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Port Lyttelton
Port Lyttelton March 1882. For details of ships see print PRG 1373/42/42
'General Faidherbe' steel ship
'General Faidherbe' steel ship 2326 tons. See also PRG 1373/48/54 [steel barque (NB. Lloyd's after 1918 says ship rigged, not an impossibility but most unusual) 2326 gross, 1728 net tons, later 2188 gross, 1904 net tons. 276.6 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1901 Atel and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners Cie Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Broken up 1927]
'Babin Chevaye' steel barque
'Babin Chevaye' steel barque 2297 tons. See also PRG 1373/49/2. [steel 3 mast barque, 2174 gross, 1930 net tons. 277.0 x 40.4 x 22.5. Built 1901 Chants. Nantais de Const. Nantes. Owners: Bureau freres & Baillergeau, registered Nantes. Sunk by submarine Jan 14 1918]
'Ernest Reyer' steel ship
'Ernest Reyer' steel ship 2708 tons. See also PRG 1373/49/32 [steel 3 mast ship, 2848 gross, 1879 net tons, later 2708 gross, 2278 net tons. 282.8 x 44.0 x 22.7. Built 1902 Chant & Atel. de St. Nazaire, Grand Quevilly. Owners N&C Guillon, registered Nantes. Torpedoed by German submarine, April 17, 1916]
'Boieldieu' steel barque
'Boieldieu' steel barque 2208 tons. See also PRG 1373/49/90. [steel three mast barque, 2316gross, 1743 net tons, later 2208 gross, 1981 net tons. 277.6 x 40.4 x 22.7. Built 1902 Chant Nantais de Construct. Maritime, Nantes. Owners: Cie de Nav. Francaise, registered Nantes, later Soc. Nouvelle d'Armament. reg. Nantes. Broken up in 1927.]
'Alsterschwan' steel 4 masted barque
'Alsterschwan' steel 4 masted barque 2460 tons. See also PRG 1373/50/2. [steel four mast barque, 2460 gross tons, 2307n tons, 301.0 x 43.1 x 23.7. Built 1891 (1) T. Royden & Sons, Liverpool as 'Alcedo' rernamed c.1902. Owners: Act. Ges. Alster, registered Hamburg.]
'Alsterschwan' steel 4 masted barque
'Alsterschwan' steel 4 masted barque 2460 tons. See also PRG 1373/50/9. [steel four mast barque, 2460 gross tons, 2307n tons, 301.0 x 43.1 x 23.7. Built 1891 (1) T. Royden & Sons, Liverpool as 'Alcedo' rernamed c.1902. Owners: Act. Ges. Alster, registered Hamburg.]
'Montebello' steel barque
'Montebello' steel barque 2284 tons total wreck off Kangaroo Island. See also PRG 1373/49/46 [steel 3 mast barque, 2284 gross, 1725 net tons, 276.8 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1900 Atel & Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: Quillon and Fleury, registered Nantes. On a voyage Hobart towards Port Pirie, in ballast was wrecked Nov. 18, 1906 three quarters of a mile west of Stunsailboom River, south coast of Kangaroo Island. No lives lost]
'California' steel 4 masted barque ex 'Walter H Wilson'
Figurehead, 'California' ex 'Walter H Wilson' steel 4 masted barque. Postcard provided by Richard Hunter Figurehead Historian, UK from Alands Sjofartsmuseum. See also PRG 1373/79/104.
The Ashmore
The Ashmore at Port Adelaide.
The 'Lord Cairns' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Lord Cairns', 1373 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1372 tons. ON78101. 230.0 x 36.0 x 22.2. Built 1877 (5) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: Hughes and Co., registered Liverpool. c.1900 became 'Spica' owned in Italy. (Note from Ron Parsons: caption says iron barque. May be confusion here. The iron barque then renamed 'Spica' was not formerly 'Lord Cairns'. 'Lord Cairns' always shown as a ship under both names. Illustration is not of ship described on sheet 'Lord Cairns'. It is of a barque which may have been the 'Lord Cairns' owned by others)].
The 'Primera' in New Dock, Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'Primera', 597 tons, in New Dock, Port Adelaide [iron barque, 619 tons, ON74484, 173.7 x 28.6 x 17.5. Built 1875 (11) A Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: William Sherwen and Co., registered Liverpool. Note from Ron Parsons "I find no reference to this vessel being owned by Lowden and Co.] [also at 1373/21/34].
The 'Kineardineshire' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The iron barque 'Kineardineshire', 1282 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour[error in name of ship, 'Kincardineshire' = iron barque, 1373 tons. ON87688, 237.9 x 36.0 x 21.0. Built 1883 (6) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: T Law and Co. Registered Glasgow. Foundered March 8, 1887].
Sydney wharves, barque 'Ravenscourt', S.S. 'Wallarah'
Sydney wharves, Walsh Bay looking south west, in the 1890's with the barque 'Ravenscourt' and the S.S. 'Wallarah' [Ravenscourt = steel 3 mast barque 1462 gross, 1373 net tons, ON99774, 236.0 x 36.0 x 21.7. Built 1892 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: A Stevenson and H Buchanan (JM Campbell and Son, Managers) registered Greenock. c.1911 to Italians without change of name] ['Wallarah' = steel steam ship, 633 gross, 193 net tons. ON115878, 183.2 x 28.0 x 11.0. Built 1900. R Williamson and Sons, Workington. Triple expansion steam engine. Machinery aft. Collier. Three masts. Owners: 1903 Wallarah Coal Co. Ltd., registered Sydney. Wrecked Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, 1914]
Ships at Port Lincoln
Ships at anchor l-r: M.V. Moonta; 4 masted barque Pomman; barque Penang; 4 masted barque L'Avenir and 4 masted barque Olivebank. 2 February 1936 [duplicate copies at PRG 1373/39/11 & PRG 458/1/1/98].
The 'Mermerus' at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Mermerus', 1671 tons, at Port Adelaide. Also refer to the print PRG 1371/11/26 [iron ship, 1750 tons, ON67904. 264.2 x 39.8 x 23.7. Built 1872 (5) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: A & J Carmichael and Co., Golden Fleece Line, registered Glasgow. 1898 sold to Russian owners. Wrecked 29 Nov 1909 outward for Melbourne with timber in a heavy fog near Christiansand, refloated but not found worth repairing and broken up in 1910. One of the best known clippers in the Australian wool trade. Lubbock gives considerable attention to the ship, including original sail plan].
The 'Edinburgh Castle' wrecked near Warrnambool
The iron barque 'Edinburgh Castle', 627 tons, wrecked near Warrnambool. Also refer to the print PRG 1317/21/75 [iron 3 mast barque 627 gross tons. ON45971. 185.5 x 29.3 x 18.7. Built 1863 (5) JG Lawrie, Glasgow. Owners T Skinner and Co. registered Glasgow. Wrecked at Warrnambool Victoria January 15, 1888 when she struck while entering in charge of a pilot. Efforts to save the vessel proved useless. She was inward with a cargo of cement for the new breakwater].
Shipping at Port Wakefield, South Australia
Small sailing vessels at Port Wakefield wharf.
Ketches loading grain at Port Wakefield about 1912
Ketches loading grain at Port Wakefield about 1912.
View of Port Adelaide
View of Port Adelaide and the sailing ship "Monarch". This is possibly the iron barque "Monarch", 1274 tons, built in 1875 and wrecked in 1903. See PRG 1373/12/23
"Illawarra"
The ship "Illawarra", at anchor in unidentified harbour (possibly in south east of South Australia). She is an iron full-rigged ship launched October 1881 from shipyard of Dobie & Co., Glasgow for Devitt & Moore, London, intended for the Australian passenger trade. See PRG 1373/4/24 for a photograph of her under sail.
The 'Arabella' loading wool at Ninety Mile Beach
The iron barque 'Arabella', 700 tons, loading wool at Ninety Mile Beach, Western Australia [iron barque, 688 gross (upon sale foreign became 700) ON62880, 177.6 x 31.0 x 17.4. Built 1876 (2). Bartram, Haswell and Co. Sunderland. Owners: TE Hick, registered Scarborough. c. 1895 Trinder Anderson and Co. Ltd. c. 1901/2 to Swedish owners without change of name. While the property of Trinder Anderson was well known in the UK-Western Australia trade. This photograph shows the stern view of the 'Arabella'] She is beached and a team of oxen are pulling wool bales to be loaded on to the ship before high tide.
The "Arthurstone"
The "Arthurstone" iron barque, 1288 tons. ON75195. See PRG 1373/10/7
The "Austrasia"
The "Austrasia" later known as the "Gustav". Official Number 99403. See PRG 1373/12/26
The "Blenheim"
The "Blenheim" formerly known as the 'Wanganui'. Official Number 76932. See PRG 1373/2/70
The "Derwent"
[General description] The "Derwent", anchored in an unknown port. She is a three masted fully rigged iron ship. See PRG 1373/4/39 for more infomation.
The "Derwent"
[General description] "The "Derwent" under sail. She is a three masted fully rigged iron ship. See PRG 1373/4/39 for more infomation on this ship.
The "Dina" Ship
The ship "Dina" which was formerly the "Remington". The iron ship was originally the Norwegian vessel Dina. She weighed 999 tons and was later remodelled as a barque of 1043 tons. She was built in 1877 and dropped from registers in 1910. She is pictured here at Port Adelaide in approximately 1905. See also PRG 1373/12/39
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[Port Augusta September 1884]
Port Augusta harbour on 27 September 1884 with wooden schooner 'Postboy' loading at the end of the jetty.
The 'Orient' at Port Adelaide
The 'Orient' at Port Adelaide [wooden ship, 1033 reg. tons (1183 gross), ON12981, 184.3 x 31.7 x 21.1 feet. Built 1853 Bilbe, Rotherhithe (London), registered London, and registered in the name of one or more of the partners of the firm Anderson, Anderson & Co. from time to time. Sold out of the Australian service in 1879 and ultimately became a coal hulk in Gibralter. Employed in the Crimean War as Transport No.78 and carried troops; sailed in her first trip to Australia from Plymouth 5 July 1856 bound for Adelaide. There is a list of her passage times in 'Colonial Clippers' p.125. Involved in an incident in 1862 when she took fire homeward bound when laden with 2,6000 bales of wool. While badly damaged the ship was able to reach London and was repaired].