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'HMAS Victory' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'HMAS Victory' wooden ship.
'Mozambique' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Mozambique' wooden barque.
'Martha' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Martha' wooden barque.
'Coriolanus' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Coriolanus' iron ship. [iron ship, 1074 tons, later barque rigged 1055 tons, ON73665. 217.4 x 35.2 x 20.1 Built 1876 (5) A. McMillan and Son, Dumbarton. Owners J. Patton Junior and Co. Registered London. c.1885. J. Stewart and Co. London. c.1891 to German owners and later Norwegian owners without change of name. In 1922 sold and renamed Tiburon and not long after became Eugenia Emilia in American ownership and registered in Panama, and under this name was caught rum running and sold to Portuguese owners by the authorities and c.1924 renamed Lina. Ultimately resold by Portuguese owners and reverted to her original name. Broken up c.1936. Driven ashore in the great gale of Sept. 1, 1902 at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, South Africa (See Sydney Morning Herald 4/9/02)]
'Lancaster' wooden frigate
Figurehead, 'Lancaster' wooden frigate.
'Walter H Wilson' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Walter H Wilson' steel 4 masted barque. Built by Harland and Wolff in 1882. In 1900 was renamed 'California' and in 1911 was lost off St Mary's Island [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]
'Mermaid' British vessel
Figurehead, 'Mermaid' British vessel. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Woonda'
'Woonda' [steel single screw steam tug ON146200, 309 gross, nil net tons. Built 1915 (6) JP Rennoldson and Sons Ltd., South Shields. 125.3 x 25.2 x 13.1. Triple expansion recip. steam engines, 134nhp by shipbuilder. Owners: Built for the Adelaide Steam Tug Co. but taken over by the Royal Navy when completed. Sold out of service. Jan. 1922. The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., registered Port Adelaide. Two funnels. Most powerful tug in South Australia until the arrival of mv 'Tusker'. Sold 1964 to KW Tidwell, Port Lincoln, for conversion to a tuna fishing boat. She was not converted and the hull was broken up in Port Adelaide during 1965. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Surprise' wooden steam tug
'Surprise' wooden steam tug, 33 tons [wooden single screw steam tug, ON88964, 33 gross, 16 net tons, Built 1888 Melbourne Coal, Shipping and Engineering Co. Ltd. Williamstown, Victoria. Tandem compound steam engine, 20hp, by shipbuilder. Owners: Melbourne Coal, Shipping and Engineering Co. Ltd., registered Melbourne. 1893 Melbourne SS Co. Ltd. May 1900 Ritch and Smith, registered Port Adelaide. Sold 1939 to LA Morrell for demolition. Register closed in 1961 with 'Broken up'. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons]
'Richelieu' French 4 masted barque
'Richelieu' French 4 masted barque towed by Liverpool tugs.
Lighter 'Norwester' at Melbourne
Lighter 'Norwester' at Melbourne [iron 3 mast barque, 567 tons. ON50348, 160.0 x 29.2 x 17.0. Built 1864 (9) L Hill and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: MJ Jamieson, registered Glasgow: later J&G Bulloch, registered London, then J&A Roxburgh]
The 'Caitloch' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Caitloch', 1264 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Inchape Rock' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Inchape Rock', 1599 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1599 tons, ON93255, 250.5 x 38.3 x 23.0. Built 1886 (4) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow, Owners James Cornfoot and Co. registered Glasgow. Wrecked Algoa Bay, 1902].
The 'Christian McCausland' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Christian McCausland', 962 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1014 tons. ON60466, 204.0 x 32.5 x 20.8. Built 1869 (9) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners Albion Shipping Co. registered Glasgow. P. Henderson and Co. (Albion Shipping Co.) reg. Glasgow. Wrecked Nicholas Point, July 1877. Built for and usually engaged in UK-NZ trade. John McAusland was a business associate of Henderson - see Paddy Henderson. The Story of P. Henderson and Company, by Dorothy Laird, Outram, 1961. NB. Name spelt incorrectly, whence probably Mr Edwardes copied.]
The 'City of Benares' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'City of Benares', 1652 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1652 gross tons. ON86696, 259.0 x 38.0 x 23.0. Built 1882 (9). Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons. Registered Glasgow. c.1900 to Russian owners without change of name].
The 'Niagara' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Niagara' in an unidentified port.
The 'Invercargill' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Invercargill', 1310 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1310 gross, ON68117, 239.7 x 36.0 x 20.8. Built 1874 (6) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: P Henderson and Co., who formed Albion Shipping Co. at a later date, and eventually merged with Shaw Savill to form Shaw, Savill and Albion, registered Glasgow. Sold 1905 to Norwegians and left Glasgow Feb. 20 for Oslo but failed to arrive].
The 'Imberhorne' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Imberhorne', 2042 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 2042 tons. ON87033, 284.1 x 41.2 x 24.1. Built 1882 (11) A McMillan and Son, Dumbarton. Owners: WR Price and Co. registered London, later Imberhorne Ship Co. (WR Price and Co) early 1900s. GC Karran, registered Castletown, Isle of Man, c.1912 to Russians without change of name].
The 'Port Errol' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Port Errol', 1935 tons, in an unidentified harbour [Note from Ron Parsons - 'This vessel not owned by Crawford and Rowat] [steel ship, 1935 tons, ON104594, 264.3 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1894 (11) Russsell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: CA Banck, registered Glasgow. Destroyed by fire in January 1895. While built for Crawford and Rowat never sailed for them as scuttled when took fire while loading for her maiden voyage. She was raised and repaired and became in succession the 'Svea' Swedish flag; 'Oregon' registered Bremen, 'Fritz Smith', Norwegian flag and finally 'Ekelund'].
The 'Circe' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Circe', 1651 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship 1651 gross. 249.0 x 39.5 x 22.5. Built 1885 (11) A. Stephen and Sons. Glasgow. Owners: AC LeQuellec, registered Bordeaux. Became Norwegian Karmo c.1903.]
The 'Dharma' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Dharma', 1947 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel ship, 1947 gross tons. ON114736. 267.4 x 40.1 x 23.6. Built 1901 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners W Montgomery, registered London, sold 1910 to Hamburg and renamed 'Oliva' held at Valapariso during WW1 and then alloted to France as reparations. Sold c.1923 to Chile and renamed 'Dharma'. Fate not located. Said to be one of the 'beautiful sisters' along with 'Eva Montgomery' In the nitrate trade after sale in 1910. See 'Square Riggers; the Final Epoch' by Hurst. The Last of the Windjammers, Vol. 2'.
The 'Drumpark' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Drumpark', 1551 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1551 tons. ON76529, 243.6 x 37.9 x 22.6. Built 1877 (7) WH Potter and Son, Liverpool. Owners Gillison and Chadwick, registered Liverpool c.1900 to Italian owners without change of name].
The 'Desdemona' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Desdemona', 1564 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship 1564 tons. ON70911, 242.0 x 37.7 x 22.9. Built 1875 (1) WH Potter and Co. Liverpool. Owners CT Bowring and Co. Registered Liverpool].
The 'Cockermouth' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Cockermouth', 1377 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship, 1377 tons. ON74544, 238.8 x 36.7 x 21.4. Built 1876 (8). A. Stephen and Sons. Glasgow. Owners P Iredale, registered Liverpool later Iredale and Porter. c.1909 sold to Peru and renamed G Mazzini.]
The 'Siren' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Siren', 1208 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1555 tons, ON81829, 248.0 x 38.0 x 23.0 Built 1881 (12) Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow. Owners: A&JH Carmichael and Co., registered Greenock. Rammed and sunk by HMS 'Landrail' off the Portland Bill, July 11,1896].
The 'Kelat' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Kelat', 1894 tons, in an unidentified harbour [see 'Hovding'] [iron ship, 1894 tons, ON84103, 261.0 x 41.0 x 23.5. Built 1881 (3) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton on Tees, Owners: Ed. Bates and Sons, registered Liverpool. Sold in 1904 and renamed 'Hovding' by Norwegian owners. Dismasted off the coast of NSW c.1914 and not considered worth repairing. Acquired by McIlwraith, McEacharn and Co., and converted into a coal hulk and subsequently stationed at Albany WA. In WW2 was taken over by RAN for use as a storeship and was converted at Fremantle in 1941, then towed to Darwin by the tug 'Uco' in November 1941. Bombed and sunk by the Japanese during the air raid of 19 February 1942. Hull subsquently salvaged by Japanese scrap merchants and cut up and taken to Japan].
The 'Silvercrag' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Silvercrag', 1939 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel ship 1939 gross, ON79130, 264.0 x 39.0 x 23.6. Built 1888 (4) R Williamson and Son, Workington. Owners: R Williamson and Son, registered Workington].
The 'Rathdown' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Rathdown', 2145 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel ship, 2145 gross, ON95335, 279.5 x 41.7 x 24.4. Built 1891 (9) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners: R Martin and Co., registered Dublin. Went missing in October 1900].
The 'Mashona' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Mashona', 2499 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast ship, 2499 tons, ON99337, 304.0 x 43.1 x 24.1. Built 1891 (12) CJ Bigger, Londonderry. Owners: W Lowden and Co., registered Liverpool, sold c.1904/5 to Norwegians and now described as 4 mast barque and c.1911 passed to Uruguay and was broken up in Italy in 1922].
The 'Andorinha' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Andorinha', 3440 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel 4 masted barque, 3440 gross tons. ON99441, 346.8 x 46.1 x 25.5. Built 1892 (9). W Pickersgill and Sons, Sunderland. Owners EF & W Roberts (Andorinha Sailing Ship Co._ registered Liverpool. Eventually became the French 'Helene'.]