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The 'Daniel' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barque 'Daniel', 299 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast schooner, originally 351gross, 317 net tons, later (Australia) 299 tons. ON121172 (British) 127.1 x 31.1 x 12.0. Built 1894 E Gundersen, Tvedstrand, Norway. Owners C. Wroldsen, registered Tvedstrand, 1907. Union Box and Packing Case Co. Ltd, registered Sydney later Sailing Ship 'Daniel' Ltd. converted to a hulk at Sydney c.1924. (Instead of a figurehead she had a lot of beautiful scroll work on her stem head and this has been preserved at the Snapper Island Training establishment in Sydney Harbour)].
Shipping in Roper River, 'S.S. Omeo', barque 'Bengal'
Shipping in Roper River, Darwin with the 'S.S. Omeo' and the barque 'Bengal'.[Bengal is a 3 masted barque, 322 gross, 306 net tons. ON55594, 136.5 x 27.4 x 11.9. Built 1864 Gefle. Purchased from owners in Gefle in 1868 by Thomas Grierson, William Taylor and Robert Woolnough, registered Port Adelaide May 1873. William Taylor and partners. 1883 R. Green registered Rockhampton. Wrecked August 6, 1886 on the Great Barrier Reef east of Hayman Island when on a voyage from Townsville North Queensland towards Wanganui in New Zealand. All saved.]
The 'Wellington' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Wellington', 49 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON79266, 50 tons, 70.5 x 18.6 x 6.0. Built 1884. Thomas Lancaster, Table Cape, Tasmania. Aux. engine fitted 1923. Owners: Thomas Lancaster, registered Launceston;Nov. 1885 GM Jackson, registered Melbourne; May 1890 J Catarinich (Port Adelaide), registered Port Adelaide; 1899. 1902 = J & A Tainsh; 1923 CK McFarlane; 1930 = J Tainsh; by 1946 JT Cosh and Partners. Sold to owners in the Solomon Islands and left Australia in January 1966. Subsequently returned and is now acting a replica of Captain Cook's 'Endeavour' at a marine park in Queensland]
The 'Annie Watt' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Annie Watt', 42 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wood 2 masted barge rigged, ON57512, 42 tons, 63.7 x 18.0 x 5.6. Built 1870 J Wilson Port Esperance T. by 1875 described as a ketch. Aux. engine fitted in 1925 = 44g, 33n. Owners: George Watt, reg. Hobart Dec. 1873 George Watt, William Fergussen & Samuel Reeves, reg. Port Adelaide. Dec. 1873 Wm Fergussen and S Reeves: 1877 G. McKay and others. Oct. 1882 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Ltd: 1895 AE Le Messurier & Partners. 1925 RC and JF Harvey. Sold for preservation and is ashore at Port Adelaide waiting provision of a display site. Photograph taken at Pine Point. Man on left is James Francis Harvey. 9/3/88 great-great granddaughter Maureen Driver.]
The 'Annie Watt' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Annie Watt', 42 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wood 2 masted barge rigged, ON57512, 42 tons, 63.7 x 18.0 x 5.6. Built 1870 J Wilson Port Esperance T. by 1875 described as a ketch. Aux. engine fitted in 1925 = 44g, 33n. Owners: George Watt, reg. Hobart Dec. 1873 George Watt, William Fergussen & Samuel Reeves, reg. Port Adelaide. Dec. 1873 Wm Fergussen and S Reeves: 1877 G. McKay and others. Oct. 1882 Port Wakefield Shipping Co. Ltd: 1895 AE Le Messurier & Partners. 1925 RC and JF Harvey. Sold for preservation and is ashore at Port Adelaide waiting provision of a display site.
'Victoria' wooden barque
'Victoria' wooden barque 365 tons being towed out of Hobart [wooden 3 mast barque, ON57513, 365 tons, altered 1876 - 310 tons. 128.6 x 27.6 x 15.4. Built 1860 Lubeck. Owners(ex-Foreign 1871) Jan. 1871 George Salier, registered Hobart; Jan. 1876 J Fisher; Dec. 1880 WM Fisher; Dec. 1885 J Shimmins; May 1892 James McLeod, registered Melbourne; Oct. 1911 A Phillips for demolition. Register closed 1911. Purchased for whaling]
'Good Intent' wooden ketch 35 tons
'Good Intent' wooden ketch 35 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 35 gross, 33 net tons. ON57592, 62.4 x 17.9 x 5.0. Built 1877 John Wilson, Port Cygnet Tasmania. Owners: T Nichols, registered Hobart. c.1923 Cygnet SS Co. 1924 AJ and RR Burgess, registered Melbourne. At a date unknown an auxiliary engine of 12 hp was installed. Wrecked May 10th, 1928 King Island]
'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barquentine in Sydney Harbour
'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barquentine 252 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 252 tons, ON41488, 116.4 x 23.6 x 14.4. Built 1858 L Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Owners William Nicholson, registered Melbourne; 1862 George Black; 1872 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide; May 1894 AE Howard; 1896 R Watt, registered Sydney; 1897 Bernard Byrnes; 1905 Westport Coal Co. Ltd, registered Dundee. Register closed in 1926 when advice received vessel used as a hulk at Timaru] [vessel shown with tug 'Young Bungaree' in Sydney Harbour] ['Young Bungaree' = wooden single screw steam tug, 90 gross, 47 net tons. ON83881. 87.0 x 15.0 x 9.0. Built 1883 James Rodrick, Eagleton, Williams River, NSW. Compound steam engine 25hp. Morrison and Bearby, Newcastle, NSW. Owners: E. Waddington and partners, registered Newcastle, NSW; April 1884 John Dalton; August 1902 Goerge Niccol, registered Auckland; 1905 Devonport Steam Ferry Co. Ltd; later JA Pearce. Broken up and registered closed in 1926]
'Selwyn Craig' iron barquentine
'Selwyn Craig' iron barquentine 486 tons [iron 3 mast barque, 531 gross, 486 net tons. ON58966, 154.0 x 28.0 x 17.4 Built 1868 Dobie and Co., Glasgow. as 'Advancement' for Doward Dickson and Co,, registered Liverpool. Sold in 1895, she became the Norwegian 'Prince John' and was acquired in 1905 by JJ Craig, registered Auckland and renamed 'Selwyn Craig'. Sold in 1911 to the Union SS Co. of New Zealand Ltd., she was converted into a hulk. The hulk sank in October 1919 in Auckland and was demolished by explosives in September 1922]
'Kinclune' iron barque
'Kinclune' iron barque 718 tons [iron 3 mast barque, 741 gross tons. ON75194, 184.7 x 30.1 x 18.4. Built 1876 (11) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: David Couper, registered Dundee. 1910 AH Turnbull and H Munro, registered Lyttleton. Wrecked Nov. 15, 1904 near Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand]
'Rona' iron barque
'Rona' iron barque 618 tons in dry dock [iron 3 mast barque, 678 gross, 618 net tons, ON90129, 192.2 x 30.15 x 16.0. Built 1885 Workman, Clark and Co. Ltd. Belfast as 'Polly Woodside', renamed 1904. Owners: 1904 AH Turnbull and H Munro, registered Lyttelton. 1906 Colonial Sail Ship Co. Ltd. 1911 H Douglas, Fiji and others in New Zealand. 1916 H Scales (who incorporated a limited company in 1921. 1922 The Adelaide Steamship Company as a hulk. Now restored and on display in Melbourne as 'Polly Woodside']
'Lake Erie' iron barque
'Lake Erie' iron barque 938 tons at Port Adelaide [iron 3 mast barque, 988 gross tons. ON60397. 202.4 x 33.6 x 20.3. Built 1868 (12) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: The Canada Shipping Co. (of Montreal) registered Glasgow; 1874 registry transferred by the owners to Montreal. Dec. 1891 - AH Turnbull (42) and H Munro (22) registered Lyttelton. 1902 sold to foreigners (Italian subjects)]
'Manurewa' iron barque at Port Adelaide
'Manurewa' iron barque 327 tons at Port Adelaide, with Birkenhead in the background. [iron 3 mast barque, 371 gross tons ON89648. 143.1 x 26.1 x 13.0. Built 1884 (12) Murdoch and Murray, Port Glasgow. Owners: George Wood, registered London; 1897 Hugh Munro, registered Lyttelton, and name changed in November 1899 to 'Manurewa'. Munro sells in 1904. He had been in association with AH Turnbull from 1904 until 1908. The owners were GT Nichol and partners; 1909 RS Lamb and partners, registered Sydney, later AS Paterson and Co., who were the owners when the vessel went missing. She sailed from Newcastle NSW March 22, 1922, and was not seen again and presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands]
'Wenona' wooden barque, 'Ranger' tug, 'Protector' tug
'Wenona' wooden barque 530 tons, 'Ranger' tug, 'Protector' tug ['Wenona' = wooden 3 mast barque, 529.73 gross tons 510.64 net tons. ON85374. 148.9 x 34.5 x 13.2. Built 1882 John E Bigelow, Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Owners: 1882 WJ Stairs, Merchant. Halifax, Nova Scotia, registered Halifax 38/1882; May 1883 DH McKenzie and Partners, registered Auckland 6/1883; 1884 Donald Ross, major shareholder 40/64th; 1901 William Howard Smith and Sons Pty. Ltd., registered Melbourne 11/1901 and probably hulked. Register closed 1921 with 'Broken up', and most certainly was a hulk for much of her time on the Melbourne register]
'Heimdal' wooden schooner
'Heimdal' wooden schooner 228 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner, 228 gross, 197 net tons. 111.9 x 28.1 x 11.7. Built 1901 A Jensen, Svenborg. Owners: 'Agent Petersen', registered Marstal]
'Sylfid' iron ship
'Sylfid' iron ship 1545 tons built 1884. Reduced to a barque [iron 3 mast ship, 1545 gross, 1468 net tons, 235.6 x 38.3 x 23.2. Built 1884 (9) Oswald, Mordaunt and Co. Southampton, as 'County of Clare'. ON91166 for Liverpool owners. (Owner: While in the Danish section I have been unable to locate any detail, the vessel usually is shown as Russian owned) - note from Parsons]
'Sophocles' iron barque
'Sophocles' iron barque 1138 tons [iron ship, 1176 tons, ON77455, 223.4 x 34.7 x 21.7. Built 1879 (8) Walter Hood and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: George Thompson and Co., registered Aberdeen, sold to Italians c.1904. Broken up c.1924. Operated under her original name throughout her life. Not considered so much of a clipper as some of the earlier Aberdeen White Star ships, she was still a popular unit in the fleet. Traded mostly to Australia]
'Eugenie Fautrel' steel barque
'Eugenie Fautrel' steel barque 2306 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2306 gross, 1705 net tons, later 2212, 1946 tons, 279.1 x 40.2 x 22.7. Built 1899 Atel. & Chant. de la Loire, St. Nazaire. Owner: Georges Ehrenberg, registered Havre, later Banque pour la Marine & L'Industrie, Havre. Sunk by guns from a German submarine Sept. 29, 1917]
'France' steel 5 masted barque
'France' steel 5 masted barque 5633 tons [steel 5 mast barque with auxiliary twin screws driven by oil engine (These were removed post WW1 c.1920) 5633 gross, 4544 net tons, 418.8 x 55.8 x 24.9. Built 1912 (5) Chant & Atel de la Gironde, Bordeaux Owners H Prentout-Leblond and partners, thence others. Built to convey copper/nickel ores from New Caledonia to France and in July 1922 drifted at New Caledonia and was abandoned as a total loss]
'Pierre Loti' steel barque
'Pierre Loti' steel barque 2196 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2297 gross, 1731 net tons, later 2196 gross, 1926 net tons. 277.0 x 40.4 x 22.5. Built 1901. Chant Nantais de Const. Maritime, Nantes. Owners: N&C Guillon, registered Nantes. Sunk by a German raider Jan. 27, 1915]
'Noisiel' steel barque wrecked in Cornwall
'Noisiel' steel barque 451 tons, wrecked Cornwall [steel 3 mast barque, 451 gross, 391 net tons. 144.4 x 26.2 x 14.4. Built 1890 A Dubigeon, Nantes. Owners: J Deville and Co., registered Marseilles]
'Vasco da Gama' iron ship at Port Adelaide
'Vasco da Gama' iron ship 1555 tons. At Port Adelaide [possibly previously named 'Panmure'] [''Vasco Da Gama' = formerly 'Panmure' q.v. incident in 1891 apparently only a stranding. Owners: CM Matzen, registered Hamburg]
'Terpsichore' iron ship
'Terpsichore' iron ship 2030 tons [iron 3 mast ship, 2025 gross, 1935 net tons. 269.0 x 41.5 x 24.3. Built 1883 (7) T Royden and Son, Liverpool. Owners: B Wencke and Son, registered Hamburg. Rhederi Act. Ges. von 1896, registered Hamburg. Sold for demolition in 1922 but became a coal hulk at Gibraltar]
'Celtic Glen' ship
Captain and crew; 'Celtic Glen'. [steel ship, 1941 tons. ON99427, 267.9 x 39.7 x 23.4. Built 1892 (7) W. Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow as Iquique for Iquique Sailing Ship Co. (Brodersen Vaughan and Co. registered Liverpool sold c.1910 and renamed Celtic Glen by Celtic Glen Co. (R. Hughes-Jones and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold and renamed Riverford, then in 1918 sold Marine Nav. Co. of Canada Ltd and renamed Garthforce. Collided with an iceberg sout of Cape of Good Hope in 1921 and was towed into Durban and sold for conversion into a hulk.]
'Pommern' 4 masted barque
Making sail. Men gathered at the fife-rail at the foot of foremast; 4 masted barque 'Pommern' [steel 4 mast barque, 2456 gross, 2323 net tons. 302.0 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1903 J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: B Wencke and Son registered Hamburg. Later P Laeisz, registered Hamburg and renamed 'Pommern'. Allocated to Greece as war reparations 1922 to Gustaf Erikson, preserved in a nautical museum at Mariehamn, taken out of service in 1953]
The 'Pass of Balmaha' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Pass of Balmaha', 1571 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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 'Neath' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 5 masted barque 'Neath' with auxiliary engines, 5548 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 5 mast aux. barque, 5548 gross. 410.5 x 53.6 x 30.4. Built 1906. Rickmers, Akt. Ges, Bremerhaven, as 'RC Rickmers', captured in British port on outbreak WW1, renamed 'Neath'. Built for Rickmers Co., registered Bremerhaven until 1914. Fitted with a screw operated by a triple expansion recip. steam engine of 125nhp. Torpedoed March 27, 1917 by German submarine, 28 miles off the Fastnet. No lives lost but master taken prisoner].
The 'Edwin Fox' in an unidentified port
The wooden barque 'Edwin Fox' as hulk, 836 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast barque, 836 gross and net tons. ON4673. 144.8 x 29.8 x 23.6. Built 1853 Calcutta. Owners c.1870 E Gellately, registered London c.1874 Shaw, Savill who later merged with the Albion Company form Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd., who registered their ships in Southampton,eventually converted into a freezer hulk in New Zealand and the remains were recently subject of an attempt to restore the vessel as a museum].
The 'Helen Denny' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Helen Denny', 728 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, re-rigged as a 3 mast barque c.1880,728 gross and net tons. ON56168. 187.5 x 31.2 x 19.1. Built 1866 (11) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: James Galbraith (Partner in P. Henderson and Co.) registered Glasgow: c.1872/3 Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Southampton, later Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd. 1896 G McClatchie, registered Lyttelton: 1900 F Holm, registered Wellington: 1911 Helen Denny Ltd: 1912 Paparoa Coal Co. and converted to a hulk. Sold to Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., 1928. Sunk off Cuvier Island, NZ April 27 1948 at the end of a useful life. Built for the UK -Burma run but quickly transferred to UK-NZ line where she enjoyed a good reputation. Sold in 1896 continued trade out of NZ until converted into a coal hulk. See also 'Union Fleet' by IJ Farquhar 1968].
The 'Helen Denny' as barque
The iron ship 'Helen Denny' as barque, 728 tons [iron 3 mast ship, re-rigged as a 3 mast barque c.1880,728 gross and net tons. ON56168. 187.5 x 31.2 x 19.1. Built 1866 (11) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: James Galbraith (Partner in P. Henderson and Co.) registered Glasgow: c.1872/3 Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Southampton, later Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd. 1896 G McClatchie, registered Lyttelton: 1900 F Holm, registered Wellington: 1911 Helen Denny Ltd: 1912 Paparoa Coal Co. and converted to a hulk. Sold to Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., 1928. Sunk off Cuvier Island, NZ April 27 1948 at the end of a useful life. Built for the UK -Burma run but quickly transferred to UK-NZ line where she enjoyed a good reputation. Sold in 1896 continued trade out of NZ until converted into a coal hulk. See also 'Union Fleet' by IJ Farquhar 1968].