.2 x 19.8, B1870 (6) C Connell & Co. Glasgow. Owners: Sandbach, Tinne & Co. reg. Liverpool, c. 1890 sold to Turkish owneers and registered at Jeddah. Broken up in August 1907.]
The 'Mozambique' in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Mozambique', 2433 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2433 tons, ON99813. 283.3 x 43.0 x 24.2. Built 1892 (8) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: J Boyd, registered Glasgow. Later Alliance Shipping Co. (J Boyd and Sons, managers) 1912 sold Germany and renamed 'Ulrich', As such captured by Royal Navy in 1914 and sold, eventually, to Norwegian owners who renamed vessel 'Sydnaes'. She was abandoned in a sinking condition March 5, 1920 on a passage from Norfolk, Virginia to Montevideo].
The 'Clan Macpherson' at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Clan Macpherson', 1680 tons, at Port Adelaide. [iron ship 1680 tons. ON90066. 260.5 x 38.2 x 23.2. Built 1885 (6) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners, T. Dunlop and Sons, registered Glasgow. Missing on a voyage from Newcastle to Valparaiso in 1900.]