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'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.
'Tellus' barque
View from the break of the poop; barque 'Tellus' [steel 3 mast barque, 1465 gross, 1363 net tons. 238.2 x 37.5 x 21.4. Built 1891 Rijkee and Co. Rotterdam as 'Evertsen'. Owners: Wachsmuth and Krogmann, registered Hamburg]
'Barossa' barque
Looking aft along poop deck; barque 'Barossa'.
Burying the lee rail. A sailing ship in the vicinity of Cape Horn
Burying the lee rail. A sailing ship in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
'Frideborg' barquentine
Windlass and forecastle; barquentine 'Frideborg'.
'Adelaide' wooden brigantine
Figurehead, 'Adelaide' wooden brigantine.
'General Blanco' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'General Blanco' wooden barque [this elderly wooden ship of 900 odd tons, under the Hawaiian flag (at the time a 'flag of convenience' - or 'no questions asked') came to grief in 1856 off the Troubridge Shoals. For the full story see 'Shipwrecks in SA, Book 1' Parsons, 1981/4. This illustration shows her figurehead on the balcony of the Exchange Hotel, Port Adelaide]
'Edith' British vessel
Figurehead, 'Edith'. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, Newport, News, USA.
'Charles W Morgan' whaler
Main deck of whaler 'Charles W Morgan' showing brick try works.
'Patagonia' barque
Bow of Norwegian barque 'Patagonia' [wooden 3 mast barque, 1231 gross, 1155 net tons. 191.9 x 38.4 x 22.5. Built 1880 T Killan, Tusket, Nova Scotia. Owners (1895) Gustav C Hansen, registered Christiania, Norway]
'Maid of Judah' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Maid of Judah' wooden ship.
'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner.
'Duchess of Sutherland' iron steamship
Figurehead, 'Duchess of Sutherland' iron steamship.
'Muscoota' 4 masted barque
Making up a topgallant sail to be sent aloft and bent; 4 masted barque 'Muscoota' [possibly also known as the 'Buckingham']
'Ellen' barque
Barque 'Ellen' at Lisbon after explosion in coal cargo, due to spontaneous combustion.
'Sierra Lucena'
Captain and Mrs Vogt in the saloon of ship 'Sierra Lucena' [iron ship, 1747 tons, ON87394, 260.4 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1883 (9) R Steele and Co., Greenock, as 'Inveruglas' for J McGregor and Son, registered Greenock, sold and renamed 'Sierra Lucena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd.) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Norwegian 'Sophie' c.1923 became American 'Tusitala'. Broken up in 1938 at New York]