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The 'St. Kilda' in an unidentified harbour
The iron barquentine 'St. Kilda', 189 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast schooner (caption says barquentine) 198 gross, 189 net tons. ON60367. 127.3 x 22.0 x 10.1. Built 1868 J Fullerton and Co. Paisley. 1 deck and break deck, round stern. Owners: John and David Spence (of Greymouth, NZ and Melbourne) registered Melbourne: December 1873 M Kennedy (Greymouth); January 1889 A Hatrick (Wanganui): December 1904 GT Niccol (Auckland) and J Stewart (Helensville): Sept. 1906 E Mitchelson and F Jagger (Auckland) and registration transferred to Auckland in 1908. Converted into a lighter and registeration closed in 1929. (NB while registered in Australia, she was never an Australian owned ship, and therefore in the wrong section - note from Parsons) Always employed in New Zealand waters, with visits to Australia].
The 'Alma Doepel' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Alma Doepel', 131 tons, in an unidentified port. [wood 3 mast schooner - no later than 1917, became auxiliary engined 150g. 117n tons. ON117640 105.0 x 26.6 x 7.6. Aux engine 40hp. fitted c. 1917. Then re-engined c.1937 and converted to twin screw during WW2 and these twin engines replaced about 1955. Converted into a barge in 1960 for limestone. Sold in 1976 to Melbourne owners for restoration as a sail training ship and efforts made to refit to her original condition. Was reduced from three masts to two masts fore and aft rig in 1937. Built 1903 F. Doepel, Bellinger River NSW. Owneers: F. Doepel reg. Sydney 1917. Rahra and Co. Ltd. (subsidiary of Henry Jones) reg. Hobart 1940 Alma Doepel P/L (Jones subsidiary) Taken by USA forced during WW2; returns to Henry Jones after the War, until sold for private use in 1976. Usually claimed to be the last square rigged sailing ship built in Australia.]
'Cutty Sark' loading wool
'Cutty Sark' loading wool at Sydney in the 1880's, Circular Quay South, looking north west, [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']
The 'Wortanna' in an unidentified harbour
The iron schooner 'Wortanna', 213 tons, in an unidentified harbour [built as the iron paddle steam tug 'Albatross', sold and renamed Dec. 1918 and converted - iron auxiliary schooner, 213 gross, 163 net tons. ON74654, 131.4 x 21.1 x 10.4. Built 1875 Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. 1918 = 8 cyl oil engine. Owners: WJ Wardle (Adelaide), registered Mlebourne; 1918 Frank A Verco; 1920 Victor Reeves (Hobart); 1921 Cairns Timber Ltd.; June 1922 Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. and altered into a sugar lighter. Requisitioned by US Forces in WW2. Then returned to owners, no longer described as auxiliary schooner, but twin screw motor ship. Stranded near the entrance to Mourilyan Harbour, Queensland and declared a constructive total loss. See 'The Adelaide Line' by Parsons, July 1975].
The 'Lady Mabel' in an unidentified port
The wooden brigantine 'Lady Mabel', 233 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 2 mast brigantine rig, 233 gross, 195 net tons. ON5613. (Originally 223 gross, 215 net tons - remeasured 1897) 118.3 x 26.8 x 10.7. Built 1883 William W Cunnabell, Parrsboro' Nova Scotia. Owners: originally registered Parrsboro as 7 of 1883. In April 1889 John P Oakes, registered Auckland who in 1890 transferred the ship to Newcastle, NSW. Sold in April 1891 to Robert B Wallace: Dec. 1892 sold to Herbert and John Dawson (32) and Thomas Richards (32), registered Auckland; 1897 Joseph Westen, registered Sydney: who sells to Warburton and Sons. Sold to shipbreakers about 1918. Used as a collier, and probably later as a coal kulk, from at least 1897].
The 'Aldebaran'
The iron barque 'Aldebaran', 466 tons, in Woolwich on Sydney Harbour. [Iron 3 mast barque, 429t ON 106250, 150.9 x 27.3 x 15.9, Built 1869 Oswald & Co. Sunderland, as 'Concordia' for French owners, subsequently became German under the same name. i. 1899 - sold to Australia and renamed 'Aldebaran', owners Harrison Douglas & James, Smith, reg. Sydney 1912. sold Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd. and converted to a coal hulk for use in Hobart. Sold by them in April 1948, and used to form a breakwater at Dunalley near Hobart.] Photographed at Mort's Dock, Sydney. [Note from Ron Parsons - Hulk Concordia steel 1913. Ron Parsons cannot locate any vessel to fit this description (ie steel 1913) There was an iron hulk of this name in Fremantle (1076 tons) between 1913 - 1948].
Shipping, Port Darwin, barque 'Bengal' with 'Gulnare' alongside, 'S.S. Hibernia', 'Investigator' and 'Edinburgh'
Shipping in Port Darwin about 1872, barque 'Bengal' with 'Gulnare' alongside, 'S.S. Hibernia', 'Investigator' and 'Edinburgh'.[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.]
Melbourne Wharf with big crane
View of a big crane on a Melbourne wharf in the 1880's.
The 'Lotus' at Port Adelaide
The wooden schooner 'Lotus', 86 tons, ready for launching at Port Adelaide [the following details possibly describe this boat = wooden 2 mast ketch, ON71751, 91 tons, Built 1874 Port Adelaide. Owners: TF Brecknall, registered Port Adelaide. Driven ashore in a gale June 22, 1892 at Port Macdonnell, and became a total loss. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition, 1978]
Shipping, Melbourne
A man, a young boy and a dog stand in a yard next to a pier in a harbour in Melbourne.
Shipping, Melbourne
A train travels along the railway on a pier in Melbourne in the 1870's.
The 'Maldon Lewis' at Port Adelaide
The wooden schooner 'Maldon Lewis', 52 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast schooner, ON61032. 51 tons. 69.2 x 18.5 x 6.7. Built 1867 River Cam Tasmania. Owners: formerly enrolled at Melbourne: Dec. 1877 William Whitemore, registered Port Adelaide: 1878 John Darling junior. Sunk but recovered February 1897. Owner AJ Littely: 1904 LT Tulloch. Sprang a leak and beached at Stenhouse Bay, SA Sept. 3. 1918 and became a total loss]
The 'Coorong' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Coorong', 369 tons, at Port Adelaide. [wooden three mast barque, 396 tons, 1883. 359 gross, 344 net tons. ON51551. 130.0 x 26.3 x 13.1. Built 1864 Warren, Rhode Island. Owners Joseph Darwent of Adelaide, registered Newcastle NSW July 1865 transferred to Port Adelaide c.1869 William Howes c.1875 William Hamilton. May 1897 Huddart Parker Ltd. Made into a hulk no later than 1883, and broken up at Port Adelaide in 1916.]
'S.S. Warooka' being raised
'S.S. Warooka' being raised after having been damaged by a collision, 1892 [iron single screw steamship 216 gross, 120 net tons. ON89401. 150.9 x 19.1 x 10.7. Built 1883 (7) H McIntyre and Co., Paisley, compound engine. Owners: A McGregor, registered Port Adelaide; Nov. 1883 Yorke Peninsula SS Co. Ltd;. May 1906 Gulf SS Co. Ltd; Oct. 1912 PH Martin and Robert Simes; July 1918 Rooneys Ltd. of Townsville. Ship dismantled and scuttled southwards of Cape Cleveland, Queensland Aug. 14, 1922]
The 'Mary Miller' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Mary Miller', 272 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 272 gross tons, ON22026. 117.0 x 23.9 x 13.6. Built 1859 Leith. Owners: formerly owned in Leith: Dec. 1862 Jas. Fowler and Robert Gill, registered Melbourne: Dec. 1862 Anderson and Campbell registered Sydney: Dec. 1866 GW Allen, Oct. 1869 William Wright. Oct. 1871 William Wells and Thomas Pickhaver, registered Port Adelaide. July 1876 M Vallentine and others: Oct. 1877 William Wells. 1879 Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. and converted to a hulk which was broken up in 1911]
The 'Stormbird' at Port Victoria
The wooden ketch 'Stormbird', 39 tons, at Port Victoria [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57551, 50 tons, 67.8 x 19.5 x 6.2. Built 1874 Southport, Tasmania. Lengthened 1911 = 69 gross, 55 net tons, 84.8 x 19.1 x 6.2. Auxiliary engine fitted 1922. Owners: June 1876 William Ferguson and S Reeves, registered Port Adelaide; 1878 G McKay and C Heath and J Yeo; 1883 GS Simmonds; 1902 A le Messurier; 1904 J&A Tainsh, by 1919 G&R Tainsh and partners. By 1930 SG Loveder, then RM Crouch. Wrecked November 4, 1968 when on a voyage from Madang to Wewak, New Guinea. Two lives lost]
The 'Fleur de Maurice' in an unidentified port
The wooden barque 'Fleur de Maurice', 317 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast barque, 333 gross, 317 tons. ON49938. 131.0 x 26.8 x 15.6. Built 1864 Clarke, Jersey. Owners: formerly owned in Jersey. July 1876 J Walker and Son, registered Port Adelaide. Wrecked when crossing the bar at Port Natal, South Africa, April 5, 1894]
The 'Hannah Nicholson' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Hannah Nicholson', 252 tons, at Port Adelaide [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]
The 'County of Ayr' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'County of Ayr', 499 tons, at Port Adelaide. [County of Ayr iron ship, 499 tons, ON45977, 170.0 x 17.3 x 17.3. Built 1863 (6) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners R&J Craig, registered Glasgow c.1894 sold to Port Adelaide and eventually to JA Walker. By this time rigged down to a barque. Sold in July 1901 to Messrs. Folder, Barker and Ward and Captain William Tulloch and registered at Hobart. Wrecked 23 October 1905 on Danger Reef, Otago NZ. General work before sale to Australia, usually in the coal trade when owned in Port Adelaide, and used for the transport of Tasmanian timbers until wrecked, after sale to Hobart]
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide, showing the canal from McLaren Wharf to Black Diamond Corner, 1845. Painting by T. Hosmer Shepher.
The 'Orange Grove' at an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Orange Grove', 398 tons, at an unidentified port [iron 3 mast barque, 403 gross, 385 net tons, ON43706, 146.6 x 25.6 x 15.9. Built 1861 (11) Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow. Owners: AB Hood, registered Glasgow: 1873 GR Dibbs, registered Sydney: July 1881 A Russell, registered Port Adelaide: June 1883 WL Dickson and others (of Port Adelaide), registered Melbourne: Jan. 1888 JJ Russell and others (of Port Adelaide) Jan. 1898 Adelaide SS Co. Ltd. Made into a hulk no later than 1898 and register closed 1913]
The 'Wellington' after being damaged
The wooden ketch 'Wellington', 49 tons, after being damaged in collision [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 'Kalahome' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Kalahome', 371 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 317 gross, 354 net tons. ON43950 120.4 x 26.6 x 16.5. Built 1861 Sunderland. Formerly owned in London April 1869. Henry Skelton and William Wells. Registered Port Adelaide November 1872. Henry Simpson and Elder and Smith (Black Diamond Line) Wrecked King Island, Bass Strait, Oct. 5, 1882. From at least November 1872 employed as a collier between Newcastle, NSW and South Australia]
The 'Hannah Nicholson' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Hannah Nicholson', 252 tons, at Port Adelaide [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]. Buildings behind the ship, include the 'Ship Inn' (John Joyce), Waterman Bros, F.H. Faulding & Co., and the Port Hotel.
The 'County of Ayr' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'County of Ayr', 499 tons, in an unidentified port. [County of Ayr iron ship, 499 tons, ON45977, 170.0 x 17.3 x 17.3. Built 1863 (6) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners R&J Craig, registered Glasgow c.1894 sold to Port Adelaide and eventually to JA Walker. By this time rigged down to a barque. Sold in July 1901 to Messrs. Folder, Barker and Ward and Captain William Tulloch and registered at Hobart. Wrecked 23 October 1905 on Danger Reef, Otago NZ. General work before sale to Australia, usually in the coal trade when owned in Port Adelaide, and used for the transport of Tasmanian timbers until wrecked, after sale to Hobart]
The 'Adonis' and 'Stormbird' in the Port River
From left to right, the wooden ketch 'Adonis', 41 tons, and wooden ketch 'Stormbird', 39 tons, in the Port River. Also refer to print PRG 1373/35/98 Part II (Adonis) and prints PRG 1373/35/56 and PRG 1373/35/57 (Stormbird).[ 'Adonis' wood 2 mast barge, ON32126, 49 tons, 65.5 x 19.3 x 5.7, built 1864 Franklin, Tas. Later described as a two mast ketch, and fitted with an auxiliary engine. Owners: J Johnson, reg, Port Adelaide: 1875 A. Anglowinich: 1882 WJ Verco, thence many others until finally the property of WT Heritage. Register closed in March 1962. See 'Ketches of South Australia', 3rd edition 1978.] ['Stormbird' = wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57551, 50 tons, 67.8 x 19.5 x 6.2. Built 1874 Southport, Tasmania. Lengthened 1911 = 69 gross, 55 net tons, 84.8 x 19.1 x 6.2. Auxiliary engine fitted 1922. Owners: June 1876 William Ferguson and S Reeves, registered Port Adelaide; 1878 G McKay and C Heath and J Yeo; 1883 GS Simmonds; 1902 A le Messurier; 1904 J&A Tainsh, by 1919 G&R Tainsh and partners. By 1930 SG Loveder, then RM Crouch. Wrecked November 4, 1968 when on a voyage from Madang to Wewak, New Guinea. Two lives lost]
The 'Wellington' ashore at Hardwicke Bay
The wooden ketch 'Wellington', 49 tons, shore at Hardwicke Bay [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 'Elizabeth' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Elizabeth', 263 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 263 tons. ON47438. 118.9 x 24.4 x 14.4. Built 1863 (9) W Briggs and Sons, Sunderland. Owners registered London till Feb. 1865, Moss Joshua, registered Melbourne; Aug. 1868 EF Sichel; June 1873 John Bickers and Jno Neill, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 AE Howard; Feb. 1895 AE Hamilton; Aug 1900 William Hamilton; 1907 HG Darling; March 1922 Patrick SS Co. Ltd. Converted to a hulk for use in Port Adelaide from 1894 and broken up and register closed in December 1922]
The 'Elizabeth' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Elizabeth', 263 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 3 mast barque, 263 tons. ON47438. 118.9 x 24.4 x 14.4. Built 1863 (9) W Briggs and Sons, Sunderland. Owners registered London till Feb. 1865, Moss Joshua, registered Melbourne; Aug. 1868 EF Sichel; June 1873 John Bickers and Jno Neill, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 AE Howard; Feb. 1895 AE Hamilton; Aug 1900 William Hamilton; 1907 HG Darling; March 1922 Patrick SS Co. Ltd. Converted to a hulk for use in Port Adelaide from 1894 and broken up and register closed in December 1922]
The 'Stormbird' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Stormbird', 39 tons, in an unidentified harbour. Also refer to print PRG 1373/35/56 [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57551, 50 tons, 67.8 x 19.5 x 6.2. Built 1874 Southport, Tasmania. Lengthened 1911 = 69 gross, 55 net tons, 84.8 x 19.1 x 6.2. Auxiliary engine fitted 1922. Owners: June 1876 William Ferguson and S Reeves, registered Port Adelaide; 1878 G McKay and C Heath and J Yeo; 1883 GS Simmonds; 1902 A le Messurier; 1904 J&A Tainsh, by 1919 G&R Tainsh and partners. By 1930 SG Loveder, then RM Crouch. Wrecked November 4, 1968 when on a voyage from Madang to Wewak, New Guinea. Two lives lost]