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The 'Balclutha' at anchor
The steel ship 'Balclutha', 1689 tons, at anchor. A typical steel ship of the 1880s with lower masts and topmasts in one, and spike bowsprit.
The 'Dunsyre' under sail
The steel ship 'Dunsyre', 2149 tons, under sail. A typical steel ship of the 1890s. She was built when cargo capacity was of prime importance, not speed [ [steel ship, 2149 tons. ON98965. 277.8 x 41.8 x 24.4. Built 1891 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Potter Bros. registered London, subsequently became American owned, by Robert Dollar and Co., and ended up as a barge in USA West Coast. 'The Down Easters' by B Lubbock, p.248 comments upon her trip to Wellington from San Francisco in 31 days] [c.1909/10 registered in Vancouver during WW1 became the property of Standard Oil Co. registered San Francisco. Converted to a barge after a long period of idelness at Oakland California].
The 'Procyon' docked in the Yarra at Melbourne alongside Tyne Foundry wharf
The steel barque 'Procyon', 2122 tons, docked in an unidentified port. She was 'built to carry' [steel barque, 2122 tons, ON99210, 279.8 x 41.2 x 23.9. Built 1892 (1) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith. Owners: Mrs EM Croudace, registered Dundee. Later J Wilson of Dundee. Sold to Russian owners c.1910. Unusally large to be rigged as a three mast barque].
The 'Peter Rickmers' at Antwerp
The four masted steel ship 'Peter Rickmers', 2958 tons, at Antwerp. The ship has double topgallant sails and four skysails [steel 4 mast ship, 2958 tons. 332.0 x 44.4 x 25.4. Built 1889 (10) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow for Rickmers Line, registered Bremerhaven. Wrecked Long Island, USA 1908. Called a Four Skysail-Yarder].
The 'Robert Duncan' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel barque 'Robert Duncan', 2166 tons. A fine example of a steel four masted barque--a large carrier yet capable of making good passages [steel 4 mast barque, 2166 tons, ON98300, 279.7 x 42.1 x 24.5. Built 1891 (1) R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners: Leitch and Muir, registered Greenock. Renamed 'William R Lewis' c.1910 and owned by AP Rolph, registered Greenock. Converted into a barge at Victoria, British Columbia mid 1920s. Reportedly shelled by the enemy in WW1 and left to sink but kept afloat and towed into Bantry Bay. Wool cargo said to have prevented her sinking].
The 'Sokoto' at Port Adelaide
The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. One of the large carriers and fair passage-makers with which sailing-ship owners strove to compete with steam [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool.]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.
The 'Hawaiian Islands' as 'Star of Greenland'
The four masted steel barque 'Hawaiian Islands', 2097 tons, as 'Star of Greenland'. One of the big carriers of the 1890s.
The 'Invertrossachs' at anchor
The four masted steel barque 'Invertrossachs', 2710 tons, at anchor [steel 4 mast barque, 2710 tons. ON99206, 305.0 x 43.2 x 25.3. Built 1891 (11) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: D Bruce and Co. registered Dundee. Abandoned at sea in February 1892. Abandoned on fire in the North Atlantic 7 March 1892 while on a voyage from Philadelphia toward Calcutta with cased petroleum].
The 'Crocodile' docked in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Crocodile', 2555 tons, docked in an unidentified port. The ship is fitted with a midship section or 'Liverpool House' and a short whale back poop [steel 4 mast barque 2555 tons, ON99400 288.4 x 41.2 x 24.6 Built 1892 (5) Southampton Naval Works Co. Southampton Owners Peel MacAlistar and Son, registered Liverpool. c.1904 management passes to W Thomas, Son and Co, registered Liverpool. Sold to Norwegians in 1915.
The 'Pegasus' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Pegasus', 2631 tons, anchored in an unidentified port. The ship was fitted with a midship section of 'Liverpool House' and a flying horse figurehead [iron 4 mast ship (later 4 mast barque) 2631 tons, ON91147. 314.0 x 42.3 x 24.9. Built 1884 (7) WH Potter and Sons, Liverpool: owners WT Dixon and Sons, registered Liverpool, later CW Corsar. c.1910 to Norwegian owners. Wrecked on a voyage Sundsvall to Melbourne with timber August 27, 1912, Market Island, Gulf of Bothnia, towed off but condemned and broken up].
The 'Samaritan' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel barque 'Samaritan', 2143 tons, at Port Adelaide. She was 'built to carry' when Sail was making its last stand [steel 4 mast barque, 2143 tons, ON97871, 282.2 x 42.1 x 24.5. Built 1891 (6) R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners: W Thomson and Co., registered Liverpool c.1900 Macvicar, Marshall and Co., registered Liverpool, c.1910 sold to Norway without change of name].
The 'Sandvigen' in the Yarra, Melbourne
The 'bald-headed' steel ship 'Sandvigen', 1901 tons, in an unidentified port. As an economy measure her masts have been shortened and royals removed [steel ship 1901 tons, 265.2 x 40.0 x 23.0 . Built 1892 (8) A Rodger and Co. Port Glasgow (for H Hogarth and Sons, Ardrossan as 'Ballachulish'. Owners: Skibs, Sandvigen, registered Christiansund, Norway. Broken up in France in 1924. Built as one of the first bald headed rigs].
The 'Dunearn' at anchor
The steel barque 'Dunearn', 1632 tons, at anchor. The ship has 'bald-headed' or stump topgallant masts [steel barque, 1632 tons. ON104536, 245.2 x 37.5 x 22.6. Built 1894 (6) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners J Dunn and Co. later J Hayes and Co. Missing - sailed from NSW in 1910 with coal for Vacparasso].
The 'Duchalburn' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel barque 'Duchalburn', unknown tonnage, at Port Adelaide. Built in 1887, she was the first vessel to be launch without royal--thus the rig came to be termed 'Jubilee-rig' [steel 4 mast barque, 2058 tons. ON93194, 287.0 x 42.4 x 24.0. Built 1887 (8) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners R Shankland and Co. Registered Greenock. Renamed Freden by Norwegian owners c.1908].
The 'Donna Francisca' under sail
The 'bald-headed' four masted steel barque 'Donna Francisca', 2277 tons, under sail. This ship is 'Jubilee-rigged' [steel 4 mast barque, 2277 tons. ON99059. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.5. Built 1892 (4) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: J Hayes and Co. registered London. Sold 1910 and renamed Herbert and registered in Germany, renamed Lemkenhafen in 1922 and was wrecked in 1924. One of the early ships to be fitted with water ballast tanks].
The 'Colonial Empire' at anchor
The Jubilee-rigged four masted steel barque 'Colonial Empire', 2436 tons, at anchor. [steel 4 mast barque, 2436 tons. ON114848, 302.1 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1902 (3) J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners G. Duncan and Co. London. Sold 1910 to other English owners and wrecked at Algoa Bay, September 27, 1917.] [NB - 2 vessels of this name, earlier one wrecked 1880].
The 'Hainaut' as a bulk oil carrier
The steel ship 'Hainaut', 1783 tons, as a bulk oil carrier [steel ship, 1783 tons. 248.8 x 40.3 x 22.2. Built 1887 Barrow SB Co. Barrow. Owners: American Petroleum Co., registered Rotterdam. Fitted to carry petroleum in bulk].
The 'Calcutta' at anchor
The British oil carrier 'Calcutta', 1694 tons, at anchor. [steel barque, 1694 tons, ON112698, 248.0 x 40.2 x 12.9. Built 1892. Naval Construction and Armament Co. Ltd. Barrow for Norwegian owners as Unionen, owned by Vestland Petroleum Co. reg. Bergen sold to British owners and renamed: Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. reg. London. Eventually became a fuel barge and subsequently broken up. Brief detail of career and fate see "The Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers" B. Lubbock.]
The 'Honolulu' in an unidentified harbour
The steel schooner 'Honolulu', 982 tons. The ship was fitted with pole masts to reduce sail handling [steel 4 mast schooner, 1053 tons. ON(US)96502, 199.0 x 41.8 x 18.2. Built 1896. R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners: San Francisco Trading Co. registered San Francisco. Original owner was J Ena, of Honolulu].
The 'Prins Valdemar' under tow
The steel barquentine 'Prins Valdemar', 1361 tons, under tow [steel barquentine, 1361 tons, 226.1 x 37.3 x 21.5. Built 1892 (1) Helsingfors S & E Co., Elsinore. Owners: PN Winther, registered Denmark].
The 'Crillon' under sail
The steel ship 'Crillon', 2256 tons, under sail. France continued to build sailing ships during the first decade of the twentieth century. These vessels received a government paid 'bounty' and provided keen competition for ships of other nations [[steel ship 2392 tons (later 2256 tons) 281.1 x 40.7 x 22.7. Built 1902 Chant and Atel de St Nazaire, St Nazaire. Owners Cie Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Broken up in 1927].
The 'Sully' at Wallaroo
The hurricane-decked French steel barque 'Sully', 2651 tons, at Wallaroo. Since the bounty was paid on the basis of gross tonnage French owners strove to increase the gross tonnage of their vessels by extending the poop deck and foredeck. This culminated in the construction of hurricane-decked sailing ships such as the 'Sully' which was launched in the early twentieth century--1902. Several hurricane-decked vessels with extremely large gross tonnage were built [steel barque, 2682 tons, later 2651 tons. 277.0 x 40.4 x 22.3. Built 1902 Atel. and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: Cie. Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Sunk by German submarine in March 1917].
The 'Vincennes' under sail entering the Golden Gate
The French steel barque 'Vincennes', 2311 tons, under sail entering the Golden Gate. A typical French steel barque that loaded grain cargoes at Australian ports. France continued to build sailing ships long after most British shipbuilders had turned to steam construction [steel 3 mast barque, 2311 gross, 1740 net tons, later 2210 gross 1964 net tons. 277.7 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1900 Chant. Nantais de Construction Maritime. Nantes. Owners: Soc. Annoyme des Longs Courriers Francais, Nantes, later Soc. General d'Armement. Broken up 1926. The view taken when the vessel was stranded on Manley Beach, Sydney].
The 'Scottish Hero' docked in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Scottish Hero', 869 tons, docked in an unidentified port [also known as the 'Saturnus'. From information supplied: This ship made several voyages to Brisbane, Maryborough, Rocky, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns dropping passengers off along the way. It usually sailed out of Plymouth and London. The ship looks like it is up the Fitzroy River, Rockhampton, but it might also be the Mary River, Maryborough, Queensland. [iron barque, 911 tons, ON73670, 196.6 x 33.0 x 19.1. Built 1876 (5) W Doxford and Sons., Sunderland. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., registered London: c.1894 'Saturnus' sold German owners and renamed].
The 'Scottish Admiral' docked in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Scottish Admiral', 939 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron barque, 986 tons, ON77111, 217.8 x 32.8 x 18.1. Built 1878 (4) W Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., registered London. Sunk, following a collision, while laid up 10 February, 1894 in the River Medway].
The 'Scottish Prince' docked in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Scottish Prince', 895 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron barque, 950 tons, ON79622, 210.2 x 32.6 x 18.0. Built 1878 (7) A Hall and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., registered London. Wrecked Stradbroke Island, entrance Moreton Bay, Queensland February 3, 1887].
The 'Frances Fisher' in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Frances Fisher', 1477 tons, in an unidentified port [steel barque, 1477 tons. ON91852. 244.0 x 37.5 x 21.3. Built 1885 (7) A McMillan and Son, Dumbarton. Owners: FR Fisher, registered London, then McIllwraith, McEachern and Co. Registered London by 1895 Frances Fisher Sailing Ship Co (Chadwick, Wainright and Co) registered London].
The 'Scottish Wizard' in Victoria Dock at Aberdeen.
The iron barque 'Scottish Wizard', 1209 tons, in Victoria Dock at Aberdeen [iron barque, 1209 tons, ON85060, 226.6 x 36.0 x 20.0. Built 1881 (6) A Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., Registered London. Sold c.1900 and became 'Pasquale Lauro' of Italian owners].
The 'Scottish Wizard' docked in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Scottish Wizard', 1209 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron barque, 1209 tons, ON85060, 226.6 x 36.0 x 20.0. Built 1881 (6) A Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., Registered London. Sold c.1900 and became 'Pasquale Lauro' of Italian owners].
The 'Celestial Empire' docked in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Celestial Empire', 1832 tons, docked in an unidentified port. [iron ship 1832 tons. ON77006, 267.2 x 40.1 x 23.9. Built 1877 (8) Osbourne Graham and Co. Sunderland. Owners G. Duncan registered London Broken up 1911.]