Find • PRG 1373 • Results 2,731 to 2,760 of 4,721
The 'John Lewis' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'John Lewis', 54 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Eva' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Eva', 37 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch ON117417, 37 tons, 76.5 x 18.8 x 6.2. Built 1904. Thomas Beauchamp, Birkenhead, SA for local owners, requisitioned during WW2 for government use and fate unknown] [see 'Ketches of South Australia' by Parsons 1978]
The 'Annie Brown' at Port Pirie
The wooden brigantine 'Annie Brown', 160 tons, at Port Pirie. [wood 2 mast brigantine, 160 tons, ON55217, 90.5 x 23.6 x 11.9. Built 1867 Perth Shipbuilduing Co. Perth, Scotland. Owners: D. Brown, reg. Ardrossan: 1875 John Darling and J. Neill, registered Port Adelaide, August 1875 (1876) John Bickers: Feb. 1894 AE Howard: June 1896 W. Allan, R. Fricker and D. Deex: 1898 F. Carver, R. Fricker and D. Deex. Wrecked Spilsby Island, Spencer Gulf, Jan 20, 1904.]
The 'Southern Belle' at Port Adelaide
The wooden barque 'Southern Belle', 351 tons, at Port Adelaide ['Southern Belle' = wooden 3 mast barque, 347 tons, 1876 - 336 tons. ON54410, 123.3 x 29.2 x13.5. Built 1866 St. Martins, New Brunswick: owners (1869) RH Robinson (Wilmington, Del.) registered St. Johns, New Brunswick: 1870 James Baines, registered Liverpool; May 1871 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide: Feb. 1894 CG Warburton, registered Sydney; c. 1897 Benjamin Jenkins; c.1900 Andrew Sneddon. No further trace, probably converted to a coal hulk]
The 'County of Ayr' and tug 'Euro' at Port Adelaide
The iron barque 'County of Ayr', 499 tons, and tug 'Euro' at Port Adelaide. [County of Ayr iron ship, 499 tons, ON45977, 170.0 x 17.3 x 17.3. Built 1863 (6) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners R&J Craig, registered Glasgow c.1894 sold to Port Adelaide and eventually to JA Walker. By this time rigged down to a barque. Sold in July 1901 to Messrs. Folder, Barker and Ward and Captain William Tulloch and registered at Hobart. Wrecked 23 October 1905 on Danger Reef, Otago NZ. General work before sale to Australia, usually in the coal trade when owned in Port Adelaide, and used for the transport of Tasmanian timbers until wrecked, after sale to Hobart.]
Regatta Day, Port Adelaide
Regatta Day in Port Adelaide in the 1860's.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1867, with the ships 'Pekina' and 'Coonatto'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide in the 1870's.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1879, with the stern of the ship 'Salisbury' (left), the barque 'Bulwark' and the ship 'Trevelyan'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1879 with the schooners 'Omeo' and 'Helen Marquis' and the brig 'Nile'.
New dock, Port Adelaide
New Dock at Port Adelaide, 1882 with Section A. Ship 'Hesperus' and Norwegian timber-laden barques and Section B. 'Kebroyd', 'Myrtle Holme' and 'Northern Belle'.
Shipping at Port Adelaide
Shipping at Port Adelaide, 1893, with the 'S.S. Lubra' and the barque 'Scottish Hero'.
New Dock, Port Adelaide
New Dock, Port Adelaide, 1909, with the ships 'Vellore' and 'Hero', the barque 'British Yeoman' and the turret 'S.S. Vine Branch'.
Port Lincoln, about 1910
Port Lincoln, about 1910. The schooner Beatrice, R.M.S. Rupara' and the brigantine Wollomai.
Port Augusta 1889
Port Augusta 1889. 'Jean Pierre', 'Southern Belle'.
Wharf at Port Augusta
Wharf at Port Augusta. Ship 'Glenard', SS 'Investigator'. A researcher believes this event could have taken place on 1st January 1911, as The Glenard was made available to the Regatta Committee as flagship.
'United States' barque at Port Pirie in the 1880s
'United States' barque at Port Pirie in the 1880s.
Shipping, Port Pirie about 1930
Shipping, Port Pirie about 1930. SS "Shakespear' ['Shakespear' = steel single screw steamship, 5029 gross, 3154 net tons. ON149747. 407.0 x 53.5 x 26.7. Built 1926 R Duncan and Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow. Owners: Shakespear Shipping Co. (Glover Bros.) registered London]
Shipping, Wallaroo in the 1870s
Shipping, Wallaroo in the 1870s.
Shipping, Wallaroo January 1906
Shipping, Wallaroo January 1906. SS Rupara, 4 masted barque 'Samaritan'.
'Abraham Rydberg' at Wallaroo, 1938
'Abraham Rydberg' at Wallaroo, 1938 [steel 4 mast barque, 2097 tons. 270.0 x 43.1 x 23.6. Built 1892 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow for A Nelson, registered Honolulu, sold 1910 and renamed 'Star of Greenland' by Alaska Packers Association, sold 1929 and renamed 'Abraham Rydberg' and converted into sail training ship and as such shown in Lloyds; 2179 tons, owners: Rederi A. and Sunnan B, registered Stockholm. During WW2 became the Portugese 'Foz Do Douro' and engaged in Red Cross work and was converted to an auxiliary twin screw motor ship. Masts reduced after the war and made a full powered ship. Laid up at Lisbon in 1953. Ref. 5 (Vol. 2) mentions sale price in 1910, and speed. Ref. 8 considerable attention under the name of 'Abraham Rydberg' SB. Vol. XIV (New Series) notes visit to Melbourne of 'Foz Do Douro' page 153. Vol. XVIII (NS page 271/2) service for Matson Company and subsequent outline history. Vol. XVI (NS page 124 in relation to sail training in item re. ships on stamps)]
Port Vincent jetty 1937
Port Vincent jetty 1937.
Grain ships at Port Victoria 1934
Grain ships at Port Victoria 1934. 'Priwall', 'Viking', 'Pamir', 'Padua'.
Port Rickaby about 1910
Port Rickaby about 1910. Ketch 'Lurline' alongside.
'Harriet McGregor' wooden barque
'Harriet McGregor' wooden barque 339 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 339gross, 331 net tons. ON57514, 134.2 x 27.6 x 15.9. Built 1871. Hobart Town. Owners: Alexander McGregor, registered Hobart. Sold foreign at Copenhagen in 1895 and register closed. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May. Colonial Clippers]
'Leprena'
'Leprena' immediately after launching with her builders, March 1922 [wooden 2 mast ketch. ON131506. 70 gross, 67 net tons. 75.0 x 22.5 x 6.8. Built 1912 Philip B Forbes, Lake Macquarie, NSW and registered at Port Adelaide in 1923, having formerly been owned in Melbourne. Lengthened and renamed 'Leprena' in May 1938 = 105 gross, 85 net tons. 92.8 x 22.8 x 6.6. Requisitioned by Commonwealth Government during WW2 but returned to commerical service in 1946. Ultimately became a fishing vessel and was destroyed by fire off Port Moorowie, SA Feb. 12, 1964. See 'Ketches of South Australia' Parsons, 1978] [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner, ON151549. 143 tons. 110.0 x 26.0 x 10.1. Built 1922 Purdon and Featherstone, Battery Point Hobart. Owners: Rooganah Ltd. registered Hobart. Wrecked in March 1925 on a voyage Hobart - Port Adelaide off Eddystone Point, Tasmania. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May]
'Lufra' composite barque 705 tons
'Lufra' composite barque 705 tons [iron ship, altered to barque c.1875. 705 tons. ON62437. 179.7 x 31.7 x 17.9. Built 1870 (1) A Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: William Anderson and Co. registered Banff; by 1875 AG Webster and Co., registered Hobart; c.1877 Alex. McGregor, registered Hobart, and later AE Risby of Hobart. About the turn of the century sold to Scandinavia and drops from the register c.1909. Lubbock claims the vessel was built as a China Clipper but was too late for the trade. She spent most of her life in the England-Australia trade, and when enrolled at Hobart was a regular trader to England]
'Acacia' wooden barque
'Acacia' wooden barque 233 tons.
'Rangi' wooden scow
'Rangi' wooden scow 86 tons at sea [wooden 2 mast schooner, 99 gross, 86 net tons, ON118976, 98.0 x 28.1 x 4.7. Built 1905 G Niccol, Auckland. Last owners: Leyland-O'Brien Timber Co. Ltd., registered Auckland. Abandoned in a sinking condition Jan. 14, 1937 between Rakino Island and Whangaparoa Peninsula NZ. 4 lost. Employed in the timber trade and usually described as a scow and this vessel was claimed to have been the last full sized 'scow' operating. See 'Out of Auckland' by Hawkins. Pelorus Press, Auckland, 1960]
'Aratapu' wooden schooner
'Aratapu' wooden schooner 122 tons. [wooden brigantine, 122 tons, ON78354, 95.0 x 23.7 x 9.0. Built 1878 James Barbour, Aratapu, NZ. 1917 - 123 gross, 107 net tons. 1920 124 gross, 73 net tons, converted into aux. twin screw brigantine and renamed 'Zita' of Nelson. 1927 reverts to original name, 130 gross, 68 net tons. Owners: Union Steam Saw Moulding Sash and Door Co. registered in Auckland. 1888 Kauri Timber Co. Ltd. 1902 William Cook, Lyttelton. 1917 HL Tapley (later Tapley Shipping Line) registered Dunedin after 1927. Gausted, McDonnell and Co. Waitara. 1931 CNB Mardon, Auckland, registered Suva. Suva register closed March 1932 on sale to Chinese subjects. Register transferred to Callao. Vessel rotted away in Tahiti. c. 1934/6 - full details see 'Out of Auckland' Hawkins, Pelorus Auckland, 1960.]