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The 'Wild Duck' in dock at Port Chalmers
The wooden ship 'Wild Duck', 735 tons, in dock at Port Chalmers. The ship was built in 1859 with double topsails on foremast [wooden ship, 736 tons, ON27787, 154.5 x 31.5 x 21.0. Built 1859, Sunderland. Owners: Robinson Shaw and Co., registered London. Chartered to Shaw Savill and Co., and almost exclusively in the England-New Zealand trades from 1860 to 1873 and for many years in charge of Captain Bishop].
The 'Coeur de Lion' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Coeur de Lion', 848 tons, at Port Adelaide. In the photograph the ship has double topsails on the fore and mainmasts. [wooden ship, 848 tons, ON55294. 181.8 x 33.4 x 20.5. Built 1867 (8) Jersey Channel Islands. Owners Jersey Shipping Co. Registered Jersey].
The 'Bury St. Edmunds' at London Docks
The wooden ship 'Bury St. Edmunds', 822 tons, at the London Docks. The ship was built in 1853. There are double topsails on the fore and mainmasts. [wooden ship 822 tons, ON23403, 153.0 x 28.4 x 21.0. Built 1853. Sunderland. Owners: F & B Green and Robert Burn. reg. London. c. 1880 to Danish owners.]
The 'Salamander' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Salamander', 115 tons, with topsails in an unidentified port. The ship was built in 1856 for the opium trade [wooden 2 mast schooner, 115 tons. Built 1856 Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: Hall and Co., registered Aberdeen. Lloyds of 1859 says that this vessel was destined for a voyage to China. 'The Opium Clippers' by B Lubbock p.340/1 gives some information about her career].
The 'Essex' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden barque 'Essex', 1042 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. This ship has double topsails [wooden barque, 1042 tons, ON45025. 197.5 x 33.1 x 20.8. Built 1862 (7) Wigram and Son. Blackwall Yard, London. Owners: Wigram and Son, Registered London. Abandoned at sea c.1881].
The 'Strathnairn' docked in an unidentified port
The wooden barque 'Strathnairn', 698 tons, docked in an unidentified port.
The 'Star Queen' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden barque 'Star Queen', 769 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. She was built in 1854 and had double topsails by the 1870s [wooden ship originally, 1870s = barque; 832 tons originally later 769 tons. ON4285. 161.0 x 32.0 x 20.3. Built 1854 Sunderland. Owners: James Baines of Liverpool. Registered London, by 1877 Khoo Guan Hong, rergistered Singapore].
The 'Winefred' at Hobart
The iron ship 'Winefred', 1359 tons, at Hobart. One of the first iron ships built in 1855. The ship has chainplates, but the channels have been discarded [iron ship 1359 tons, ON24168, 219.0 x 35.9 x 21.9. Built 1855 George Cram, Chester: owners: built for Liverpool owners, and by 1870 Sharples, Jones and Co. were the registered proprietors. c.1875 Taylor, Bethell and Roberts, registered London. Later Russian owned under the same name. While in the ownership of Taylor Bethell and Co., well known in the Australian cargo trades and associated with Western Australian wool shipments].
The 'Horsa' at Geelong
The iron ship 'Horsa', 1128 tons, at Geelong. The ships was built in 1860 and has chainplates, but no channels [iron ship, 1163 tons. ON28639. 220.0 x 34.2 x 21.7. Built 1860 (7) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: Rathbone Bros. registered Liverpool, later Star Navigation Co. registered Liverpool. Then 'Ship Horsa Co'. (G McAllester and sons) registered Liverpool. On a voyage from New Zealand to England with cereals she stranded 4 April 1893, Bread and Cheese Cove, St. Martins was towed off but foundered 20 miles south west of the Scilly Isles. Not regularly in any trades to Australia but visited both that country and New Zealand as charters found].
The 'County of Ayr' under tow
The early iron barque 'County of Ayr', 499 tons, under tow by the tug boat 'Euro'. The ship has both channels and chainplates. The iron barque (ex ship) '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].
The 'Fernglen' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The iron ship 'Fernglen', 818 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. The ship has a main skysail, but neither channels nor chainplates [iron ship 850 tons, ON68911, 196.2 x 32.0 x 19.1. Built 1874 (10) John Blumer and Co. Sunderland. Owners RB Porrett, registered Sunderland. From the time of her launch until 1881 under charter to New Zealand Shipping Company and carried many migrants to New Zealand. 'Fernglen' sank in 1881].
The 'Timandra' under sail
The iron ship 'Timandra', 1561 tons, under sail. This is one of the later iron ships with a main skysail [iron ship, 1561 tons, ON90076, 245.6 x 38.8 x 22.4. Built 1885 (8) R Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: GF Smith, registered Glasgow, thence other owners in Glasgow].
The 'Charlwood' just after completion
The iron barque 'Charlwood', 837 tons, just after completion. [iron barque 866 tons, ON76526, 197.7 x 32.2 x 19.6. Built 1877 (7) W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners GH Fletcher and Co. registered Liverpool. Sunk after collision in the English Channel Oct 26, 1891 on a voyage from Antwerp-Valparaiso with coal.]
The 'Loch Torridon' at Port Adelaide
The four masted iron barque 'Loch Torridon', 2081 tons, at Port Adelaide. She is one of the finest and fastest vessels of her type [iron 4 mast ship, later barque, 2081 tons. ON85876. 287.4 x 42.6 x 24.0. Built 1881 (11) Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow. Owners: Aitken and Lilburn. (The Loch Line) registered Glasgow. Sold to Russian owners in 1912 and foundered near the entrance to the English Channel January 1915. Well known in the Australian trades but also visited India frequently. Lubbock gives great attention to the activities of this ship].
The 'Jerfalcon' docked at Port Chalmers
The iron barquentine 'Jerfalcon', 298 tons, docked at Port Chalmers.
The 'Bristow' at Kings Lynn
The composite barque 'Bristow', 351 tons, at Kings Lynn. She was built in 1854. [Composite three mast barque, 351 tons. ON4308, 133.3 x 25.0 x 15.3. Built 1854 Jones Getty and Co. Liverpool. Owners Wright Bros, reg. London then to owners in Hull].
The 'Fortuna' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Fortuna', 1366 tons, at Port Adelaide. She is one of the great fleet of Norwegian wooden vessels which brought timber to Australia. 'Fortuna' was one of the few to set skysails on the fore and mainmasts. In this photograph she is carrying a heavy deckload of timber [wooden barque 1366 tons, no official number, 208.8 x 42.4 x 21.9. Built 1892 CC Framnaes, Sandefjord. Owners: Actie Selsk. 'Fortuna' Johan Bryde, registered Sandefjord, Norway].
The 'Loire' under sail
The French wooden barque 'Loire', tonnage unknown, under sail [steel 4 mast barque, 3094 gross, 2453 net tons. Later 2969 gross, 2685 net tons. 321.2 x 45.1 x 25.5. Built 1897 At. & Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: AD Bordes and Fils, registered Dunkirk].
The 'Ignatz Breum' in an unidentified port
The Danish barquentine 'Ignatz Breum', 237 tons, in an unidentified port. The stunsail booms provide and unusual feature of this handsome little vessel [wooden 3 mast schooner, 237 tons, 114.3 x 22.9 x 11.3. Built 1884. JR Anderson, Svendborg, Owners: Ignatz Breum, registered Odense, Denmark].
The 'Chrysolite' under sail
The British wooden schooner 'Chrysolite', 167 tons, under sail. A typical sailing coaster of the closing years of sail. [wooden three mast schooner. 167 tons. ON58190. 95.6 x 21.6 x 12.0. Built 1869 (6). Shepherd, Whitehaven. Probably owned in Penzance when the photograph was taken.]
The 'Erin's Isle' under sail
The Nova Scotian wooden ship 'Erin's Isle', 1778 tons, under sail. A great many beautiful wooden ships were built in Nova Scotia. Many of them passed into the hands of British and foreign owners [wooden ship, 1799 tons. ON72311. 221.5 x 40.2 x 25.3. Built 1877 (8) M'Fee, St. John. Owners: JM McFee, registered Liverpool].
The 'Victoria' at anchor
The Nova Scotian built barque 'Victoria', 760 tons, at anchor.
The 'Hudson' moored in an unidentified port
The United States wooden ship 'Hudson', 1801 tons, moored in an unidentified port (but probably Greenwich, U.K.). This is an extremely lofty vessel with three fidded royal masts.
The 'Blakely' at anchor
The United States wooden schooner 'Blakely', 751 tons, at anchor. The schooner rig became extremely popular in the United States during the closing years of the nineteenth century and during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Many United States wooden multi-masted schooners and barquentines visited Australian ports, usually timber laden.
The 'Hawaiian Islands' as 'Star of Greenland'
The four masted steel barque 'Hawaiian Islands', 2097 tons, as 'Star of Greenland'. One of the big carriers of the 1890s.
The 'Samaritan' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel barque 'Samaritan', 2143 tons, at Port Adelaide. She was 'built to carry' when Sail was making its last stand [steel 4 mast barque, 2143 tons, ON97871, 282.2 x 42.1 x 24.5. Built 1891 (6) R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners: W Thomson and Co., registered Liverpool c.1900 Macvicar, Marshall and Co., registered Liverpool, c.1910 sold to Norway without change of name].
The 'Dunearn' at anchor
The steel barque 'Dunearn', 1632 tons, at anchor. The ship has 'bald-headed' or stump topgallant masts [steel barque, 1632 tons. ON104536, 245.2 x 37.5 x 22.6. Built 1894 (6) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners J Dunn and Co. later J Hayes and Co. Missing - sailed from NSW in 1910 with coal for Vacparasso].
The 'Duchalburn' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel barque 'Duchalburn', unknown tonnage, at Port Adelaide. Built in 1887, she was the first vessel to be launch without royal--thus the rig came to be termed 'Jubilee-rig' [steel 4 mast barque, 2058 tons. ON93194, 287.0 x 42.4 x 24.0. Built 1887 (8) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners R Shankland and Co. Registered Greenock. Renamed Freden by Norwegian owners c.1908].
The 'Donna Francisca' under sail
The 'bald-headed' four masted steel barque 'Donna Francisca', 2277 tons, under sail. This ship is 'Jubilee-rigged' [steel 4 mast barque, 2277 tons. ON99059. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.5. Built 1892 (4) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: J Hayes and Co. registered London. Sold 1910 and renamed Herbert and registered in Germany, renamed Lemkenhafen in 1922 and was wrecked in 1924. One of the early ships to be fitted with water ballast tanks].
The 'Colonial Empire' at anchor
The Jubilee-rigged four masted steel barque 'Colonial Empire', 2436 tons, at anchor. [steel 4 mast barque, 2436 tons. ON114848, 302.1 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1902 (3) J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners G. Duncan and Co. London. Sold 1910 to other English owners and wrecked at Algoa Bay, September 27, 1917.] [NB - 2 vessels of this name, earlier one wrecked 1880].