PRG 1373 • Find • State Library of South Australia

'Fristad' barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/46

Norwegian barque 'Fristad' in dock at Antwerp for re-caulking [wooden 3 mast barque, 986 gross, 918 net tons. 175.6 x 35.4 x 20.7. Built 1875 C. McLellan, River John, New Brunswick, (and named 'Memlo' renamed date unknown) Owners: J Olsen, Maberg, registered Farund, Norway]

'George' wooden barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/80

Figurehead, 'George' wooden barque.

Unknown British vessel

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/120

Figurehead, Unknown vessel (British) Moorish pirate figurehead from British East Indiaman. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.

'Olivebank' 4 masted barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/88

Sailors from 4 masted barque 'Olivebank' in the ship's lifeboat [steel 4 mast barque, 2824 tons, ON99855, 326.0 x 43.1 x 24.5. Built 1892 (10) Mackie and Thomson, Glasgow. Owners: A Weir and Co. registered Glasgow: c.1913 sold to Norway and renamed 'Caledonia', then in early 1920s acquired by G Erikson and reverts to original name. A war casualty when she struck a mine off Jutland Sept. 8, 1939, and sank. Between the wars a regular visitor to Australia and frequently in the 'Grain Race']

'Frideborg' barquentine

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/53

View of main mast from aft' barquentine 'Frideborg'.

'Loch Tay'

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/23

Burial at sea; ship 'Loch Tay' [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]

'Garthpool' steel 4 masted barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/108

Figurehead, 'Garthpool' steel 4 masted barque [see also 'Juteopolis']

'Great Admiral' wooden ship

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/14

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]

'Mermaid' American yacht

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/128

Figurehead, 'Mermaid' American yacht. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.

'Songvaar' ship

1912, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/35

Diver ready to descend at wreck of ship 'Songvaar', near Wardang Island, 1912 [Formerly 'Barcore' q.v. Sunk at Port Victoria SA]

'Adolf' iron ship

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/23

Figurehead, 'Adolf' iron ship.

'Cutty Sark' composite ship

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/7

Figurehead, 'Cutty Sark' composite ship [composite ship, 963 gross tons. ON63557. 212.5 x 36.0 x 21.6. Built 1869 (11) Scott and Linton, Dumbarton. Owners John Willis and Son, registered London. (The shipbuilders went bankrupt in the course of constructing the ship and it was completed by Denny Bros) Sold 1895 to Portuguese and renamed Ferreira. Bought in 1922 by Captain Dowman of Falmouth, named and restored and re-rigged to her original sail plan. Presented to the Thames Nautical Training College in 1938. Subsequently installed in a dry dock at Greenwich on permanent display. This vessel has probably had more written about her than any other sailing ship, including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' by Lubbock, see for full details up to 1938. The name is taken from a poem by Burns - Tam O'Shanter and the best translation appears to be 'short chemise'. Built for the China trades and considered to be among the world's fastest sailing ships. she was transferred to the Australian trades in 1885-6, trading mainly to Sydney, until she made a few voyages to Brisbane in the 1890's prior to being withdrawn and sold foreign. See 'The Log of the cutty Sark', 'Colonial Clippers', 'China Clippers']

'Maipo' barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/47

Poop deck; barque 'Maipo'.

'Medway' 4 masted barque, 'Captain Cook' pilot boat

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/18

Pilot waiting to be taken off 4 masted barque 'Medway'. Pilot boat 'Captain Cook' in background [steel 4 mast barque, 2511 tons, ON129109. 300.0 x 43.2 x 24.8. Built 1902 (7) A McMillan and Son Ltd. Dumbarton. Owners: Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd, registered London. Formerly named 'Ama Begonakoa' of Monte Video and acquired by Moore in 1910. As a wartime measure was converted to an oil carrier at Hong Kong but the war was over before conversion was completed and she became a harbour oiler at Singapore under the name of 'Myr Shell' until sold for scrap in 1933]

'Lawhill' 4 masted barque

1948, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/41

Starboard watch mans the capstan; 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]

'Omega' 4 masted barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/102

View from boat-skids looking at midship section; 4 masted barque 'Omega'.

'Ellen' barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/49

Main deck of barque 'Ellen' after putting in to Lisbon following an explosion in her coal cargo.

'Omega' 4 masted barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/101

Looking aft from bowsprit; 4 masted barque 'Omega'.

'Loch Cree'; Afterguard, Captain's wife and child, and apprentices at Hobart

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/78/1

Afterguard, Captain's wife and child, and apprentices: 'Loch Cree', at Hobart [ship possibly also know as 'Giovanna B'] [iron 3 mast barque, 821 tons, ON69353, 197.6 x 32.1 x 18.4. Built 1874 (3) Macfayden and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: James Sproat, registered Liverpool. Sold to Italy and renamed 'Giovanna B' about 1908]

'Arabella' iron barque

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/18

Figurehead, 'Arabella' iron barque.

'England's Glory' iron ship

1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/79/46

Figurehead, 'England's Glory' iron ship [iron 3 mast barque (originally ship rig) 787 tons. ON60919. 183.3 x 31.2 x 19.7. Built 1869 (3) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners Peter Smith (of Plymouth) registered London; later EHR Moon. Wrecked Nov 7, 1881 near the entrance to Bluff Harbour, New Zealand]