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'Sir Galahad' British vessel
Figurehead, Unknown British vessel believed to be 'Sir Galahad'. In the photograph the figurehead is mounted on the outside wall of the old Seaman's Church Institute, New York; probably prhotographed in 1950's. The carving is now inside the New Church building near the South Street Seaport Museum, New York.
'Brodick Castle' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Brodick Castle' iron ship.
'Caithness-Shire' iron 4 masted ship
Figurehead, 'Caithness-Shire' iron 4 masted ship. [steel barque, 1641 tons. ON104546, 247.3 x 37.6 x 22.6. Built 1894 (7) Russell and Co, Port Glasgow, Owners T. Law and Co. reg. Glasgow. Wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas, Feb. 4, 1911.]
'Pommern' 4 masted barque
Manning one of the winches; 4 masted barque 'Pommern' [steel 4 mast barque, 2456 gross, 2323 net tons. 302.0 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1903 J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: B Wencke and Son registered Hamburg. Later P Laeisz, registered Hamburg and renamed 'Pommern'. Allocated to Greece as war reparations 1922 to Gustaf Erikson, preserved in a nautical museum at Mariehamn, taken out of service in 1953]
'Edith Alice' wooden ketch
Figurehead, 'Edith Alice' wooden ketch [wooden 2 mast barge, ON57508. 39 tons. 61.6 x 17.7 x 6.1. Built 1869. Thomas Inches, Huon River Tasmania. Made into an auxiliary vessel in 1927 and now 2 mast ketch. 41 gross, 33 net tons. Owners Thomas Inches, registered Hobart. Oct 1871. Charles Heath registered Port Adelaide by 1919 EH Heath and others, 1924 C Hipkins 1928 J Davis, 1934 TD Garnaut, 1936 MJ Davies. Broken up at Port Adelaide and register closed in 1938]
'Killoran'
Splicing a new steel fore topgallant stay on board 'Killoran'.
'Imperator Alexander' ship
"Running the easting down'; ship 'Imperator Alexander' with decks awash.
'Priwall' 4 masted barque
Making up sails preparatory to sending them aloft to be bent' 4 masted barque 'Priwall' [steel 4 mast barque, 3105 gross, 2849 net tons. 323.0 x 47.2 x 26.3. Built 1918 Blohm and Voss, Hamburg. Owners: Reederei F Laiesz G m b H, registered Hamburg. Laid up in Valparasio at outbreak WW2, c. 1942 taken over by Chilean Government and renamed 'Lautaro' and destroyed by fire off the coast of Peru in 1945]
'Eden Holme' barque
Men at the wheel; barque 'Eden Holme' [iron 3 mast barque 818 tons. ON62035. 201.8 x 32.2 x 18.5. Built 1875 (1) Bartram, Haswell and Co,. Sunderland. Owners Hine Bros. registered Maryport. Wrecked Hebe Reef, Tamar River, Tasmania Jan. 6th, 1907]
'Great Admiral' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Great Admiral' wooden ship [wooden ship rigged vessel, 1576 gross, 1402 net tons. ON(US)85007, 214.2 x 40.3 x 25.2. Built 1869. ER Jackson, East Boston, USA. Owners: 1897 ER Sterling, registered New York. Engaged from this time in the Pacific delivering cargoes of timber. Wrecked Dec. 1907 on the West Coast of South America. Much additional material on early career in 'The Downeasters' by Basil Lubbuck, Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, reprinted 1971]
'Mozambique' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Mozambique' wooden barque.
'Padua'
'Padua', in the South Atlantic, 1928.
'Marie' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Marie' wooden barque.
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque - looking forward from the poop deck of 'Lawhill' after she had been abandoned at Laurenco Marques [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]
Unknown American vessel
Figurehead, Unknown American vessel. Figurehead is held in the Collection of the 'Cutty Sark' Museum, Greenwich, London: Long John Silver Collection of Ship's Figureheads.
'Pamir' 4 masted barque
Furling the lofty main royal; 4 masted barque 'Pamir' [steel 4 mast barque, 3020 gross, 2777 net tons. 316.0 x 46.0 x 26.2. Built 1905 (10) Blohm and Voss, Hamburg. Owners: F Laiesz, registered Hamburg. From 1931 until 1951 owned by Gustaf Erikson, although operated by the Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd, during WW2 sold to German owners for use as a training vessel and lost at sea in 1957]
'El Minot'
Figurehead, 'El Minot'.
'Jolly Tar' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Jolly Tar' wooden schooner.
'Artic Stream'
A pathetic group. Albatrosses caught in the "roaring forties"; British ship 'Artic Stream'.
'Frideborg' barquentine
Foremast; barquentine 'Frideborg'.
'Abraham Rydberg' 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Abraham Rydberg' 4 masted barque. Photographed at Wallaroo, 1937 by CP Mountford [steel 4 mast barque, 2097 tons. 270.0 x 43.1 x 23.6. Built 1892 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow for A Nelson, registered Honolulu, sold 1910 and renamed 'Star of Greenland' by Alaska Packers Association, sold 1929 and renamed 'Abraham Rydberg' and converted into sail training ship and as such shown in Lloyds; 2179 tons, owners: Rederi A. and Sunnan B, registered Stockholm. During WW2 became the Portugese 'Foz Do Douro' and engaged in Red Cross work and was converted to an auxiliary twin screw motor ship. Masts reduced after the war and made a full powered ship. Laid up at Lisbon in 1953. Ref. 5 (Vol. 2) mentions sale price in 1910, and speed. Ref. 8 considerable attention under the name of 'Abraham Rydberg' SB. Vol. XIV (New Series) notes visit to Melbourne of 'Foz Do Douro' page 153. Vol. XVIII (NS page 271/2) service for Matson Company and subsequent outline history. Vol. XVI (NS page 124 in relation to sail training in item re. ships on stamps)]
'Lady Edmonton' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Lady Edmonton' wooden ship.
'Glen Morag' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Glen Morag' iron ship.
'Killoran' barque
A sailor and his model. Chief mate of barque 'Killoran' and model of 'Ponape' [Killoran = steel barque, 1757tons, ON111238. 261.5 x 39.1 x 22.7. Built 1900 (8) Ailsa SB Co. Troon. Owners: Killoran Barque Co. (J Hardie and Co) Sold c.1924/5 to G Erikson. Sunk by German raider during WW2 c.1940]
'Imperator Alexander' ship
Cape Horn weather; ship 'Imperator Alexander' under storm canvas.
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
Starboard watch at work; 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 1948 [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]
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
Making sail on poop deck of 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 1948 [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]
'Wag Green' unknown vessel
Figurehead, 'Wag Green' unknown vessel. At the time this photograph was taken this figurehead was in the ownership of Mr John Crisp, UK.
'Dewarutji' steel barquentine
Figurehead, 'Dewarutji' steel barquentine.
'Lucknow' barque
Heavy weather off the Horn; 'Lucknow' barque.