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The 'Kate Thomas' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Kate Thomas', 1748 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, 1748 tons, ON91233. 258.0 x 39.5 x 23.1. Built 1885 (6) W Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Kate Thomas Sailing Ship Co. Ltd. (W Thomas and Co. ) registered Liverpool. Sunk by collision in April 1910 off Lands End while under tow].
The 'James Kerr' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'James Kerr', 2420 tons, in an unidentified port [James Kerr - German 4 mast barque, formerly 'Isebek'].
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 '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 '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 'Rigden' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Rigden', 275 tons, in an unidentified port.
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 '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 '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 'Himalaya' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Himalaya', 1008 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/11 [iron ship, re-rigged c.1880 3 mast barque. 1008 gross and net tons, ON48594, 201.2 x 33.0 x 20.4. Built 1863 (11) Pile, Hay and Co. Sunderland. Owners: Gd Tyser, registered London, c.1873 Shaw, Savill and Co., who later became Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd., registered Southampton. 1896 sold to JJ Moore and Co., registered San Francisco without change of name. Early 20th century sold to Alaska Packers Association and named changed to 'Star of Peru'. well known in the New Zealand emmigrant trade].
The 'Turakina' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Turakina' ex 'City of Perth, 1247 tons, in an unidentified port. [As City of Perth = iron ship, 1247 tons, ON60352, 232.5 x 35.4 x 22.2. Built 1868 (5) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons. Registered Glasgow, renamed Turakina in 1882 by the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Lyttelton, register tansferred to London in 1888 and vessel sold in 1899 to Norwegians and renamed Elida and rigged as barque. Stranded at Timaru, NZ, when named City of Perth in May 1882, salvaged and returned to England for full repairs, and sold to New Zealand Shipping and renamed. Remained in New Zealand trade until sold in 1899. Made a famous run of about 14 days in company with and sometimes outdistancing the same owner's steamer Ruapehu in the southern Indian Ocean.]
The 'Wanganui' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Wanganui', 1077 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/85. [See also Carla, Danish 3 mast schooner of 1903].
The 'C.J.S.' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'C.J.S.', 720 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron 3 mast barque, 720 gross, 700 net tons. ON74558, 188.4 x 31.1 x 18.6. Built 1876 (8) J. Dobie and Co. Glasgow as West Glen for Lawson Hodgson, reg. Liverpool, sold and renamed in 1897. Owners MC Jacobs, registered Melbourne August 1918. John Jacobs. Sunk 30 miles from Mauritius Feb 1, 1920. Melbourne Customs Register (transcript in AMHS files 13 of 1897.]
Port Lincoln
View of Port Lincoln, marked 'Sweet Adelaide 446' [also at PRG 742/5/33 & PRG 742/5/165].
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 '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 '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 'Hougomont' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Hougomont', 2428 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2428 tons. ON106093. 292.4 x 43.2 x 24.1. Built 1897 Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: J Hardie and Co. Registered Glasgow. After WW1 passed to Gustav Eriksson and was employed in the Australia grain trade. Dismasted on her passage to South Australia in 1932. Spent some time anchored off Semaphore while awaiting a decision for her fate, but repairs proving to be too expensive in Australia she was taken and scuttled as a breaker in Stenhouse Bay].
The 'Englishman' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Englishman', 183 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 2 mast schooner. 183 gross and net tons. ON26822. 112.5 x 21.7 x 11.1. Built 1854 Cowes, by John White. Owners c.1870 William Hatton, registered Bristol. c.1880 JS Sterry, registered Lowestoft. Later issues of Lloyds, c.f. 1895-6 copy, states that this vessel was lengthened in 1879, and was a three mast schooner].
The 'Ideal' in an unidentified port
The wooden schooner 'Ideal', 327 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Bulwark' in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Bulwark', 1332 tons, in an unidentified port. [wooden three mast ship, 1332 tons. ON46115, 198.7 x 40.2 x 23.9. Built 1862 New Brunswick. Owners: Smith and Co. reg. London, later John Fleming, reg. London. Made at least one voyage to New Zealand under charter to Shaw Savill and Co. Original ship rigged re-rigged as barque. Capsized Hobson's Bay and sold as a wreck in Aug. 1881. Raised and repaired. Owner: David Blair, timber merchant, reg. Melbourne. Argus May 4, 1882 reported the ship foundered on a voyage from Yokohama to Puget Sound and 18 lost].
The 'Wild Deer' in an unidentified port
The wooden ship 'Wild Deer', 1016 tons, in an unidentified port [composite ship, 1016 tons, ON48652, 211.0 x 33.2 x 20.7. Built 1863 (12) C. Connell and Co., Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co., registered Glasgow. Wrecked 12 January, 1883 on the Irish coast. Built for the China Tea trades but early passed into the Australian and New Zealand migrant trades].
The 'Wanganui' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Wanganui', 1077 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/100. [See also Carla, Danish 3 mast schooner of 1903].
The 'Hurunui' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Hurunui' as Russian 'Hermes', 1012 tons, in the port of Mariehamn [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].
The 'Albert' in an unidentified port
The wooden barque 'Albert', 319 tons, in an unidentified port. [wood 3 mast barque, 319 tons, ON51553, 112.3 x 28.3 10.6 built: 1862 J. Brown, Marbelhead, Mass. Owners: formerly registered in Liverpool: 1864. Thos. Cotton, junior (of Liverpool) reg. Melbourne. Oct 1869 WB Forrest (of Boston, Mass) reg. Melbourne. Melbourne files ceased in 1917 with 'Wrecked time and place unknown)].
The 'Speculant' in an unidentified port
The steel barquentine 'Speculant', 387 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 3 mast barquentine, 412 gross, 364 net tons, 147.0 x 27.0 x 11.7. Built 1895 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing. Purchased from owners registering the vessel in Russia in 1906 by Mr. PJ McGennon, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Cape Patton, Victoria Feb. 10, 1911, on voyage (in ballast) from Warrnanbool towards Melbourne. (NB: there is a mock representation of this vessel in an artificial lake at Warrnanbool in a maritime park].
The 'Kongsbyrd' in an unidentified port
The wooden barquentine 'Kongsbyrd', 278 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast schooner, later barquentine, 278 gross, 250 net tons. British ON112487. 120.1 x 26.9 x 12.4. Built 1874 F Smith Peterson, Grimstad, Norway who owned the vessel until 1900 when sold to Sydney owners, Messrs RS Lamb and Company, registered Sydney. c.1911 sold to D&S Sheehy who converted the vessel to a hulk. From 1900 till hulked employed in the trans-Tasman trades, usually coal to New Zealand and timber to Australia].