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The 'Ben Cruachan' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Ben Cruachan', 1487 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship 1538 tons. ON68051, 255.5 x 37.0 x 21.7. Built 1873 (8) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Watson Bros. registered Glasgow. Early 1900's sold to Mexico then appears as an auxiliary motor vessel registered in USA under the name 'Carmela' in 1918. Well known in the Australian trades.]
The 'Ben-Lee' docked in an unidentified port
The steel ship 'Ben-Lee', 2341 tons, docked in an unidentified port.
The 'Ben-Lee' moored in an unidentified port
The steel ship 'Ben-Lee', 2341 tons, moored in an unidentified port.
The 'Benares' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted iron barque 'Benares', 1721 tons, anchored in an unidentified port. [iron 4 masted barque, 1721 tons. ON76765. 270.0 x 39.2 x 23.0. Built 1877 (4) H. Murray and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Watson Bros. registered Glasgow later came under the Norwegian flag without change of name. On a voyage Archangel to Delagoa with timber she was wrecked at Solombal July 18 1910.]
The 'Ben Dearg' at anchor
The steel ship 'Ben Dearg', 2349 tons, at anchor. [steel ship, 2349 tons. ON102664, 283.0 x 43.0 x 24.5 Built 1894 (3) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Watson Bros. registered Glasgow. Sold and became the German 'Lasbek' in 1910. Interned in Mexico during WW1 she was allocated to the French as reparations but does not appear to have been refitted and went to the breakers in 1924.]
The 'Ben Larig' at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Ben Larig', 1734 tons, at Port Adelaide. [Iron ship, 1734 tons, ON95002, 260.2 x 38.2 x 23.3. Built 1887 (8) Birrell Stenhouse and Co. Dumbarton. Owners: Watson Bros. Registered Glasgow.]
The 'Ben y Gloe' docked in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Ben y Gloe', unknown tonnage, docked in an unidentified port. The ship was totally wrecked at the commencement of her maiden voyage. [iron ship, 1719 tons. ON93309, 260.4 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1886 (9). Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Watson Bros. registered Glasgow. Wrecked at commencement of maiden voyage early in 1887.]
The 'Bundaleer' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Bundaleer', 937 tons, at Port Adelaide. [wooden ship, 937 tons, ON60691, 196.4 x 34.2 x 20.2. Built 1869 - Humphrey, Aberdeen, Owner Richard Connon, reg. Aberdeen, mid 1880's R. Moore, Antofagasta (Bolivian flag) later Chilian, wrecked in June 1901. Built for and engaged in the Australian trade for some years.]
'The Murray' at Port Augusta
The wooden ship 'The Murray', 903 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden ship, 903 tons, ON29788, 193.0 x 33.2 x 20.0. Built 1861 (5) Hall. Aberdeen. Owners: Anderson and Co., registered London. The last Orient liner to be built completely of wood (subsequent vessels were of composite build until the change to iron) In her early days, at least, employed in the UK-Adelaide trade. Note from Parsons: 'It is unusual to incorporate the word 'the' in the name of a ship; it often confused compilers of official records in any search of MNL, Lloyds etc,. check under 'Murray' as well as 'The Murray'].
The 'Beltana' on slip at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Beltana', 773 tons, on slip at Port Adelaide.
The 'Yorkshire' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ship 'Yorkshire', 1057 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [wooden ship, 1057 tons, ON27215, 197.0 x 33.2 x 21.0. Built 1859 Blackwall yards of her owners, Money Wigram and Sons, registered London. c.1880 sold to owners in Norway. Built for the UK-Australia passenger trade].
The 'Umgeni' in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Umgeni', 366 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 366 tons, ON48860, 138.0 x 26.1 x 13.3. Built 1864 (10) Smith, Aberdeen. Owners: JT Rennie and Son, registered Aberdeen ].
The 'True Briton' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'True Briton', 1390 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [wooden ship, 1401 tons, ON51542, 204.0 x 38.0 x 24.2. Built 1865 (6) Dinning, Quebec. Owners: 1870 Robert Davies, registered Liverpool in the 1880s. R Hunter].
The 'Illova' moored in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Illova', 398 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden barque, 398 tons. ON56610, 139.0 x 27.0 x 15.9. Built 1867 (12) A Hall and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: JT Rennie and son, registered Aberdeen].
The 'Hawkesbury' docked in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Hawkesbury', 1179 tons, docked in an unidentified port [composite ship 1179 tons, ON60903. 203.0 x 36.2 x 21.5. Built 1868 (11) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Became Swedish without change of name, c.1890. Built for, and usually employed in, the Sydney trade].
The 'Pekina' at Port Augusta
The wooden ship 'Pekina', 770 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden ship 770 tons, ON52717, 177.0 x 30.6 x 18.4. Built 1865 (4) Smith, Aberdeen. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Sold 1880 to Norwegian owners].
The 'Forfarshire' in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'Forfarshire', 1238 tons, in an unidentified port. The inscription on the photograph reads 'built by Morrison Sunderland, 1867, owned by Shaw Savill and Co.' [composite ship, 1238 tons. ON50779, 210.9 x 37.1 x 22.1. Built 1867 (3) J Morison, Sunderland. Owners: John Morison, registered London 1872 Shaw Savill and Co. registered Southampton. Well known in New Zealand passenger and cargo trades].
The 'South Australian' in an unidentified port
The composite ship 'South Australian', 1040 tons, in an unidentified port [composite ship, 1078 tons, ON60837, 201.0 x 36.0 x 20.1. Built 1868 (2) W Pile and Co., Sunderland. Owners: Devitt and Moore, registered London. Regular trader to South Australia for Devitt and Moore although sometimes to be seen in Melbourne. Withdrawn c.1890].
The 'Torrens' at Port Adelaide
The composite ship 'Torrens', 1335 tons, at Port Adelaide.
The 'Inverness' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Inverness', 756 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [composite ship, 744 tons, ON63519, 177.6 x 32.0 x 18.9. Built 1869 (9) Hall, Russell and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: J&R Grant, registered London, passed to owners in Swansea and reduced to a barque c.1880. In 1896 sold to Amazon Telegraph Co. registered Swansea (Wales). Wrecked 20 Dec. 1896 on the Japarica Bank between Caste and Salinas laden with cable, coal and general on a voyage from London to Para].
The 'Carnaquheen' at Port Adelaide
The wooden ship 'Carnaquheen', 826 tons, at Port Adelaide. [wooden ship, later barque 826 tons, ON56603, 187.2 x 32.7 x 19.5. Built 1867 (4) Humphrey, Aberdeen. Owner: Richard Connon, registered Aberdeen, later Jacobs Bros and Co. registered London. Drops from Registers about 1885. Built for the Australian passenger and cargo trades.]
The 'Arab Steed' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ship 'Arab Steed', 835 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden ship later barque. 635 tons, later 664 tons. ON47311, 162.7 x 32.1 x19.0. Built 1863 (2) W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Messrs Hawley. Registered London. Eventually owned in Gothenburg].
The 'Windsor Castle' moored in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Windsor Castle', 1075 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 1075 gross tons. ON15822, 195.5 x 36.2 x 22.5. Built 1857 W Pile, Junior, Sunderland. Owners: R&H Green, registered London. Sold 1882 to E Cox, registered London. Foundered off Algoa Bay in 1884. Built for the Australian passenger trade and toward the end of her career on the run was well known in the Brisbane run. NB. Do not confuse with vessel of the same name and similar size operating about the same period. Early career spent in the Melbourne trade with occasional visits to Sydney, but for the last few years under the flag of Green she was a regular visitor at Brisbane. See 'Blackwall Frigates' and 'Colonial Clippers'].
The 'Clyde' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The wooden ship 'Clyde', unknown tonnage, moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The 'Clyde' moored in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Clyde', unknown tonnage, moored in an unidentified port.
The 'Dover Castle' docked in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Dover Castle', 1003 tons, docked in an unidentified port [wooden ship, 1003 gross tons. ON20847, 185.0 x 34.0 x 22.0. Built 1858 Pile Sunderland. Owners R&H Green, registered London 1872 Shaw, Savill and Co. c.1880-1 sold to CY Boe of Arendal and renamed Kem and under this name finally broken up after many years. (Her being broken up resulted from a standing upon the coast of Norway) Under the ownership of Greens was employed in the Australian trade. From 1872 made several voyages to New Zealand, the first being to Lyttelton and where she arrived May 7, 1872. On her arrival at Auckland in August 1875 she had aboard the only survivor of the Cospatrick. Ref. Blackwall Frigates, White Wings Vol. 1 Breet, 1924].
The 'Hampshire' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Hampshire', 1214 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [composite ship, 1214 tons, ON63589, 209.2 x 34.3 x 22.0. Built 1870 R. Steele. Greenock. Owners: M Wigram and Sons, registered London. c.1883 sold to J Hossack, registered Liverpool. This shipowner had two vessels of this name. The earlier one being built in 1852].
The 'Cutty Sark' under sail in her prime
The composite ship 'Cutty Sark', 962 tons, under sail in her prime [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'].
The 'Cutty Sark' drying sails in Sydney Harbour
The composite ship 'Cutty Sark', 962 tons, drying sails at Sydney Harbour as a wool clipper in August 1891. At the time of the photograph, she was under the command of Captain Woodgate [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'].
The 'Cutty Sark' at Falmouth as a barquentine
The composite barquentine (ex ship) 'Cutty Sark', 962 tons, at Falmouth as a barquentine [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'].