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'British Admiral' iron ship
Figurehead, 'British Admiral' iron ship.
'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barque [wooden 3 mast barque, 252 tons, ON41488, 116.4 x 23.6 x 14.4. Built 1858 L Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Owners William Nicholson, registered Melbourne; 1862 George Black; 1872 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide; May 1894 AE Howard; 1896 R Watt, registered Sydney; 1897 Bernard Byrnes; 1905 Westport Coal Co. Ltd, registered Dundee. Register closed in 1926 when advice received vessel used as a hulk at Timaru]
Unknown American vessel
Figurehead, Unknown American vessel. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
Un named vessel
Figurehead, un named vessel in dry dock.
'City of Lahore' iron ship
Figurehead, 'City of Lahore' iron ship. [iron ship, 989 tons, ON48911, 202.0 x 31.8 x 21.4. Built 1864 (3) A. Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons, registered Glasgow and reduced to barque rig. Wrecked at Newcastle, NSW Dec. 22. 1895]
'Priwall' 4 masted barque
Looking forward from poop deck; 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]
Unknown vessel
Figurehead, Unknown vessel. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Timaru' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Timaru' iron ship [iron 3 mast ship, 1363 gross, 1306 net tons. ON71689, 239.3 x 36.1 x 21.1. Built 1874 (12) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: Albion Shipping Co., registered Glasgow, later Shaw Savill and Albion Co. Ltd., c.1899 converted into a freezer-storage hulk in South Africa. (Some reports say she was wrecked under Norwegian ownership Feb. 22, 1907)]
'Glenpark' steel ship
Figurehead, 'Glenpark' steel ship [3 mast full rigged ship. ON102575. What is known as baldheaded ship. Built 1897 by A Roger and Co. Glasgow. 265.0 x 40.0 x 23.0. 1799 tons. Under Captain Hugh Griffiths. Arrived Port Adelaide November 30th 1900. Ballast from Cape Town. Sent to Port Pirie to load wheat. Arrived Port Pirie December 6th. There for 7 weeks. Loaded 28,846 bags wheat for Guam. Sailed January 29th after some crew trouble. Cook and two seamen taken back to Port Pirie from near Port Germein. Apparently very slow trip down gulf as she stranded on NNE rock off Wedge Island at about 4.00am February 1st 1901. All crew rescued by barque 'Elda' and taken to Port Victoria. Ketch 'Mary Webster' picked up two casks and a hen coop. Mr Tapley of Wedge Island picked up a lifebuoy with the name 'Glenpark' on it and several spars. Sister ship named 'Kyance'. Went aground 1910. Mr TN Stephens, Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide received telegram from Harbour Master at Port Victoria advising of wreck. Captain Griffiths formerly in command of ship 'Bianca' also wrecked. Ship 'Wynford' grounded on same day as 'Glenpark' near Port Germein (on sand) towed off. Information supplied by AD Edwardes from Advertiser 1904. He never managed to obtain a photograph or picture of the ship]
'Argomene' ship
Crew of British ship 'Argomene'. [iron ship 1716 tons. ON76415, 241.0 x 38.7 x 24.0 Built 1877 (1) TR Oswald, Southampton. Owners H Fernie and Sons. Liverpool (Later Liverpool Shipping Co. Ltd. managed by Fernies) c.1899 sold to S. Hampton Co. Ltd. (JB Thomson) registered Glasgow (renamed 'Hampton') c.1910 to Italian owners and renamed 'Bianchetto' and drops from registers after 1917.]
'Alicia' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Alicia' wooden schooner.
'Amy Turner' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Amy Turner' wooden barque.
'Irish queen' British vessel
Figurehead, 'Irish Queen' British vessel. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Passat' 4 masted barque
Bowsprit of 4 masted barque, 'Passat' [steel 4 mast barque, 3091 gross, 2882 net tons. 322.0 x 47.2 c 26.5. Built 1911 (11) Blohm and Voss, Hamburg. F Laiesz, registered Hamburg. Repurchased by original owner after WW1. 19?2 Gustaf Erikson, 1951 sold for preservation as a museum piece at Travemunde, Germany]
'Passat'
'Passat' experiencing heavy weather in the North Atlantic.
'Wave Queen' iron barque
Figurehead, 'Wave Queen' iron barque [iron 3 mast barque, 853 tons, 190.0 x 30.0 x 20.8. Built 1861 (10) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: The Albion Shipping Company, registered Glasgow, later Park Bros. registered London. Wrecked August 21, 1892 in a collision off the Codling Light Vessel on a voyage London - Glasgow]
Unknown British vessel
Figurehead, Unknown British vessel. In the Collection: Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque [steel auxiliary 5 mast barque, 3901 gross, 3229 net tons. 369.8 x 49.3 x 26.9. Built 1921 (9) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith machinery aft, single screw 4 cylinder diesel by Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Owners: East Asiatic Company , registered Copenhagan, sail training ship for the company. Missing left Buenos Aires Dec. 14, 1928 for Melbourne, spoken 8 days later and then disappeared. 60 lost including 45 cadets]
'British Admiral' iron ship
Figurehead, 'British Admiral' iron ship.
'Emma' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Emma' wooden ship.
'Parma' 4 masted barque
Main deck; 4 masted barque 'Parma' . [steel 4 masted barque. 3090 tons. ON115804. 327.7 x 46.5 x 26.2. Built 1902 (4) A. Rodger and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd. Registered London. c.1913 sold to German owners and was renamed 'Parma'. Employed in the nitrate trades for some time until sold for the grain trade and as such well known in Australian waters. Hulked in 1936 at Haifa. See also titles referring to the grain races from Australia in 1920s and 30s.] [possibly also known as the 'Arrow' of 1902]
'Maud' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Maud' wooden ship.
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
A long pull and a strong pull. Sailors at work on 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]
'Hawaiian Isles' 4 masted barque
4 masted barque 'Hawaiian Isles' riding out a rising gale in the Indian Ocean [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)]
'George R Skolfield' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'George R Skolfield' wooden ship.
'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship.
'Pamir' 4 masted barque
Some members of the crew of the 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]
'Lawhill'
Fo'c's'le-head of 'Lawhill'.
'Abraham Rydberg' 4 masted barque
Boats of 4 masted barque 'Abraham Rydberg' at Wallaroo, 1937 [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)]
'Parma' 4 masted barque
Main deck; 4 masted barque 'Parma'. [steel 4 masted barque. 3090 tons. ON115804. 327.7 x 46.5 x 26.2. Built 1902 (4) A. Rodger and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd. Registered London. c.1913 sold to German owners and was renamed 'Parma'. Employed in the nitrate trades for some time until sold for the grain trade and as such well known in Australian waters. Hulked in 1936 at Haifa. See also titles referring to the grain races from Australia in 1920s and 30s.] [possibly also known as the 'Arrow' of 1902]