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The 'Fannie Kerr' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Fannie Kerr', 2426 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2426 gross tons. ON99477. 293.9 x 41.2 x 24.5. Built 1892 (10) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners ER Peel and McAllester and Sons, registered Liverpool. Burnt May 29, 1902].
The 'Metropolis' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Metropolis', 1811 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, later barque, 1811 tons. ON93736. 265.7 x 40.0 x 22.9.Built 1887 (7) R&J Evans, Liverpool. Owners: Metropolis Ship Co. Ltd. (W Thomas and Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1914 sold to Norway without change of name].
The 'Auchencairn' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Auchencairn', 2040 tons, in an unidentified port. [steel 4 masted barque. 2040 gross, ON89482. 287.7 x 40.2 x 23.4. Built 1891 (10) Ritson and Co. Maryport. Owners: Ritson and Co. Registered Maryport. c.1902 sold to German owners and renamed 'Nomia'. Sailed from Newcastle, NSW July 10, 1912 bound for Antofagasta, but failed to arrive.]
The 'Snaigow' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Snaigow', 2384 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2324 gross, 2193 net tons. ON96413. 282.7 x 43.0 x 24.1. Built 1890 Russell and Co. Port Glasgow and named Snaigow (for Dundee Clipper Lines Ltd. D Bruce and Co. registered Dundee ON96413) Owners: Rehd. von J Tideman and Co. registered Bremen later renamed H Hachfeld by JC Pfluger and Co. registered Bremen. Passed to Italy in 1918 as war reparations].
The 'Inverlogie' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Inverlogie', 2347 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2347 tons. ON102650, 299.0 x 44.0 x 24.5. Built 1893 (12) Fairfield Sailing Boat Co., Glasgow for Briggs, Harvie and Co. Registered Glasgow. c.1909 sold and renamed 'Inverlogie'. Owners G Milne and Co. Registered Aberdeen. Originally named 'Chelmsford'].
The 'Lindfield' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lindfield', 2280 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2280 gross, ON98682, 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1891 (12) Russell and Co. Greenock: Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Glasgow].
The 'Daylight' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Daylight', 3756 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 3756 tons. ON114812, 351.5 x 49.1 x 28.2. Built 1902 (1) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd, registered London. c.1912 Standard Transportation Co. Ltd. registered Hong Kong. Made her last seagoing voyage in 1920-21 and then sold to Charles Nelson and Co. of San Francisco. Laid up until 1924 when she was converted to a barge. During WW2 with the shortage of tonnage she was re-rigged as a 6 mast schooner by Americans and renamed Tangara. Actual fate not known but apparently not a success under this last rig].
The 'Oweenee' at Port Adelaide
The steel 4 masted barque 'Oweenee', 2432 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast barque, 2432 gross, ON100264, 309.0 x 42.0 x 24.6. Built 1891 (10) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton: Owners: Oweenee Ship Co. Ltd., registered Windsor, Nova Scotia, later Thames and Mersey Shipping Co: c.1916 sold and converted into full powered motorship and fitted as a petrol tanker and renamed 'Ortina Shell'].
The 'Earl of Jersey' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Earl of Jersey', 2052 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 2129 gross, ON87191, 290.7 x 42.7 x 23.9. Built 1883 (10) Barrow and Co. Sailing Boat Co. Barrow. Owners Earl Shipping Co. Ltd (D Brown and Sons) registered London. Wrecked in India Sept. 29, 1887].
The 'Lydgate' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lydgate', 2534 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2534 tons, ON102120, 304.3 x 43.2 x 24.3. Built 1893 (12) Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne: Owners: Honresfield Ship Co. (J Joyce) Registered Liverpool. Sold 1915 to Norway and renamed 'Skansen I'].
The 'Walter H. Wilson' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Walter H. Wilson', 2518 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque 2518 tons ON86533. 308.1 x 42.7 x 24.9 Built 1882 (7) Harland and Wolff, Belfast as Walter H Wilson and rigged as a 4 mast ship, owners S. Lawther and Son, reg. Belfast. Sold 1900 and renamed California by J. Edgar and Co. reg. Liverpool. Wrecked January 1913 when under tow from the Tyne to Rotterdam. Eight lives lost].
The 'Okenbury' in an unidentified port
The wooden brig 'Okenbury', 247 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 2 mast brigantine, 247 gross, 232 net tons. ON60659. 112.0 x 24.5 x 14.9. Built 1869 (1) Harnden, Salcombe. Owners: WW Steer and Co., registered Salcombe].
The 'Tally Ho!' ashore on Eastbourne beach, Sussex
The wooden brig 'Tally Ho!', 188 tons, ashore on Eastbourne beach, Sussex on Christmas Day, 1886 [wooden 2 mast brig. 189 gross and net tons, ON26122, 103.0 x 21.5 x 12.9. Built 1854 Shoreham. Owners: c.1870 Thomas Gates and Co., registered Shoreham. Wrecked 1886].
The 'Rigden' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Rigden', 275 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Cumberland Lassie' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Cumberland Lassie', 230 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden brigantine (no trace of 3 mast schooner rig in Lloyds) 230 gross tons, 199 net tons. ON70467. 114.6 x 24.0 x 13.8. Built 1874 (3) Thomas, Almwich, Owners W. Postlewaite registered Barrow 1889 TH Franks registered Folkestone].
The 'Robert Morris' in North Deal, Kent
The wooden schooner 'Robert Morris', 146 tons, in port opposite Sandown Castle in North Deal, Kent on December 31st, 1913 [wooden 3 mast schooner, 146 gross, 123 net tons. ON70312. 92.7 x 22.2 x 11.8. Built 1876 (1) Williams, Portmadog, Morris and Co., registered Carnarvon].
The 'Rob Roy' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Rob Roy', 112 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast schooner, 112 gross, 99 net tons. ON38748. 80.0 x 23.5 x 10.7 built 1867 (9) Doiront, Miramichi. Owners: George Moffat, registered Miramichi. c.1880 J Waugh, junior, registered Greenock, registration later changed to Cork. Sunk by gunfire from a German submarine, January 26, 1918, 20 miles south west from St. Catharines].
The 'Challenger' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Challenger',62 tons, in an unidentified port. [wooden 2 mast ketch. 62 gross, 55 net tons. ON76265. 68.3 x 17.8 x 8.5. Built 1878 (6) Bellot, Jersey. Owners: W. Sims and co. registered Jersey. Went missing in 1887.]
The pilot boats 'Faith' and 'Neptune' at Swansea
The pilot boats 'Faith' and 'Neptune' in dock at Swansea.
Coasters at Minehead
Coasters docked at Minehead, Somerset.
The 'Sound of Jura' in an unidentified harbour
The steel barquentine 'Sound of Jura', 1109 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barquentine, 1109 gross, 1020 net tons. ON105977, 210.3 x 35.6 x 19.5. Built 1896 (2) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Sound of Jura Ltd. (CA Walker) Registered Glasgow. Later R Irvin and Sons Ltd. Low powered auxiliary steam engine fitted during WW1. Broken up in 1927].
The 'Xantippe' in an unidentified port
The steel barquentine 'Xantippe', 972 tons, in an unidentified port ('Xantippe' = the wife of the Greek philospher Socrates) [steel 4 mast barquentine, not brigantine as captioned. 972 gross, 909 net tons. ON99962. 211.3 x 35.3 x 17.3. Built 1893 (6) Workman, Clark and Co., Belfast. Owners: Montgomerie and Workman, registered Belfast. Went missing late in 1895 on a voyage when in ballast from San Jose, Guatemala towards Vancouver. Sailed Dec. 15, 1895, was spoken Dec. 20 and not seen since]. A researcher believes that Captain George Falconer from Aberdeen, Scotland, was the Captain the year that the 'Xantippe' went missing. The 'Daily Commercial News and Shipping List' (Sydney, Friday 8 February 1895) reports that: 'Captain Falconer, of tho British barquentine Xantippe, from Victoria. B.C. for Cork, which put into Skibbereen Harbor, November 28th, with the crew sick, has since died.' The researcher, a descendant of Captain Falconer, says: 'He snd his crew were caught in the Doldrums. Most succumbed to scurvy. Some were rescued and recovered to Skibbereen in Eire.'
The 'Titania' at Brisbane
The steel barquentine 'Titania', 1107 tons, at Brisbane [steel 4 mast barquentine, 1107 gross, 1031 net tons. ON105963. 210.0 x 35.6 x 19.5. Built 1895 (12) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: J Fairlie, registered Glasgow. 1911 WR Reynolds, registered Sydney, NSW. Wrecked Dumbea Reef, New Caledonia, August 23, 1914].
The 'Lady Jocelyn' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship ex S.S. 'Lady Jocelyn', 2138 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, 2138 gross and net tons. ON11923, 254.0 x 39.0 x 24.9. Built 1852 CJ Mare and Co. London as auxiliary screw steamship for General Screw Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., registered London. In 1860 sold and renamed 'Brazil' reverts to original name in 1861: owners Holmes and Rawson, registered London 1861 - East India and London Shipping Co. Ltd.: January 1868 sold to E Boult and converted into a sailing ship and lengthened from original dimensions of 238.3 x 38.2 x 25.2 and owners JW Temple, London. Then owners became Park Bros, registered London until sold to Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd in mid 1880s and registered Southampton. Subsequently hulked. Was hulked in March 1899. As an auxiliary steamer visited Australia and New Zealand but as a full sailing ship became extremely well known in the emmigrant trades].
The 'Glenlora' in an unidentified harbour
The iron barque 'Glenlora', 774 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, re-rigged as 3 mast barque, c.1880 764 gross and net tons. ON50084. 192.2 x 31.2 x 18.4. Built 1864 (7) T Vernon and Son, Liverpool. Owners: T Stenhouse, reigstered London. c.1872/3 Shaw Savill and Co: who later became Shaw Savill and Albion Ltd. registered Southampton. c.1898 to Swedish owners without change of name. In 1918 was listed as being Norwegian owned. Well known New Zealand emmigrant trades].
The 'Margaret Galbraith' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Margaret Galbraith', 889 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, c.1902 re-rigged 3 mast barque. 889 gross, 841 net tons. ON60347, 198.5 x 32.2 x 19.9 Built 1868 (4) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: James Galbraith (a partner in Patrick Henderson and Co.) registered Glasgow. c.1873 Walter Savill: later Shaw, Savill and Co., then, Savill and Albion. c.1902 Manica Shipping Co. Ltd., registered London. Wrecked March 27, 1905 at the River Plate].
The 'Timaru' in Port Chalmers
The iron ship 'Timaru', 1306 tons, in Port Chalmers [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)].
The 'Pleione' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Pleione', 1092 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 3 mast ship, 1139 gross, 1092 net tons. ON72369, 209.7 x 34.6 x 20.3. Built 1876 (9) A Stephen and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Glasgow: 1882 - Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd., registered Southampton. About 1899 sold to Norway without immediately changing her name but eventually became re-rigged as a barque and renamed 'Esov' and then 'Elvine Homuth' and finally 'Tamara XI'. Under this name she was wrecked in 1923 in the Gulf of Bothnia. Suffered a bad stranding in New Zealand in 1888 but was refloated and repaired] [Pleione = Greek mythology, daughter of Oceanus and mother of the Pleiades].
The 'Nelson' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Nelson', 1247 tons, in an unidentified port [see other entry in this name. Some confusion exists but it is recommended to those interested that they compare the illustration of the New Zealand trader 'Nelson', correctly identified, that appears at page 105, v.1 in White Wings, ref. 7. If the ship depicted is of 1310 tons it was not owned by British Shipowners - the detail of the ship of this name owned by British Shipowners follows - be careful (note by Parsons) = iron ship, 1333 tons, ON44774, 214.4 x 36.2 x 22.9. Built 1862 (4) Laurence Hill and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Potter and Wilson, registered Glasgow: c.1864 British Shipowners Co. Ltd., registered Liverpool: c.1880 RW Leyland and Co., and drops from the registers in 1883 - either wrecked or broken up. Reportedly abandoned in a sinking condition off Schouwen, 25 Oct. 1895. Note: confusion of the above 'Nelson' with another built in 1874 - as does the Edwardes Collection. Very likely not the ship of this name but the vessel of the same name built in 1874 and sometimes owned by Shaw Savill].
The 'Hurunui' drying sails at Port Adelaide
The iron ship 'Hurunui' as Finnish 'Hermes', 1012 tons, drying sails at Port Adelaide [iron 3 mast ship, 1053 gross, 1012 net tons. ON73588. 204.1 x 34.2 x 20.0. Built 1875 (9) Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Jarrow on Tyne. Owners: New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. registered London (Lyttelton 1879-1888) July 1895 sold to Russians and renamed 'Hermes' Torpedoed by a German submarine May 4 1915 off St Catherines Point, Isle of Wight. Built for the UK-NZ trade].