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The 'Bundaleer' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Bundaleer', 937 tons, at Port Adelaide. [wooden ship, 937 tons, ON60691, 196.4 x 34.2 x 20.2. Built 1869 - Humphrey, Aberdeen, Owner Richard Connon, reg. Aberdeen, mid 1880's R. Moore, Antofagasta (Bolivian flag) later Chilian, wrecked in June 1901. Built for and engaged in the Australian trade for some years.]
'The Murray' at Port Augusta
The wooden ship 'The Murray', 903 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden ship, 903 tons, ON29788, 193.0 x 33.2 x 20.0. Built 1861 (5) Hall. Aberdeen. Owners: Anderson and Co., registered London. The last Orient liner to be built completely of wood (subsequent vessels were of composite build until the change to iron) In her early days, at least, employed in the UK-Adelaide trade. Note from Parsons: 'It is unusual to incorporate the word 'the' in the name of a ship; it often confused compilers of official records in any search of MNL, Lloyds etc,. check under 'Murray' as well as 'The Murray'].
The 'Beltana' on slip at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Beltana', 773 tons, on slip at Port Adelaide.
The 'Yorkshire' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ship 'Yorkshire', 1057 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [wooden ship, 1057 tons, ON27215, 197.0 x 33.2 x 21.0. Built 1859 Blackwall yards of her owners, Money Wigram and Sons, registered London. c.1880 sold to owners in Norway. Built for the UK-Australia passenger trade].
The 'Thyatira' docked in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Thyatira', 962 tons, docked in an unidentified port. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/19/18 [composite ship, 962 tons, ON56608, 201.0 x 33.9 x 21.7. Built 1867 (8) W Hood and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson and Co.) registered Aberdeen. Sold 1894 JW Woodside and Co., Belfast. Wrecked July 1896 at Pontal da Barra].
The 'Umgeni' in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Umgeni', 366 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 366 tons, ON48860, 138.0 x 26.1 x 13.3. Built 1864 (10) Smith, Aberdeen. Owners: JT Rennie and Son, registered Aberdeen ].
The 'True Briton' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'True Briton', 1390 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [wooden ship, 1401 tons, ON51542, 204.0 x 38.0 x 24.2. Built 1865 (6) Dinning, Quebec. Owners: 1870 Robert Davies, registered Liverpool in the 1880s. R Hunter].
The 'Illova' moored in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Illova', 398 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden barque, 398 tons. ON56610, 139.0 x 27.0 x 15.9. Built 1867 (12) A Hall and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: JT Rennie and son, registered Aberdeen].
The 'Hawkesbury' docked in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Hawkesbury', 1179 tons, docked in an unidentified port [composite ship 1179 tons, ON60903. 203.0 x 36.2 x 21.5. Built 1868 (11) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Became Swedish without change of name, c.1890. Built for, and usually employed in, the Sydney trade].
The 'Pekina' at Port Augusta
The wooden ship 'Pekina', 770 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden ship 770 tons, ON52717, 177.0 x 30.6 x 18.4. Built 1865 (4) Smith, Aberdeen. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Sold 1880 to Norwegian owners].
The 'Forfarshire' in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Forfarshire', 1238 tons, in an unidentified port. The inscription on the photograph reads 'built by Morrison Sunderland, 1867, owned by Shaw Savill and Co.' [composite ship, 1238 tons. ON50779, 210.9 x 37.1 x 22.1. Built 1867 (3) J Morison, Sunderland. Owners: John Morison, registered London 1872 Shaw Savill and Co. registered Southampton. Well known in New Zealand passenger and cargo trades].
The 'South Australian' in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'South Australian', 1040 tons, in an unidentified port [composite ship, 1078 tons, ON60837, 201.0 x 36.0 x 20.1. Built 1868 (2) W Pile and Co., Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Regular trader to South Australia for Devitt and Moore although sometimes to be seen in Melbourne. Withdrawn c.1890].
The 'Torrens' at Port Adelaide
The composite ship 'Torrens', 1335 tons, at Port Adelaide.
The 'Carnaquheen' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Carnaquheen', 826 tons, at Port Adelaide. [wooden ship, later barque 826 tons, ON56603, 187.2 x 32.7 x 19.5. Built 1867 (4) Humphrey, Aberdeen. Owner: Richard Connon, registered Aberdeen, later Jacobs Bros and Co. registered London. Drops from Registers about 1885. Built for the Australian passenger and cargo trades.]
The 'Arab Steed' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ship 'Arab Steed', 835 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden ship later barque. 635 tons, later 664 tons. ON47311, 162.7 x 32.1 x19.0. Built 1863 (2) W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Messrs Hawley. Registered London. Eventually owned in Gothenburg].
The 'Windsor Castle' moored in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Windsor Castle', 1075 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 1075 gross tons. ON15822, 195.5 x 36.2 x 22.5. Built 1857 W Pile, Junior, Sunderland. Owners: R&H Green, registered London. Sold 1882 to E Cox, registered London. Foundered off Algoa Bay in 1884. Built for the Australian passenger trade and toward the end of her career on the run was well known in the Brisbane run. NB. Do not confuse with vessel of the same name and similar size operating about the same period. Early career spent in the Melbourne trade with occasional visits to Sydney, but for the last few years under the flag of Green she was a regular visitor at Brisbane. See 'Blackwall Frigates' and 'Colonial Clippers'].
The 'Thyatira' in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Thyatira', 962 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/19/5 [composite ship, 962 tons, ON56608, 201.0 x 33.9 x 21.7. Built 1867 (8) W Hood and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson and Co.) registered Aberdeen. Sold 1894 JW Woodside and Co., Belfast. Wrecked July 1896 at Pontal da Barra].
The 'Clyde' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Clyde', unknown tonnage, moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The 'Clyde' moored in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Clyde', unknown tonnage, moored in an unidentified port.
The 'Dover Castle' docked in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Dover Castle', 1003 tons, docked in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 1003 gross tons. ON20847, 185.0 x 34.0 x 22.0. Built 1858 Pile Sunderland. Owners R&H Green, registered London 1872 Shaw, Savill and Co. c.1880-1 sold to CY Boe of Arendal and renamed Kem and under this name finally broken up after many years. (Her being broken up resulted from a standing upon the coast of Norway) Under the ownership of Greens was employed in the Australian trade. From 1872 made several voyages to New Zealand, the first being to Lyttelton and where she arrived May 7, 1872. On her arrival at Auckland in August 1875 she had aboard the only survivor of the Cospatrick. Ref. Blackwall Frigates, White Wings Vol. 1 Breet, 1924].
The 'Hampshire' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Hampshire', 1214 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [composite ship, 1214 tons, ON63589, 209.2 x 34.3 x 22.0. Built 1870 R. Steele. Greenock. Owners: M Wigram and Sons, registered London. c.1883 sold to J Hossack, registered Liverpool. This shipowner had two vessels of this name. The earlier one being built in 1852].
The 'Essex' docked in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Essex', 1042 tons, docked in an unidentified port.
The 'Essex' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Essex', 1042 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [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 'Essex' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Essex', 1256 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The 'Great Victoria' at Sydney
The wooden ship 'Great Victoria', 2386 tons, at Sydney with the ferry 'Herald' in the foreground [Ronald Parsons expanded notes state this is an iron ship = iron ship, 2386 tons. ON47465, 286.1 x 39.4 x 22.9. Built 1854 Guilbert Fils, Nantes as the ss 'Jacquard' and rebuilt in 1863 by W Patterson, Bristol as an auxiliary screw steamship. Converted to sailing vessel c. 1873/4 on acquisition by Henry Fernie and Sons. Registered Liverpool. Early 1880s sold to WT Dixon and Sons, registered Liverpool. Drops from register early 1890s. As an auxiliary steamer was a frequent visitor to Australia under the auspices of the Black Ball Line. See also 'North Star to Southern Cross' Maber, Stephensons 1967. NB caption is wrong, the ferry is the 'Herald' and not as the caption claims, the first ferry in Sydney].
The 'Kagosima' at Dundee
The wooden ship 'Kagosima', 394 tons, at Dundee [wooden ship 394 tons, 143.0 x 26.3 x 15.6. Built 1863 (3) J Glover, Aberdeen. Owners: Humphrey, registered Aberdeen. Only a short life under the British flag as not listed in any reference work of 1869 onward].
The 'Mary Augusta' at Dover
The wooden ship 'Mary Augusta', unknown tonnage, at Granville Dock, Dover.
The 'Lincolnshire' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Lincolnshire', 1025 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K.t [wooden ship later barque 1025 tons, ON21172, 197.4 x 33.0 x 20.8 Built 1858 at the yard of the owners, Money, Wigram and Sons, Blackwall London. Registered London, Sold about 1880 after being condemned, to Norwegian owners and lost about 1883].
The 'Sally' in dry dock at Sharpness
The wooden ship 'Sally', 1400 tons, in dry dock at Sharpness [wooden ship 1400 tons, ON60523, 199.8 x 38.8 x 25.8. Built 1854 in USA. Owners in 1876 R Stoker, registered South Shields].
The 'Norfolk' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Norfolk', 953 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [wooden ship, 953 tons, ON11920, 196.6 x 32.6 x 20.8. Built 1857 London. Owners: M Wigram, registered London. Wrecked 1890].