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'Dredge No. 9'
'Dredge No. 9'.
'Narrabeen' iron paddle steamer
'Narrabeen' iron paddle steamer, 239 tons [iron hulled double ended paddle steam ferry, 239 gross tons ON93554, 160.0 x 22.0 x 9.2. Built 1886 Mort's Dock and Eng. Co. Ltd. Balmain, NSW compound steam engine by shipbuilder, 65hp, 13 knots carried approx. 850 passengers. Converted to cargo ship 1911. Hulked 1917. Owners: Port Jackson Steamship Co. Ltd., registered Sydney. Later the Port Jackson and Manly SS Co. Ltd. See 'Sydney Ferry Fleets' AM Prescott, 1984]
The 'Centurion' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Centurion', 1828 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel ship, 1828 gross, ON97846, 257.1 x 39.0 x 22.7. Built 1891 (3) Russell and Co. Greenock: Owners: W. Thomson and Co. (Ship Centurion Ltd. registered Liverpool, later Roberts, Owen and Co. (Ship Cambrian King Ltd) Captured by a German submarine 15 miles SE from the Lizard February 19 1917 and scuttled by bombs].
The 'Christian McCausland' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Christian McCausland', 962 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1014 tons. ON60466, 204.0 x 32.5 x 20.8. Built 1869 (9) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners Albion Shipping Co. registered Glasgow. P. Henderson and Co. (Albion Shipping Co.) reg. Glasgow. Wrecked Nicholas Point, July 1877. Built for and usually engaged in UK-NZ trade. John McAusland was a business associate of Henderson - see Paddy Henderson. The Story of P. Henderson and Company, by Dorothy Laird, Outram, 1961. NB. Name spelt incorrectly, whence probably Mr Edwardes copied.]
The 'Criccieth Castle' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Criccieth Castle', 1920 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship 1920 tons, ON79127, 263.9 x 39.0 x 23.7. Built 1887 (3) R. Williamson and Son, Workington as Silverdale and operated by the builders until sold and renamed by Ship Criccieth Castle Co Ltd, R Thomas and Co. registered London].
The 'Largiemore' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Largiemore', 1938 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel ship 1938 tons, ON99864. 262.8 x 39.0 x 23.6. Built 1892 (12) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Sailing Ship 'Largiemore' Ltd. (Thomson, Dickie and Co.) registered Glasgow. Sold 1910 to Norwegians without change of name. Posted 'missing' in 1914].
The 'Eastern Monarch' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Eastern Monarch', 1769 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship 1769 tons ON68536. 256.5 x 40.3 x 23.5. Built 1874 (3) Mounsey and Foster. Sunderland. Royal Exchange Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered London, later R Thomas and Co. Abandoned at sea 28 Oct. 1896 in the Atlantic when loaded with coal and bound from Swansea to Callao. Built for and well known in the New Zealand and Australian migrant trade. Said to have had accommodation equal to, if not better than most steamers of her time].
The 'Orient' ashore at Delagon Bay
The steel ship 'Orient', 1663 tons, ashore at Delagon Bay [possibly also known as 'Lady of the Lune'. Built 1867].
The 'Scottish Glens' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Scottish Glens', 2115 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 2115 tons, ON91205, 279.6 x 40.3 x 24.5. Built 1885 (4) Oswald, Mourdaunt and Co., Southampton. Owners: WH Ross and Co., registered Liverpool, later G Windram and co. registered Liverpool. c.1911 to Norwegian owners without change of name].
The 'Celtic Glen' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Celtic Glen', 1941 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel ship, 1941 tons. ON99427, 267.9 x 39.7 x 23.4. Built 1892 (7) W. Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow as Iquique for Iquique Sailing Ship Co. (Brodersen Vaughan and Co. registered Liverpool sold c.1910 and renamed Celtic Glen by Celtic Glen Co. (R. Hughes-Jones and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold and renamed Riverford, then in 1918 sold Marine Nav. Co. of Canada Ltd and renamed Garthforce. Collided with an iceberg sout of Cape of Good Hope in 1921 and was towed into Durban and sold for conversion into a hulk.]
The 'Loch Etive' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Loch Etive', 1288 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1288 tons. ON78565, 226.9 x 35.9 x 21.6. Built 1877 (11) A&J Inglis, Glasgow. Owners: James Arthur, registered Glasgow, later General Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn, managers) Sold French in 1911, and presumably broken up. Joseph Conrad is reputed to have served as an officer in this ship. The claim is sometimes disputed].
The 'Barcore' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Barcore', 2134 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship 2134 tons, ON87969, 278.6 x 40.8 x 24.5. Built 1884 (4) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool. Later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd (T. Rome, manager) c. 1909 sold Norway and renamed 'Songvaar' and as such wrecked at Port Victoria, South Australia April 14 1912.]
The 'Pass of Balmaha' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Pass of Balmaha', 1571 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel ship, 1571 tons, ON95087, 245.5 x 38.8 x 22.5. Built 1888 (8) R Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Gibson and Clark, registered Glasgow. During WW1 was captured and taken to Germany and refitted as a commerce raider and named 'Seeadler' under the command of von Luckner and sank a number of ships before being wrecked in August 1917 in the Society group. 'The Sea Devil' by Lowell Thomas, (W Heinemann Ltd., 1928) gives extensive coverage to this vessel)].
The 'George Roper' wrecked on Victorian coast
The iron 4 masted barque 'George Roper', 2033 tons, wrecked on the Victorian coast at Port Phillip Heads [iron 4 mast barque rigged, 2033 tons. Built 1882. ON87813, 301.7 x 39.1 x 23.6. Built 1883 (not 1882) WH Potter and Co. Liverpool. Owners WT Dixon and Co. registered Liverpool. Wrecked July 4, 1884 off Point Lonsdale, Victoria. See 'Sail in the South'].
The 'General Gordon' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'General Gordon', 1690 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 1690 tons. ON93678, 258.0 x 38.8 x 22.7. Built 1886 (5) R&J Evans and Co. Liverpool. Owners L Davies and Co. Registered Liverpool c.1910 to Norway without change of name].
The 'Euphrates' at Port Pirie
The iron 4 masted barque 'Euphrates', 1716 tons, at Port Pirie [iron 4 mast barque, 1716 gross tons. ON76191. 268.9 x 39.2 x 23.0. Built 1879 (2) H Murray and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: R Hill, registered Greenock, later W. Bowen].
The 'Cawdor' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque ex ship 'Cawdor', 2426 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron 4 mast barque 2426 tons, ON87958, 302.3 x 41.4 x 25.1. Built 1884 (2) Oswald Mordaunt and Co. Southampton. Owners J. Houston and Co. registered Liverpool sold to Spanish owners in 1911].
The 'Neath' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 5 masted barque 'Neath' with auxiliary engines, 5548 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 5 mast aux. barque, 5548 gross. 410.5 x 53.6 x 30.4. Built 1906. Rickmers, Akt. Ges, Bremerhaven, as 'RC Rickmers', captured in British port on outbreak WW1, renamed 'Neath'. Built for Rickmers Co., registered Bremerhaven until 1914. Fitted with a screw operated by a triple expansion recip. steam engine of 125nhp. Torpedoed March 27, 1917 by German submarine, 28 miles off the Fastnet. No lives lost but master taken prisoner].
The 'Falls of Clyde' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted ship 'Falls of Clyde', 1807 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, c.1904 four mast barque 1807 tons. ON80436. 266.1 x 40.0 x 23.5. Built 1878 (12) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Ship Falls of Clyde Ltd (Wright and Breakenridge) later Wright, Graham and Co. registered Glasgow c.1904 Matson Nav. Co. registered Honolulu. Later Anglo-American Oil Co. Finally converted into a barge at Los Angeles. Preserved in Hawaii].
The 'Dundee' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Dundee', 2063 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, later barque, 2063 gross tons. ON86386, 291.5 x 43.2 x 23.5. Built 1882 (10) WB Thompson, Dundee. Owners C. Barrie, registered Dundee sold foreign in 1907, without change of name and was later fitted with an auxiliary engine. Fate unknown].
The 'Samaritan' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Samaritan', 2143 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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 'Loch Carron' at Port Adelaide
The iron 4 masted barque 'Loch Carron', 2128 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron 4 mast ship (c.1905 4 mast barque) 2128 tons. ON90033, 287.7 x 42.5 x 24.1. Built 1885 (4) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: General Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn) registered Glasgow. sold c.1912 /4 Norwegian owners and renamed 'Seileren'. Lost during WW1 due to enemy action].
The 'Lauriston' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lauriston', 2301 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast ship, 2301 tons, ON101957. 284.6 x 42.0 x 24.4. Built 1892 (12) Workman, Clark and Co. Ltd. Belfast. Owners: Galbraith and Moorhead, registered London (later, Galbraith Hill and Co.) 1904/5 G Duncan and Co., Registered London, June 1910 Cook and Dundas: became Russian c. 1914 without change of name. Activities obscure until about 1925 when refitted and became the Soviet Russian cadet training ship 'Tovarisch'. Fate unknown but apparently broken up in Russian in late 1920s].
The 'Glenfinlas' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Glenfinlas', 2228 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 2228 tons. ON86292, 280.7 x 41.9 x 24.8. Built 1882 (12) Sunderland SB Co. Ltd. Sunderland. Owners: HL MacIntyre, registered Liverpool, later Red Cross Shipping Co. Ltd (CT Bowring and Co) Missing on a voyage from Newcastle NSW to Manila with coal. Left Newcastle Oct. 6, 1897].
The 'Lathom' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lathom', 3082 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 3082 tons, ON99304. 324.0 x 46.0 x 25.2. Built 1891 (8) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners:Steel Sailing Ship Lathom Co. Macvicar, Marshall and Co. Registered Liverpool. Became 'Bertha' owned by DH Watjen and Co. Registered Bremen].
The 'Sokoto' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool. Became Norwegian 1910]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.
The 'Strathgryfe' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Strathgryfe', 2276 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2276 gross, ON93225, 279.4 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: D McGillivray, registered Greenock in 1920 became the German owned 'Margretha'. During WW1 was taken by Portugese and renamed 'Graciosa' and was sunk in 1918 by a German submarine].
The 'Manchester' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Manchester', 3046 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 3046 gross, ON99391, 312.9 x 46.1 x 25.8. Built 1892 (3) W Doxford and Sons Ltd. Sunderland: Owners: JJ Joyce and Co. Registered Liverpool. Went missing at the end of 1900].
The 'Mayfield' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Mayfield', 2285 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2285 gross tons, ON89695. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1892 (2) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: Shaw Savill and Co, registered Glasgow].
The 'Afghanistan' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Afghanistan', 2286 tons, in an unidentified harbour.