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The 'Mary Moore' in an unidentified port
The composite barque 'Mary Moore', 585 tons, in an unidentified port [composite 3 mast barque 581 gross, 565 net tons, later 544 tons. ON48615. 164.1 x 28.1 x 17.9. Built 1868 (2) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: John Norman junior, registered Maryport, then various others until 1899 when enrolled at Sydney by GJ Robertson and others. c.1905/6 G Sweet, registered Melbourne. c.1908/9 sold to Melbourne SS Co., and converted into a coal hulk that was employed in Albany and Fremantle in the 1920s. Eventually dismantled at Melbourne. Sometimes incorrectly called 'Maggie Moore' in her coal hulk days].
The 'Daniel' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barque 'Daniel', 299 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast schooner, originally 351gross, 317 net tons, later (Australia) 299 tons. ON121172 (British) 127.1 x 31.1 x 12.0. Built 1894 E Gundersen, Tvedstrand, Norway. Owners C. Wroldsen, registered Tvedstrand, 1907. Union Box and Packing Case Co. Ltd, registered Sydney later Sailing Ship 'Daniel' Ltd. converted to a hulk at Sydney c.1924. (Instead of a figurehead she had a lot of beautiful scroll work on her stem head and this has been preserved at the Snapper Island Training establishment in Sydney Harbour)].
The 'Ansdell' at Circular Quay, south-west section looking south east.
The iron barque 'Ansdell', 298 tons, in an unidentified port. [wooden 3 masted bq, 293 tons in 1876. 280 tons. ON37029, 120.9 x 27.3 x 12.6. Built 1854 at Franklin, USA and named FS Mearns. Owners: (first time in Australia 1874) William Wells, reg. Port Adelaide: April 1875 George Hewison. Registered Newcastle, NSW: May 1875 James Cole Ellis, Dec. 1885 N. McLeod, reg. Melbourne: Nov, 1903 JT Anderson: Dec. 1911 Victorian Lighterage Pty. Ltd. Broken up and register closed in 1915. Hulked probably in 1885. Ron Parsons has noted the caption says iron bq. He thinks the vessel is most definitely built of wood.
The 'Wave' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Wave', 91 tons, in an unidentified harbour (possibly Sydney Harbour) [wooden 2 mast ketch, 91 tons, ON112545, 85.5 x 24.8 x 7.6. Built 1902 Rock, Davis, Brisbane Water, NSW in 1916/17. Auxiliary diesel fitted 78bhp, 7 knots, 97gross, 60 net tons. Owners: Rock Davis (thence executors of his estate) registered Sydney: 1916 Arthur H Hassell, registered Port Adelaide. Stranded Sandy Straits, between Fraser Island and the mainland, Queensland, and became a total loss. Register closed July 1919. (Salvaged and repaired, and registered as 'Wetona' see Port of Maryborough, Parsons, 1976).
The 'Volador' at Port Augusta
The wooden barquentine 'Volador', 213 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden 3 mast barquentine (Lloyds and other sources sometimes say 3 mast schooner) 213 gross, 197 net tons. ON78860. 117.5 x 22.8 x 11.7. Built 1884 (4) Troon SB Co. Troon. Owners: Built for owners who registered the ship at Ayr, in Scotland. Subsequently sold to Norway and enrolled at Sydney, ex foreign ownership in 1900 - Nelson (Ivor Nelson) and Robertson, registered Sydney. c.1908 Edward Pike and Co. Ltd.; About 1914 EJ MA and Edward Taylor. Wrecked at Mussel Roe Bay, Tasmania. February 1916].
The 'Volador' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barquentine 'Volador', 213 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 3 mast barquentine (Lloyds and other sources sometimes say 3 mast schooner) 213 gross, 197 net tons. ON78860. 117.5 x 22.8 x 11.7. Built 1884 (4) Troon SB Co. Troon. Owners: Built for owners who registered the ship at Ayr, in Scotland. Subsequently sold to Norway and enrolled at Sydney, ex foreign ownership in 1900 - Nelson (Ivor Nelson) and Robertson, registered Sydney. c.1908 Edward Pike and Co. Ltd.; About 1914 EJ MA and Edward Taylor. Wrecked at Mussel Roe Bay, Tasmania. February 1916].
The 'Mairi Bhan' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Mairi Bhan', 1386 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1386 tons, ON68537. 239.6 x 37.0 x 22.3. Built 1874 (3) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: P McIntyre, registered London. c.1893/4 Foley and Co. registered London and then to Italian owners without change of name. The name is Gaelic for 'Bonny Mary'. Well known in the New Zealand migrant trade under charter to Patrick Henderson and Co. and later New Zealand Shipping Company].
Circular Quay, Sydney
Circular Quay, Sydney, 1865.
The 'Ben Voirlich' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Ben Voirlich', 1540 tons, in an unidentified port. [Iron ship, later barque 1540 tons. ON68067, 255.6 x 37.1 x 21.8. Built 1873 (12) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Watson Bros. registered Glasgow. Sold 1891 to German owners and ultimately converted to a barque rig, without change of name. In 1903 sold to Italian owners without change of name. Well known clipper in the Australian trade.]
The 'Walden Abbey' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Walden Abbey', 1799 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1799 tons, ON84187, 263.0 x 39.1 x 24.1. Built 1881 (11) WH Potter and Son, Liverpool. Owners: J Poole and Co., Liverpool. c.1900 Macvicar, Marshall and Co., registered Liverpool. c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name].
The 'Loch Tay' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Loch Tay', 1250 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1250 tons, ON60468, 225.4 x 35.5 x 21.6. Built 1869 (10) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: JP Kidston, registered Glasgow, later Glasgow Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn, managers) registered Glasgow. Sold Nov. 1909 Huddart, Parker Ltd, Registered Port Adelaide and Converted into coal hulk. Register closed in 1958 when advice received vessel broken up].
The 'Cardinia' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Cardinia', 1915 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wrecked in 1921. Built as the German ship Olinda] ['Olinda' = steel ship, 1914 gross tons. 264.5 x 40.1 x 22.9. Built 1903 (5) A Rodger and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Rhederei Act. Ges. von 1896, registered Hamburg. Seized at Newcastle, NSW, by Commonwealth Government in August 1914 and renamed 'Cardinia' (sometime during WW1 requisitioned by the British Admiralty) While in private ownership and named 'Cardinia' was wrecked on a reef off Mumbualah Island, Fiji, Sept. 1921].
The 'Eildenhope' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Eildenhope', 1539 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, reduced to barque mid 1880's. 1539 gross tons. ON76199, 240.0 x 37.3 x 22.9. Built 1876 (10) W Gray and Co. West Hartlepool. Owners Thomas Henderson and Partner, registered Newcastle upon Tyne, later Adam, Hamilton and Co. and in 1887 re-rigged as a ship, and register transferred to Greenock where the owners enrolled her in the name of Grianaig Shipping Co. with themselves as managers].
The 'Cathcart' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Cathcart', 1387 tons, in an unidentified harbour. Wrecked near Cape Jervis. [iron ship 1456 gross, ON63434, 232.0 x 36.7 x 23.4. Built 1869 (10) R. Steele Greenock. Owners George Adam registered Greenock who later became Adam Hamilton and Co and in turn formed separate ship companies, the Cathcart being owned by Grianaig Shipping Co, under their management. Usually engaged in the Australian and New Zealand trades. Photo depicts Cathcart ashore at Cape Jervis, Sept. 9 1890 refloated and taken to Port Adelaide and repaired].
The 'Eudora' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Eudora', 1992 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 1992 tons. ON93473. 287.5 x 40.5 x 23.7. Built 1888 (7) A Stephen and Sons, Dundee. Owners: A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee, later Thomas Shute, registered Liverpool. Captured by German submarine 14 Feb. 1917, 30 miles SSW from Fastnet and sunk by gunfire].
The 'Clyde' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Clyde', 1813 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [notes state 'steel' ship, 1813 tons, ON104776, 270.9 x 39.0 x 22.5. Built 1894 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners James Nourse, registered London. Sold to Norway c.1909. Brief mention in 'Coolie Ships and Oil Sailors' by Basil Lubbock, gives slight mention.]
The 'Loch Garry' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Loch Garry', 1565 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1565 tons, ON73788. 250.5 x 38.4 x 22.6. Built 1875 (10) J&G Thomson, Glasgow. Owners: Glasgow Shipping Co. (Aitken, Lilburn and Co. - Loch Line) registered Glasgow. Sold to Italian ship breakers in March 1911].
The 'Jessie Readman' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Jessie Readman', 962 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Garthforce' after striking iceberg
The steel ship 'Garthforce', 1941 tons, after striking iceberg [also known as 'Celtic Glen'].
The 'Angerona' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Angerona', 1292 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1292 tons. ON70894, 226.0 x 36.1 x 22.1. Built 1874 (11) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven: William Lowden, registered Liverpool, then Lowden Edgar and Co. c.1890 W. Lowden and Co., eventually became Norwegian owned without change of name and finally 'Hippen' and broken up under that name in 1924.]
The 'Collingwood' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Collingwood', 1034 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship, 1064 tons. ON65731m, 211.1 x 34.8 x 21.0. Built 1872 (6) W. Hood and Co. Aberdeen. Owners Devitt and Moore, registered London. Sold to Norwegian owner with name unchanged. Sunk by German submarine 12 March 1917.]
The 'Lancaster Castle' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Lancaster Castle', 2155 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 2155 tons, ON91170, 278.8 x 40.4 x 24.4. Built 1884 (10) R Williamson and Son. Workington, Owners: Lancaster Castle Ship Co. Ltd. (J Chambers and Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1901 sold to German owners and renamed 'Margretha'. Run down and sunk by the steamer 'Mascot' of Rotterdam, in the North Sea in March 1909].
The 'Linlithgowshire' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Linlithgowshire', 1425 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship 1425 tons, ON76785, 244.7 x 37.4 x 21.7. Built 1877 (6) Henry Murray and Co. Glasgow, as 'Jeanie Landles' for David Law, rergistered Glasgow. c.1883 sold to Thomas Law and Co., registered Glasgow and renamed 'Linlithgowshire'. Sold c.1907 and become the Belgian sail training ship 'Comte de Smet de Naeyer'].
The 'Ophelia' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Ophelia', 1208 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1184 gross, ON47522, re-rigged as a barque, c.1884: when sold foreign tonnage increased to 1208. 217.5 x 35.7 x 22.6. Built 1863 (8) J Reid and Co., Port Glasgow: owners: CT Bowring and Co., c.1890 sold to Norway without change of name].
The 'City of Glasgow' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'City of Glasgow', 1198 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1168 later 1198 tons. ON56172, 228.0 x 34.0 x 22.2. Built 1867 (2) Barclay Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons. Registered Glasgow c.1903 sold Norwegian owners and renamed Albania. Abandoned at sea May 17, 1907 while on a voyage from New Caledonia and Germany.]
The 'Lady Lawrence' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Lady Lawrence', 1047 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1482 gross, ON58906, 225.0 x 37.7 x 23.6. Built 1868 (8) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool: owners: John Farnworth, registered Liverpool later JT Cowley and eventually RN Smith and Co. (The Ship Lady Lawrence Ltd.) Missing. Left Newcastle NSW July 11, 1895 for Valparaiso].
The 'Scottish Isles' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Scottish Isles', 2046 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 2046 tons, ON87821, 269.0 x 41.6 x 24.3. Built 1883 (3) T Royden and Sons. Liverpool. Owners: WH Ross and Co., registered Liverpool then George Windram and Sons, registered Liverpool. Sold c.1911 for use as coal hulk at Gibraltar].
The 'Crown of Germany' at Port Adelaide
The steel 4 masted barque 'Crown of Germany', 2241 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast barque, 2241 tons, ON99129. 284.4 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1892 (5) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners Crown SS Co. Ltd. (J Reid and Co) registered Belfast c.1902/3 Crown of Germany Ship Co. Potter Bros. registered London. In 1910 sold to Hamburg and renamed Fischbek. On her first voyage was wrecked in Le Maire Straits near Cape Horn, August 1910].
The 'Elginshire' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Elginshire', 2160 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2160 tons. ON96069, 285.0 x 40.5 x 24.7. Built 1889 (6) Birrell, Stenhouse and Co. Dumbarton, Owners Thomas Law and Co. Registered Glasgow. Sold to shipbreakers in 1922].
The 'Puerto Montt' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Puerto Montt', 1506 tons, in an unidentified harbour [was originally the 'Skelmorlie, for details see under 'Cerro Alegre' and was renamed in 1915, her owners then being J Oelckers, of Chile].