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'Wave Queen' iron barque

'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

Unknown British vessel

Figurehead, Unknown British vessel. In the Collection: Mariner's Museum, USA.

'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque

'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

'British Admiral' iron ship

Figurehead, 'British Admiral' iron ship.

'Emma' wooden ship

'Emma' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Emma' wooden ship.

'Parma' 4 masted barque

'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

'Maud' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Maud' wooden ship.

'Lawhill' 4 masted barque

'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

'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

'George R Skolfield' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'George R Skolfield' wooden ship.

'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship

'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship.

'Pamir' 4 masted barque

'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'

'Lawhill'

Fo'c's'le-head of 'Lawhill'.

'Abraham Rydberg' 4 masted barque

'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

'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]

'Alice Williams' wooden schooner

'Alice Williams' wooden schooner

Figurehead, 'Alice Williams' wooden schooner.

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

Burying the lee rail. A sailing ship in the vicinity of Cape Horn.

'Parramatta' wooden ship

'Parramatta' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Parramatta' wooden ship.

Unknown American vessel

Unknown American vessel

Figurehead, Unknown vessel (American) small female figurehead. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, Newport, News, USA.

'Penang' steel barque

'Penang' steel barque

Figurehead, 'Penang' steel barque [steel 3 mast ship rigged sailing vessel, later a three mast barque. 2039 gross, 1880 net tons. 265.6 x 40.1 x 24.7. Built 1905 Rickmers Act Ges. Bremerhaven, and named 'Albert Rickmers', sold and renamed 'Penang' by F Laiesz, registered Hamburg. In 1923 acquired by Gustav Erickson. Missing on a passage from Port Lincoln towards Cork for orders, in 1940]

'John Ena' steel 4 masted barque

'John Ena' steel 4 masted barque

Figurehead, 'John Ena' steel 4 masted barque.

'Samuel Plimpsoll' iron ship

'Samuel Plimpsoll' iron ship

Figurehead, 'Samuel Plimpsoll' iron ship.

'Aquila' barque

'Aquila' barque

Captain's wife in saloon; Norwegian barque 'Aquila' [Norwegian originally named 'Opawa' q.v.]

'Caledonia' iron schooner

'Caledonia' iron schooner

Figurehead, 'Caledonia' iron schooner. [Norwegian vessel of this name from 1913 - c.1924. See Olivebank]

'Songvaar' ship

'Songvaar' ship

Main deck of wrecked ship 'Songvaar', at high tide, 1912 [Formerly 'Barcore' q.v. Sunk at Port Victoria SA]

'Ville de Bordeaux' wooden barque

'Ville de Bordeaux' wooden barque

Figurehead, 'Ville de Bordeaux' wooden barque.

'Tovarisch'

'Tovarisch'

'Tovarisch' after collision with Italian cargo ship 'Alcantara' in English Channel, 1927.

'Lawhill' 4 masted barque

'Lawhill' 4 masted barque

Making sail on poop deck of 4 masted barque 'Lawhill' on her last voyage, 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]

'Pommern' 4 masted barque

'Pommern' 4 masted barque

Looking aft from the foremast of 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]

'Tellus' barque

'Tellus' barque

Fo'c'sle-head of 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]