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The 'Lutterworth' at Port Chalmers
The iron barque 'Lutterworth', 916 tons, at Port Chalmers [iron ship, re-rigged as 3 mast barque c.1880, 915 gross, 883 net tons. ON60895. 209.2 x 33.1 x 19.9, built 1868 (11) Denton, Gray and Co. Hartlepool. Owners: William Milburn, registered London. c.1875 WH Taylor. c.1880 Shaw, Savill and Co. Later Shaw, Savill and Albion. 1906 Colonial Sailing Ship Co. Ltd. (Turnbull and Co.) registered Lyttelton. Severely damanged in a gale, and dismasted, off Kaikoura, New Zealand Sept. 30, 1906. Towed into port but sold to Union Sailing Ship Co. of New Zealand Ltd., who converted the vessel into a coal hulk. In June 1950, vessel was sunk in Cook Strait by Airforce planes in bombing practice. Well known in the New Zealand emmigrant trade].
The 'Pleione' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Pleione', 1092 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, 1139 gross, 1092 net tons. ON72369, 209.7 x 34.6 x 20.3. Built 1876 (9) A Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Glasgow: 1882 - Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd., registered Southampton. About 1899 sold to Norway without immediately changing her name but eventually became re-rigged as a barque and renamed 'Esov' and then 'Elvine Homuth' and finally 'Tamara XI'. Under this name she was wrecked in 1923 in the Gulf of Bothnia. Suffered a bad stranding in New Zealand in 1888 but was refloated and repaired] [Pleione = Greek mythology, daughter of Oceanus and mother of the Pleiades].
The 'Mary Moore' in an unidentified port
The composite barque 'Mary Moore', 585 tons, in an unidentified port [composite 3 mast barque 581 gross, 565 net tons, later 544 tons. ON48615. 164.1 x 28.1 x 17.9. Built 1868 (2) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: John Norman junior, registered Maryport, then various others until 1899 when enrolled at Sydney by GJ Robertson and others. c.1905/6 G Sweet, registered Melbourne. c.1908/9 sold to Melbourne SS Co., and converted into a coal hulk that was employed in Albany and Fremantle in the 1920s. Eventually dismantled at Melbourne. Sometimes incorrectly called 'Maggie Moore' in her coal hulk days].
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)].
The 'Cardinia' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Cardinia', 1915 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wrecked in 1921. Built as the German ship Olinda] ['Olinda' = steel ship, 1914 gross tons. 264.5 x 40.1 x 22.9. Built 1903 (5) A Rodger and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Rhederei Act. Ges. von 1896, registered Hamburg. Seized at Newcastle, NSW, by Commonwealth Government in August 1914 and renamed 'Cardinia' (sometime during WW1 requisitioned by the British Admiralty) While in private ownership and named 'Cardinia' was wrecked on a reef off Mumbualah Island, Fiji, Sept. 1921].
The 'Eudora' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Eudora', 1992 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 1992 tons. ON93473. 287.5 x 40.5 x 23.7. Built 1888 (7) A Stephen and Sons, Dundee. Owners: A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee, later Thomas Shute, registered Liverpool. Captured by German submarine 14 Feb. 1917, 30 miles SSW from Fastnet and sunk by gunfire].
The 'Earl Dalhousie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Earl Dalhousie', 1765 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/148 [wooden barquentine, 213 gross, 189 net tons. 114.4 x 25.2 x 11.9. Built 1871 Hansen, Skien. Owners: J Nielsen, registered Porsgrund] [wooden barque. 1047 tons. ON29463. 191.5 x 34.8 x 22.0. Built 1862 (9) A Stephen and Sons. Dundee. Owners A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee. c.1882 sold to Bremen and renamed Meta Seeger. Noted as being stranded in 1887]. According to a researcher the captain of this ship was Richard H Cary - who came from the fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall England. He was one of five brothers - all were ships captains who spent time in Australian waters. Richard was the only one of the brothers who did not die at sea.
The 'Simla' at Port Adelaide
The steel 4 masted barque 'Simla', 2214 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast barque, 2214 tons, ON97766, 278.2 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Ship Simla Co. Ltd., (GM Steeves) registered Liverpool. Took fire in a coal cargo in Sept. 1908, at Acapulco. Converted to a hulk. Later purchased by Union Oil Co. of California and refitted as a 4 mast barge, without change of name, and registered in San Francisco].
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 'Oamaru' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Oamaru', 1364 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1364 gross tons ON71682. 239.1 x 36.1 x 21.0. Built 1874 (10) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: P Henderson and Co., (Albion Line) who merged with Shaw Savill to form Shaw, Savill and Albion Line, registered Glasgow. Sold 1905 and renamed 'Fox' by her Norwegian owners. She was abandoned in a sinking condition, timber laden off Pensacola, USA. Her new owners had reduced her to a barque. The timber kept her afloat in a waterlogged condition and she was towed to port but condemned and broken up in 1912. Spent most of her life in the UK-NZ trades].
The 'Kynance' in dock in Antwerp
The steel ship 'Kynance', 1964 tons, in dock in Antwerp [steel ship, 1964 tons, ON105562, 265.5 x 40.0 x 23.5. Built 1895 (11) A Rodger and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Sailing Ship Kynance Co. Ltd. Lang and Fulton, later managed by C.G. Cowan and Co. Registered Greenock. When in ballast on a passage from Valparaiso to Iquique she drifted ashore in a calm on July 29, 1910 at Punta Blanca. all saved].
The 'Loch Ard' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Loch Ard', 1624 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1693 tons, ON68061, 262.7 x 38.3 x 23.0. Built 1873 (11) Charles Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: General Shipping Co., (Aitken and Lilburn, managers) registered Glasgow. Wrecked at Curdie's Inlet, June 1, 1878. About 27 miles west of Cape Otway, Victoria, with the loss of all but two of her complement of 52. One of the most sensational wrecks on the Australian coast and a whole body of literature has been built up around this disaster. Much too voluminous to list here. Almost any publication touching upon shipwreck in Australia will mention this wreck - a number of full length books have been written on the subject].
The 'Port Jackson' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Port Jackson', 2212 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, 2212 tons, ON84362, 286.2 x 41.1 x 25.2. Built 1882 (8) A Hall and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: Duthie Bros. registered Aberdeen later Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd. Torpedoed April 28, 1917. Regular Australian trader and when sold to Devitt and Moore became a cadet training ship, remaining in the Australian trade].
The 'Medway' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Medway', 2511 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2511 tons, ON129109. 300.0 x 43.2 x 24.8. Built 1902 (7) A McMillan and Son Ltd. Dumbarton. Owners: Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd, registered London. Formerly named 'Ama Begonakoa' of Monte Video and acquired by Moore in 1910. As a wartime measure was converted to an oil carrier at Hong Kong but the war was over before conversion was completed and she became a harbour oiler at Singapore under the name of 'Myr Shell' until sold for scrap in 1933].
The 'Trafalgar' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Trafalgar', 1768 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, early 1900s made into 4 mast barque, 1768 tons. ON76811. Built 1877 (9) C Connell and Co., Glasgow. 271.5 x 39.3 x 23.4. Owners: W&A Brown, registered Glasgow, later A Brown, then c.1893 Andrew Weir and Co. Sold to Norway and eventually reduced to barque rig].
The 'Rhoda' in an unidentified port
The wooden brigantine 'Rhoda', in an unidentified port [while in the section devoted to brigantine rigged vessels the vessel of 229 tons, if this is correct, was never rigged as a brigantine according to Lloyds Register. She was built in 1896 at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and rigged as a schooner].
The 'Puritan' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Puritan', 2361 tons, in an unidentified harbour steel 4 mast barque, 2361 gross, ON97591, 301.6 x 43.1 x 24.2. Built 1889 (12) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Sir RW Cameron, registered Glasgow. Left Newcastle NSW with coal for San Francisco in 1911 and on June 17 sprang a leak. She was abandoned in a sinking condition on June 27, 1911. The Captain and a boat's crew reached Tahiti, another boat with three aboard was picked up by SS 'Talune', but a third boat with ten men on board was never seen again].
The 'Earl Dalhousie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Earl Dalhousie', 1765 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/18 [possibly also known as the 'Meta Seeger' owned in Bremen] [wooden barque. 1047 tons. ON29463. 191.5 x 34.8 x 22.0. Built 1862 (9) A Stephen and Sons. Dundee. Owners A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee. c.1882 sold to Bremen and renamed Meta Seeger. Noted as being stranded in 1887]. According to a researcher the captain of this ship was Richard H Cary - who came from the fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall England. He was one of five brothers - all were ships captains who spent time in Australian waters. Richard was the only one of the brothers who did not die at sea.
The 'Lady Jocelyn' in an unidentified port
The iron ship ex S.S. 'Lady Jocelyn', 2138 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 3 mast ship, 2138 gross and net tons. ON11923, 254.0 x 39.0 x 24.9. Built 1852 CJ Mare and Co. London as auxiliary screw steamship for General Screw Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., registered London. In 1860 sold and renamed 'Brazil' reverts to original name in 1861: owners Holmes and Rawson, registered London 1861 - East India and London Shipping Co. Ltd.: January 1868 sold to E Boult and converted into a sailing ship and lengthened from original dimensions of 238.3 x 38.2 x 25.2 and owners JW Temple, London. Then owners became Park Bros, registered London until sold to Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd in mid 1880s and registered Southampton. Subsequently hulked. Was hulked in March 1899. As an auxiliary steamer visited Australia and New Zealand but as a full sailing ship became extremely well known in the emmigrant trades].
The 'Otaki' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Otaki', 1014 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 3 mast ship, 1053 gross, 1014 net tons, ON73576. 204.1 x 34.2 x 20.0. Built 1875 (8) Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Owners: New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., registered London (Lyttelton 1879-1888) Sold Jan. 1892 to German owners, re-rigged as a barque, and renamed 'Dr. Siegert'. Wrecked July 4, 1895 at Chacachacar, when on a voyage Port of Spain - Bremen. Built for the UK-NZ trade].
The 'Mary Moore' at Port Adelaide
The composite barque 'Mary Moore', 585 tons, at Port Adelaide [composite 3 mast barque 581 gross, 565 net tons, later 544 tons. ON48615. 164.1 x 28.1 x 17.9. Built 1868 (2) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: John Norman junior, registered Maryport, then various others until 1899 when enrolled at Sydney by GJ Robertson and others. c.1905/6 G Sweet, registered Melbourne. c.1908/9 sold to Melbourne SS Co., and converted into a coal hulk that was employed in Albany and Fremantle in the 1920s. Eventually dismantled at Melbourne. Sometimes incorrectly called 'Maggie Moore' in her coal hulk days].
The 'Opawa' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'Opawa', 1076 tons, at Port Adelaide. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/84 [iron 3 mast ship, 1131 gross, 1076 net tons, ON73740. 215.2 x 34.0 x 20.4. Built 1876 (11) A Stephens and Sons. Glasgow: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. registered London (Lyttelton 1881 - 1888) Sold to Norwegian owners June 1899 and renamed 'Aquila' and re-rigged as a barque].
The 'William Davie' at Port Chalmers
The wooden ship 'William Davie', 841 tons, at Port Chalmers [composite 3 mast ship, later 3 mast barque, 841 gross and net tons, later 850 gross, 795 net tons. ON56144, 187.0 x 31.6 x 19.3. Built 1866 (6) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co., registered Glasgow. c.1880 Richardson Bros. registered Swansea and rigged as a barque].
The 'Savoia' in Port Adelaide
The steel barquentine 'Savoia', 422 tons, in Port Adelaide [steel 3 mast schooner, later re-rigged as a barquentine, 422 gross, 417 net tons. 149.2 x 28.5 x 16.1. Built 1891 Fili Poli fu G, Chioggia, for Italian owners. c.1911 sold to American Trading Co., and registered at the British port of Castries, St. Lucia, ON108031 and rigged as a barquentine. After, or during WW1 sold to Portugese owners and registered in the Cape Verde Islands].
The 'Opawa' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Opawa', 1076 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/103 [iron 3 mast ship, 1131 gross, 1076 net tons, ON73740. 215.2 x 34.0 x 20.4. Built 1876 (11) A Stephens and Sons. Glasgow: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. registered London (Lyttelton 1881 - 1888) Sold to Norwegian owners June 1899 and renamed 'Aquila' and re-rigged as a barque].
The 'Piako' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Piako', 1075 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, 1136 gross, 1075 net tons, ON73745. 215.3 x 34.0 x 20.5. Built 1876 (12) A Stephen and Sons. Glasgow. Owners: New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, registered Lyttelton. 1888 transferred to London. Sold 1892 to German owners without change of name. Missing in 1900 on a voyage from Melbourne towards Cape Town].
The 'Shandon' in an unidentified harbour
The iron barque 'Shandon', 1442 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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 'Estelle' in an unidentified port
The wooden barquentine 'Estelle', 207 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast schooner, 207 gross, 195 net tons. ON58884, 104.3 x 24.6 x 12.7. Built 1869 G Birnie and Co. Peterhead. Owners: George Robertson, registered Peterhead: April 1876 W. Millar (who was also the master) and Partners, registered Auckland: 1881 CB Stone: 1882 Thomas S Rowntree, registered Sydney: Jan. 1883 Robertson and Hernsheim, registered Hamburg: 1887 Francis Guy, registered Sydney: c.1900 Annandale Co-op Ferry Co., for use as a coal hulk in Sydney. Broken up at a time unknown. Always employed in the South Pacific from 1876].
The 'Speculant' in an unidentified port
The steel barquentine 'Speculant', 387 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 3 mast barquentine, 412 gross, 364 net tons, 147.0 x 27.0 x 11.7. Built 1895 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing. Purchased from owners registering the vessel in Russia in 1906 by Mr. PJ McGennon, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Cape Patton, Victoria Feb. 10, 1911, on voyage (in ballast) from Warrnanbool towards Melbourne. (NB: there is a mock representation of this vessel in an artificial lake at Warrnanbool in a maritime park].
The 'Speculant' wrecked at Cape Patten, Victoria
The steel barquentine 'Speculant', 387 tons, wrecked at Cape Patten, Victoria [steel 3 mast barquentine, 412 gross, 364 net tons, 147.0 x 27.0 x 11.7. Built 1895 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing. Purchased from owners registering the vessel in Russia in 1906 by Mr. PJ McGennon, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Cape Patton, Victoria Feb. 10, 1911, on voyage (in ballast) from Warrnanbool towards Melbourne. (NB: there is a mock representation of this vessel in an artificial lake at Warrnanbool in a maritime park].