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The 'Lawhill' at Port Adelaide
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 2942 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast barque, 2942 tons. ON99215, 317.4 x 45.0 x 25.1 Built 1892 (9) WB Thompson and Co. Ltd. Dundee. Owners: C Barrie, registered Dundee, then Anglo-American Oil Co., registered London, 1912 Windram and Co., and after other changes became a unit in Gustaf Erikson's fleet in 1919 and was frequently in the Australian grain races. Seized by South African Government during WW2, she was employed in various trades until sold after the war to Portugese owners who did not use the vessel and she was finally broken up near Lourenco Marques in 1957].
The 'Pelican' wrecked on Sussex coast
The wooden brigantine 'Pelican', wrecked on the Sussex coast.
The 'Celerity' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden brig 'Celerity', 215 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 mast brig. 215 tons. ON53019. 103.3 x 25.2 x 13.8. Built 1867 (6) R. Craggs and Son. Middlesbro' Owners: Matthew Scratton registered Middlesbro later WC Murrell.]
Unidentified wooden brig at Aberdeen
Unknown wooden brig, photographed at Aberdeen, in the 1860s.
The 'Ferm' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Ferm', 2050 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Falls of Afton' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted ship 'Falls of Afton', 1974 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 1975 tons, ON85918, 276.7 x 41.0 x 23.7. Built 1882 (2) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: Ship Falls of Afton Ltd. Wright and Breakenridge, registered Glasgow, later Wright, Graham and Co. c.1901 sold to Austria-Hungary and renamed 'Francesco Guiseppe I' registered at Lussngrande c.1910 sold to Norwegian owners and reverts to original name. No further detail traced].
The 'Daisy' in Bristol
The wooden barquentine 'Daisy', 414 tons, at Bristol [wooden barquentine, 414 gross, 384 net tons. ON97072. 148.0 x 30.0 x 14.8. Built 1893 (5) J Yeo Grand River, PEI. Owners J Yeo, registered Charlottetown, PEI. Later to Swedish owners and re-rigged as a three masted schooner, without change of name].
The 'Polly' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden brigantine 'Polly', 173 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast brigantine, 173 gross and net tons, ON33315. 96.6 x 23.0 x 12.4. Built 1857 Quebec. Owners: 1880's Holden and Gann, registered Bristol].
The 'Rewa' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Rewa', 2999 tons, in an unidentified harbour [see 'Alice A Leigh'].
The 'Palgrave' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Palgrave', 3187 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, 3187 gross, ON89843, 322.5 x 49.2 x 25.4. Built 1884 (8) W Hamilton and Co., Port Glasgow: Owners: W Hamilton and Co., registered Port Glasgow].
The 'C.B. Pedersen'
The steel 4 masted barque 'C.B. Pedersen', 2050 tons. The Bristol Suspension bridge is in the background, Brunel's iconic Bridge at Bristol, Gloucestershire. The vessel is pictured on the Avon, awaiting to clear the lock into Bristol Harbour.
The 'Gowanburn' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Gowanburn', 1999 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2079 tons, ON93181. 289.1 x 42.2 x 23.7. Built 1886(4) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: R Shankland and Co., registered Greenock. Missing - left Newcastle, NSW with coal for San Francisco, Feb. 15, 1893].
The 'Swanhila' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Swanhilda', 2150 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Lawhill' in Spencer Gulf
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 2942 tons, in Spencer Gulf [steel 4 mast barque, 2942 tons. ON99215, 317.4 x 45.0 x 25.1 Built 1892 (9) WB Thompson and Co. Ltd. Dundee. Owners: C Barrie, registered Dundee, then Anglo-American Oil Co., registered London, 1912 Windram and Co., and after other changes became a unit in Gustaf Erikson's fleet in 1919 and was frequently in the Australian grain races. Seized by South African Government during WW2, she was employed in various trades until sold after the war to Portugese owners who did not use the vessel and she was finally broken up near Lourenco Marques in 1957].
The 'W.J. Pirrie' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'W.J. Pirrie', 2576 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, 2576 gross tons, ON86539, 308.2 x 42.8 x 25.0. Built 1883 (5) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: S Lawther and Sons, registered Belfast and eventually converted into a petroleum barge in USA after WW1].
The 'Kentmere' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Kentmere', 2525 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, later 4 mast barque (probably converted about the time she began to carry bulk oil) 2521 gross tons, ON87141. Built 1883 (6) WH Potter and Sons. Liverpool. Owners: Ship Kentmore Co. Ltd (Fisher and Sprott) registered London c.1900 Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Registered London. A number of of references to the ship, but nothing of importance are to found in 'The Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers' by Basil Lubbock].
The 'Trade Winds' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Trade Winds', 2859 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2859 gross, ON97852, 315.3 x 45.0 x 25.0. Built 1891 (4) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith. Owners: GN Gardiner and Co., registered Liverpool: 1897 J Joyce; 1899 sold German owners and renamed 'Magdalene' and in 1913 renamed 'Ophelia'. Broken up in Germany in 1923/4].
The 'Ancona' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Ancona', 2852 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel 4 mast barque, 2852 tons, ON102118, 280.2 x 44.8 x 22.9. Built 1893 (11) Russell and Co, Greenoch. Owners: GT Soley and Co., registered Liverpool. Lost by fire in November 1906.]
The 'Lucipara' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Lucipara', 1943 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, 1943 tons. ON90005, 267.1 x 40.2 x 23.8. Built 1885 (1) Russell and Co, Greenock. Owners: P Denniston and Co., registered Glasgow, c.1912 sold Scandinavia without change of name].
The 'Port Jackson' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Port Jackson', 2212 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, 2212 tons, ON84362, 286.2 x 41.1 x 25.2. Built 1882 (8) A Hall and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: Duthie Bros. registered Aberdeen later Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd. Torpedoed April 28, 1917. Regular Australian trader and when sold to Devitt and Moore became a cadet training ship, remaining in the Australian trade].
The 'Lindfield' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lindfield', 2280 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2280 gross, ON98682, 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1891 (12) Russell and Co. Greenock: Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Glasgow].
The 'Primrose Hill' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Primrose Hill', 2520 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 2520 tons, ON91294. 301.6 x 42.1 x 24.7. Built 1886 (2) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Sailing Ship Primrose Hill Co. Ltd. (W Price and Co.) registered Liverpool. Wrecked at Holyhead, about 1900].
The 'Lady Wentworth' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lady Wentworth', 2715 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2715 gross, ON105567, 295.7 x 45.6 x 25.7. Built 1896 (6) Scott and Co., Greenock. Owners: Adam, Hamilton and Co., registered Greenock. c.1905 sold to Germany and renamed 'Woglinde'].
The 'County of Inverness' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'County of Inverness', 1716 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, later barque, 1716 tons. ON76733, 266.6 x 38.8 x 23.6. Built 1877 (1) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners R&J Craig, registered Glasgow, 1899 sold to Shaw, Savill and Co, then sold foreign and renamed Dora and finally under French flag as Carmen, and fitted with auxiliary engine].
The 'Jean Anderson' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden brigantine 'Jean Anderson', 199 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Argyra' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barquentine 'Argyra',228 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 masted brigantine, 228 tons. ON51307, 110.5 x 24.2 x ? Built 1866 (5) Evans, Salacombe. Owners RH Balkwill registered Salacombe.
The 'Agricola' in an unidentified port
The wooden brig 'Agricola', 158 tons, in an unidentified port. [wood 2 mast brig, 151n tons, ON19864, 95.8 x 22.3 x 12.4 built: 1857 Aberdeen, Owners: James Sim, reg. Aberdeen. Later Northern Agricultural Co.]
The 'Lord Devon' in an unidentified port
The wooden brigantine 'Lord Devon', 114 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 2 mast schooner. 114 gross, 98 net tons. ON86467. 84.0 x 21.2 x 10.7. Built 1885 (4) T Sanders, Salcombe. Owners" Salcombe Shipowning Co., registered Salcombe] (Note from Ron Parsons: NB this vessel is in a section devoted to brigantine rigged craft but I find no record of it ever being so rigged).
The 'Vimeira' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Vimeira', 2233 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2233 tons, ON98650. 283.4 x 42.5 x 24.7. Built 1891 (7) Charles Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: J Hardie and Co., registered Glasgow, sold to breakers in 1924].
The 'Swiftsure' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barquentine 'Swiftsure', 229 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden ship, 1326 gross tons, ON8300, 219.0 x 39.8 x 22.8. Built 1854 at Boston, USA as the 'Fatherland', renamed on purchase by R&H Green in the 1850s. Sold and upon alteration became 1268 gross tons and owned by Hall Bros. Wrecked at Tripoli in 1883. Purchased by Greens for use in the passenger trade to Melbourne at the height of the gold rushes. See 'Blackwall Frigates' although not a frigate built ship].