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Shipping in the Port River
Shipping in the Port River, 1863; the Government schooner 'Yatala', with the ship 'Indus', a coal hulk, and the ship 'Elphinstone' at Port Adelaide, taken from Queen's Wharf, on Thursday 31 December 1863 by P. Schourup.
The 'Coorong' on Fletcher's Slip, Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Coorong', 369 tons, on Fletcher's Slip, 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.]
The 'Bankfields' at Port Pirie
The iron barque 'Bankfields', 785 tons, at Port Pirie. [iron barque, 859 tons. ON74533, 195.4 x 32.1 x 19.7. Built 1876 (6) Osbourne, Graham and Co. Sunderland. Owners: S. Wakenham and Sons, registered Liverpool. (Built as 'James Beazley' for William Kelly registered Liverpool, sold and renamed in 1878) January 1900 The Adelaide Milling Co. Ltd registered Port Adelaide: April 1908 Colonial Sailing Ship Co. Ltd registered Lyttelton, 1911 The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd and converted to a hulk at Port Adelaide. Towed to Fremantle in 1918 for further use as a hulk. Sunk by gunfire RAAF off Rottnest Island 7 June 1950 when not required for further duty as a hulk.]
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 'Otago' at Melbourne
The iron barque 'Otago', 346 tons, at Melbourne [composite 3 mast ship rig, re-rig c.1887 as 3 mast barque (NB - this is NOT the iron hulled ship of 367 tons associated with Joseph Conrad) 1048 gross, 993 net tons. ON60449, 207.3 x 34.5 x 20.1. Built 1869 (8) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., registered Glasgow. c.1880 William Brown (who left the management with Shaw, Savill and Company) c.1891 sold to Swedish owners, without change of name. c. 1909 sold Portuguese and renamed 'Emilia' torpedoed during WW1.Great confusion between two vessels of this name both built in the same year. The smaller one was associated with Joseph Conrad when he took charge of it to bring it to Port Adelaide upon the death of the master. Many writers assert that the vessel, details above, was owned by SS&A which was not so]
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.
The 'Southern Belle' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Southern Belle', 351 tons, at Port Adelaide, 1871 ['Southern Belle' = wooden 3 mast barque, 347 tons, 1876 - 336 tons. ON54410, 123.3 x 29.2 x13.5. Built 1866 St. Martins, New Brunswick: owners (1869) RH Robinson (Wilmington, Del.) registered St. Johns, New Brunswick: 1870 James Baines, registered Liverpool; May 1871 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 CG Warburton, registered Sydney; c. 1897 Benjamin Jenkins; c.1900 Andrew Sneddon. No further trace, probably converted to a coal hulk]
The 'Otago' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'Otago', 346 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron 3 mast barque, 367 gross, 345 net tons. ON60463. 147.0 x 26.0 x 14.0 Built 1869 (10) A Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: Angus Cameron, registered Glasgow: Jan. 1872 Thomas Grierson and others, registered Port Adelaide. Nov. 1886 JL Simpson and partners: August 1900 CJF Gerber, registered Sydney 1902/1903 Huddart, Parker Ltd, who converted the vessel into a coal hulk and took it to Hobart. Sold in 1931 and abandoned on the bank in a bay of the Derwent. This is not the vessel made famous by reason of Joseph Conrad taking over as master and bringing it to Port Adelaide when her master (and part owner) died in Bay of Bengal]
'Kermandie' wooden schooner
'Kermandie' wooden schooner 343 tons [wooden aux. twin screw 4 mast schooner. 343 gross, 222 net tons. ON133495. 141.9 x 35.0 x 11.0. Built 1920 by CM McKay of Hobart (frequently reported to have been constructed on the Huon by McKay) eng. 70hp, later re-engined. Owners: Lune Timber and Trading Co. Ltd. Registered Hobart. Later Kermandie Shipping Co. Ltd. Kauri Timber Co. Ltd, registered Melbourne. Went aground on North Point Reef, 6 miles from Stanley ,Tasmania. On Sept. 6, 1952 and could not be refloated and she was sold to a scrap merchant who stripped her of everything valuable and demolished the wreck with explosives. Said to have been the last 4 masted sailing vessel in Australia when wrecked]
'Annie Taylor' and 'Handa Isle' at Edithburgh
'Annie Taylor' and 'Handa Isle' at Edithburgh. [Wooden 2 masted ketch, 73 tons, ON64374, 86.0 x 18.5 x 7.2 built 1871 Cape Hawke, NSW for owners in New South Wales. In December 1873 sold to Port Adelaide shipowners and then in 1888 transferred to port of Fremantle. Sold to foreigners about 1909 and broken up at Koepang, Timor in 1912.] A researcher disputes the caption - 'The only time that the 'Handa Isle' was at Edithburgh, indeed S.A. waters, between 1890 and 1910 was in January 1895. She left Port Adelaide for Edithburg on Jan 19 and sailed from there on the 23rd. On Jan 21 the ketch 'Lizzie Taylor' arrived at Edithburg to also load salt. Both vessels are named in a S A Register story on Jan 28. At this time the 'Annie Taylor' was in WA under WA ownership and was, according to her register, a topsail schooner. The photo is most definitely of a ketch.'
Edithburgh jetty about 1900
Edithburgh jetty January 1901. Barque "Manurewa" moored away from the jetty, and ready to sail for Lyttleton, New Zealand loaded with salt. At the jetty are the wooden barque "Timaru" and the steamer S.S. "Saint Mary" ['Saint Mary' = steel single screw steamship, ON106829, 3011 gross, 1939 net tons. 312.0 x 42.5 x 20.5. Built 1896 Wallsend upon Tyne. Owners: British and Foreign SS Co. Ltd., registered Liverpool, from 1901 until about 1904 registered at Newcastle NSW, while under charter to an Australian shipping company for use as a coastal collier]
'Kermandie' wooden schooner
'Kermandie' wooden schooner 343 tons [wooden aux. twin screw 4 mast schooner. 343 gross, 222 net tons. ON133495. 141.9 x 35.0 x 11.0. Built 1920 by CM McKay of Hobart (frequently reported to have been constructed on the Huon by McKay) eng. 70hp, later re-engined. Owners: Lune Timber and Trading Co. Ltd. Registered Hobart. Later Kermandie Shipping Co. Ltd. Kauri Timber Co. Ltd, registered Melbourne. Went aground on North Point Reef, 6 miles from Stanley ,Tasmania. On Sept. 6, 1952 and could not be refloated and she was sold to a scrap merchant who stripped her of everything valuable and demolished the wreck with explosives. Said to have been the last 4 masted sailing vessel in Australia when wrecked]
'Shannon' wooden ketch
'Shannon' wooden ketch 49 tons [wooden 2 mast barge (ketch) ON32046. 49 tons, 72.7 x 17.2 x 6.1. Built 1856 Mark Hill and John Wood, Huon River Tasmania. Owners: Hill and Wood, registered Hobart; August 1859 Henry Pearce; February 1861 A Rheuben; August 1866 George Brown; Sept. 1873 J Hurst who died June 1877; May 1878 WH Cheverton; August 1908 L&W Gorringe; February 1913 HG Gray and H Pilgrim]
'Valmarie' wooden schooner
'Valmarie' wooden schooner 288 tons. 'Valmarie' aground on Farewell Spit in New Zealand [wooden 3 mast schooner, 288 gross, 246 net tons. ON136445, 130.0 x 30.5 x 11.6. Built 1919 Purdon and Featherstone, Hobart. Owners: Rosenfeld and Co. Ltd, registered Sydney. Stranded Farewell Spit, NZ. Feb. 16, 1922 and abandoned as a total loss but later salvaged, repaired and re-registered as 'Mapu' in Wellington. converted to a hulk in 1929 and register closed]
'Linda Weber' wooden brigantine
'Linda Weber' wooden brigantine 114 ton [wooden 2 mast brigantine, 114 tons, ON75138, 86.4 x 22.5 x 9.35. Built 1877 Malcolm Darroch, Mahurangi Heads, Auckland Province. Owners: various owners in Auckland and Wellington, usually associated with the South Seas Islands. i.e. in 1898 the Cook Island Trading Co. Ltd. Last owner was JE Shaw. The vessel went missing, presumed to have foundered with all hands (7) on or about March 28, 1901 while on a voyage from Gisborne to Hokianga]
'Cathkit' wooden schooner
'Cathkit' wooden schooner. [See 'Arrah na Pogue'] wooden three mast fore and aft schooner. 187 gross, 100 net tons, altered Oct 1914. 188 gross and 139 net tons. ON133270. 116 x 33.2 x 7.3. Built GT Niccol, Auckland and named Arrah Na Pogue, renamed 1916. Owners Cathkit Shipping Co Ltd. registered Auckland transferred to Hobart in 1955 and converted into a barge at a later date]
'Loongana' wooden barque in Hobart
'Loongana' wooden barque 279 tons at Hobart [wooden 3 mast barque, 294 gross, ON57598, 127.0 x 26.0 x 12.9. Built 1879 (4) J McGregor, Hobart, owners: A&J McGregor, Hobart. c. 1891 Loo TomFin (South Sea Island merchant) registered Sydney. Wrecked at Butaritari Lagoon, Gilbert Islands, January 1912. (Name is Aboriginal for 'Swift')
'Senorita' steel barquentine
'Senorita' steel barquentine 324 tons [steel 3 mast schooner (insurance registered say brigantine) 350 gross, 324 net tons, ON112718, 144.2 x 27.15 x 11.25. Built 1893 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing, for Norwegians who called her the same name. First registered British in 1900, to Auckland 1900 and sometime owned by the Northern Union Steam Boat Co. Ltd. Transferred to Sydney 1916 and owned by Sailing Ship Senorita Ltd. Register closed 1922 when vessel converted into a hulk]
'Lass of Gawler' wooden brigantine
'Lass of Gawler' wooden brigantine 212 tons [wooden 2 mast brig. 211 tons, ON43135, 119.3 x 23.5 x 13.8. Built: 1862 (11) Meadus, Poole, County Dorset. Owners: Walter Duffield, registered Port Adelaide: May 1884 William Wells and WL Dickson: Feb. 1885 HCE Meucke: March 1885 Tasmanian SN Co. Registered Hobart and converted to a coal hulk. 1891 Union SS Co. of New Zealand. Sold for demolition 1908. Unknown why in Tasmanian section, probably never made a voyage for Tasmanian owners, possibly even converted to a hulk in South Australia]
'Waterwitch' wooden barque
'Waterwitch' wooden barque 236 tons [wooden hull, 3 mast barque, ON32270, 253 tons, later 236 tons. 95.6 x 22.6 x 17.4. 1860 -remeasured = 99.5 x 22.6 x 17.4. Built 1820 at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Pembroke (Milford Haven) and launched as a 10 gun brig-sloop, named HMS 'Falcon', renamed in 1838 when sold out of the service, and 'raised upon', i.e. her sides raised. Owners: formerly in London = Dec. 1853 - William Burgess and Alex. Learmouth (32) and George Sidney, registered Sydney; July 1855 - Charles Smith and SK Salting; March 1860 John McArthur, registered Hobart Town; July 1875 Alex McGregor and James Bayley; Aug. 1884 Alex McGregor. Register closed in 1917 with 'Broken up as in 1899'. See also 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May] [NB: Photograph is mounted back to front]
'Enterprise' wooden schooner
'Enterprise' wooden schooner 84 tons [wooden 2 mast topsail schooner, 84 tons. ON52393, 84.7 x 20.7 x 7.4. Built 1866 Rock Davis, Brisbane Water NSW for Sydney owners. Transferred to Wellington in 1871 and Dunedin in 1884. When owned by James Mill the register was closed in 1926 as it was being used as a hulk]
Stenhouse Bay 1932
Stenhouse Bay 1932. Hulk 'Hugomont' sunk to provide a breakwater.
'Tramp' wooden ketch
'Tramp' wooden ketch 86 tons [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner. 98 gross, 86 net tons. 95.9 x 24.4 x 4.4. ON102344. Built 1902 GT Niccol. Auckland. Owners: GT Niccol, registered Auckland; 1906 Ford Shipping Line Ltd; 1911 ED Pike and Co., registered Sydney. Abandoned in a sinking condition off the coast of New South Wales July 7, 1913]
'Annie Hill' wooden schooner
'Annie Hill' wooden schooner 121 tons. [wooden 2 mast schooner, 128 gross, 121 net tons. ON57569, 89.6 x 22.5 x 10.0. Built 1876 R. Hill, Huon River, Tasmania. Owners R. Hill registered Hobart Town. 1878 WS Waterson, registered Invercargill, 1901 William Cook, 1917 JR Webb, 1918 JM Robertson, 1919 A & RC Miller, 1922 Boy Scouts Association and renamed 'Sea Scout'. Fate unknown, but the vessel became a coal hulk c.1917 or perhaps earlier.]
'Venus' wooden schooner
'Venus' wooden schooner 38 tons [Note from Parsons: 'caption says schooner of 38 tons. There was never a schooner of this description owned in New Zealand.There was a ketch built 1877, 38 tons, ON75132 that was re-rigged as a cutter in 1887, and reconverted to a 2 mast ketch in 1891. She was broken up in 1922]
'Ysabel' wooden 3 masted schooner
'Ysabel' wooden 3 masted schooner 176 tons [auxiliary s.s. missionary vessel of 1874 was sold for commercial purposes in 1893 and converted into a pure sailing ship was renamed 'Ysabel' q.v.] [possibly previously the 'Southern Cross'] [formerly the missionary vessel 'Southern Cross' sold into private ownership in 1893 and renamed. Wooden 3 mast schooner, 148 tons, later 176 gross, 148 net tons. ON66578. 107.1 x 21.2 x 11.8. Built (as auxiliary steamship) 1874 Thomas Niccol, North Shore, Auckland. Engine removed 1893. Owners: Jessie Ross and partners, registered Auckland April 1893; 1916 George H Scales, who in that year formed GH Scales Ltd. and in 1921 GH Scales Pacific Ltd. Vessel sold to Tahiti in 1925 and was lost by fire at Makemo, Tuamotu Island, Sept. 16, 1926]
'Southern Cross' wooden barquetine
'Southern Cross' wooden barquentine 257 tons [wooden barquentine (ex-auxiliary steamer) 291 gross, 257 net tons. ON98988, 131.0 x 26.6 x 14.2. Built 1891 (5) Forrest and son, Wyevenhoe. Originally a steam yacht built for missionary purposes by Missions to the South Pacific. Sold for commerical purposes and converted to a sailing ship in 1904. Owners 1909 = Ivan Nelson and GJ Robertson, registered Sydney; c.1913 RF Davidson, John Hay and E Taylor; c.1916 G Dunkley, registered Hobart who in 1918 transferred registration to Melbourne. Missing. Left Melbourne Sept. 11, 1920 for Hobart, with a cargo of case oil and is believed to have taken fire, exploded and lost with all hands]
'May' wooden barquentine
'May' wooden barquentine 237 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner, 243 gross, 237 net tons. ON62536. 114.7 x 25.1 x 12.8. Built 1869 Robert Price and Son. Southwick, Co. Durham (Sunderland) Owners: Thomas Potts, registered Sunderland. 1872 Walter Turnbull, registered Wellington; 1886 JH Cock (Nelson) and N Reid (Wellington); 1888 AW Mackay, registered Sydney; Nov. 1889 NCA Young, sugar planter Bundaberg, registered Brisbane; March 1897 Union SS of New Zealand Ltd., with the intention of converting to a hulk but sold for further commerical use; Oct. 1898 John Harrison, Aratapu, registered Auckland. Wrecked about 17 miles south of Kaipara Harbour New Zealand Oct. 17, 1902]
'Rothesay Bay' iron barque
'Rothesay Bay' iron barque 775 tons [iron 3 mast barque, 775 tons, ON78553, 186.9 x 31.1 x 18.5 Built 1877 (9) Birrell, Stenhouse and Co., Dumbarton. Owners: JS Hatfield, registered Glasgow, later Hatfield, Cameron and Co., c.1910 sold to Norway and renamed 'Activ'. Reverted to original name and was enrolled at Sydney in 1916. Owned by Australian Ship Activ Ltd. Converted into a hulk and register closed October 1921. Sold 1921 to Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd and hulked in Wellington c. 1921, later used at Auckland vide 'Union fleet 1875-1975' by IJ Farquhar, and broken up up in 1936]
'Emily Downing' wooden barque
'Emily Downing' wooden barque 269 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 269 tons, ON32047. 90.0 x 26.3 x 17.8. Built 1841 Port Arthur VDL and named Lady Franklin and was used by the colonial government. Sold out of government service in 1855 and she was renamed. Owners FA Downing and Charles DeGraves, registered Hobart Town. July 1859 James Lucas; Sept. 1864 Alexander McGregor. Register closed in 1898 'Broken up'. 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by O'May. Government Printer, Tasmania. '...whaler..continued to whale out of Hobart until 1883 when she returned from her last cruise with 47 tuns of oil...she was sold to the government and became a powder hulk....]