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Evening reflections, Port Victoria 1934
Evening reflections. Port Victoria 1934. Seven square rigged grain ships at anchor.
View of old Princes Wharf
View of old Princes Wharf, 1859.
Port Victoria 1880
Port Victoria 1880. Schooner 'Helen Marquis'.
Tumby Bay about 1906
Tumby Bay about 1906.
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1913
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1913. Stern of 'Bonchamp'.
'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque
'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque 287 tons drying sails [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]
Shipping, Port Victoria January 1933
Shipping. Port Victoria January 1933.
Shipping,Port Pirie about 1908
Shipping, Port Pirie about 1908.
Shipping, Wallaroo in the 1870s
Wallaroo in the 1870s' SS 'Kangaroo' ['Kangaroo' = iron single screw steamship 248 gross, 186 net tons. ON46453. 136.6 x 20.5 x 11.2. Built 1863 J Wigham Richardson and Co. Low Walker. Operated in South Australian waters from February 1865 till about 1880. See 'Australian Coastal Passenger Ships' by Parsons, 1981. 'The Adelaide Line' by Parsons, 1975]
'Edward' wooden brigantine at Port Adelaide
'Edward' wooden brigantine 270 tons [wooden 2 mast brig. 270 tons, ON119235, 121.3 x 26.8 x 12.3. Built 1874 Thronhjerms SB Co. Drontheim, Norway. Owners (Formerly owned in Drontheim), 1904 Kennedy Bros., registered Hobart later Edward Raylor (trading as Edward Sailing Ship Co.) totally wrecked Sept. 29, 1912 at Point Nepean Victoria when she dragged her anchors and drifted ashore]
Edithburgh about 1910
Edithburgh about 1910. Barque 'Hirotha', SS 'Corio', 'Ceres', 'Ferret'.
Port Broughton 1910
Port Broughton 1910. SS 'Herbert', schooner 'Eclipse' stern of 'Lurline'.
Shipping, Port Victoria 1914
Shipping, Port Victoria 1914. 'Bossuet', 'Songelv' and 'Pinmore' at anchor. SS 'Excelsior', ketch 'Defender'.
Wreck of the 'Annie Taylor' wooden ketch
'Annie Taylor' wooden ketch 96 tons wrecked Tasmania. [wooden 2 masted ketch, 96 tons. ON132473 88.0 x 22.5 x 8.0. Built 1920 Port Albert, Vic. Owners Edward Taylor, Hobart, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Nov. 6 1924 at Rheban east coast of Tasmania.]
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1910
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1910.
Stenhouse Bay about 1925
Stenhouse Bay about 1925.
'Waterwitch' wooden barque
'Waterwitch' wooden barque 236 tons [wooden hull, 3 mast barque, ON32270, 253 tons, later 236 tons. 95.6 x 22.6 x 17.4. 1860 -remeasured = 99.5 x 22.6 x 17.4. Built 1820 at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Pembroke (Milford Haven) and launched as a 10 gun brig-sloop, named HMS 'Falcon', renamed in 1838 when sold out of the service, and 'raised upon', i.e. her sides raised. Owners: formerly in London = Dec. 1853 - William Burgess and Alex. Learmouth (32) and George Sidney, registered Sydney; July 1855 - Charles Smith and SK Salting; March 1860 John McArthur, registered Hobart Town; July 1875 Alex McGregor and James Bayley; Aug. 1884 Alex McGregor. Register closed in 1917 with 'Broken up as in 1899'. See also 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May] [NB: Photograph is mounted back to front]
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1910
Shipping, Wallaroo about 1910. 'Jeanette Francoise' steel 4 masted barque 2292 tons.
'Enterprise' wooden schooner
'Enterprise' wooden schooner 84 tons [wooden 2 mast topsail schooner, 84 tons. ON52393, 84.7 x 20.7 x 7.4. Built 1866 Rock Davis, Brisbane Water NSW for Sydney owners. Transferred to Wellington in 1871 and Dunedin in 1884. When owned by James Mill the register was closed in 1926 as it was being used as a hulk]
'Kaeo' wooden schooner
'Kaeo' wooden schooner 184 tons [wooden 3 mast auxiliary schooner, 184 gross, 155 net tons. 108.1 x 24.4 x 8.8. Built 1905 Lane and Sons, Whangaroa, New Zealand. Engine 60bhp, registered Auckland. Sold to French subjects Sept. 1917. Register closed. Re-registered Auckland 1923. When owned by DC Roberts (28); Robert Garroway junior and senior (29) and RN Anderson of Auckland, wrecked Taupa Reef, Niue Island. October 24, 1923]
Stenhouse Bay 1932
Stenhouse Bay 1932. Hulk 'Hugomont' sunk to provide a breakwater.
'Asia' wooden barque
'Asia' wooden barque 308 tons. [wooden three mast barque, whaler ON10251. 308 tons, 123.0 x 25.7 x 14.7. Built 1859 (7) Cochar, Montrose (Forfarshire) Owners: originally owned in Arbroath. March 1870 A. McGregor, S. Kennedy and J. Bayley, registered Hobart. Sept. 1880 Alex McGregor and James Bayley. Dec. 1895 GR Greenwood registered Auckland. 1898 D. Sheehy registered Sydney (and made into a hulk) 1901 Lever Bros. Ltd.]
'Natal Queen' and 'Kassa' wooden barques
'Natal Queen' wooden barque 230 tons and 'Kassa' wooden barque 287 tons ['Natal Queen' = wooden barque, 230 tons, ON54719, 113.8 x 23.5 x 12.6. Built 1866 (1) Adamson, Grangemouth, Owners: c. 1869 Jas. Tozer, registered London: 1873 owned by Hobart, Tasmania. Wrecked in Adventure Bay, June 1909 while the property of Mr. C Almond, of Adelaide. While owned in Australia was noted for some fast passages. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' H O'May, for loss]
Old jetty Balgowan 1905
Old jetty Balgowan, 1905. Marine Board inspection.
'Tramp' wooden ketch
'Tramp' wooden ketch 86 tons [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner. 98 gross, 86 net tons. 95.9 x 24.4 x 4.4. ON102344. Built 1902 GT Niccol. Auckland. Owners: GT Niccol, registered Auckland; 1906 Ford Shipping Line Ltd; 1911 ED Pike and Co., registered Sydney. Abandoned in a sinking condition off the coast of New South Wales July 7, 1913]
Port Victoria February 1909
Port Victoria February 1909. Barque 'Edouard D'Etaille'. SS 'Jessie Darling', ketch 'Arab', schooner 'MacIntyre'.
'Houto' wooden schooner
'Houto' wooden schooner May 1919 [wooden 2 mast schooner, 128 gross tons, 99 net tons. ON125166. 97.4 x 26.7 x 7.0. Built 1908 John William Davies and Gilbert Mowatt, Sydney, aux. eng. installed 1911 = 45bhp, now 142 gross, 78 net tons. Altered August 1917 = 2 sets engines, 120bhp, now 147 gross, 84 net tons, altered May 1919 153 gross, 88 net tons (apparently when photo was taken) Owned in Sydney until 1910 when transferred to Auckland. When owned by San Christobal Estates Ltd. of Solomon Island and Melbourne, and still registered in Auckland this ship was destroyed by fire at Tulagi, Solomon Island Jan.1, 1924]
Hobart in the 1880's
Hobart in the 1880's.
'Manunui' wooden barque
'Manunui' wooden barque 408 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 408 gross, 358 net tons. ON131523. 130.5 x 27.9 x 16.0. Built 1896 S Abrahamson, Norby Denmark as 'Thora' renamed 1912. Owners: H Bleakley and M Eyles, registered Sydney. Wrecked Surprise Island, D'Entrecasteaux Reefs, New Caledonia, May 1916]
Port Victoria March 1913
Port Victoria March 1913. Stranded barque 'General de Sonis', barque 'Lucknow'. Part of wrecked ketch 'Albatross' in foreground.