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The 'Falkirk' under sail
The steel barque 'Falkirk', 1986 tons, under sail [steel barque, 1986 tons, ON105859. 268.0 x 40.0 x 23.7. Built 1896 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Falkirk Ship Co (Potter Bros) registered London. c.1909 John Stewart and Co. Broken up in 1925 after dismasting in the Atlantic].
The 'Durbridge' after being wrecked
The steel ship 'Durbridge', 2201 tons, after being wrecked [steel ship 2201 tons, ON99035, 276.8 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1892 (1) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Durbridge Ship Co. (Potter Bros.) Registered London. In 1909 sold to Knohr and Burchard, Hamburg and renamed Steinbek, to the United States at end of WW1 and renamed Arapahoe, and registered at Seattle by United States Shipping Board. Sold to Alaska Packers Association and renamed Star of Falkland, registered at San Francisco. Run ashore in Unimak Pass in 1928 and never refloated (At or near Akum Island)] [possibly also known as the 'Lodestar'].
The 'Dunsyre' under sail
The steel ship 'Dunsyre', 2149 tons, under sail [steel ship, 2149 tons. ON98965. 277.8 x 41.8 x 24.4. Built 1891 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Potter Bros. registered London, subsequently became American owned, by Robert Dollar and Co., and ended up as a barge in USA West Coast. 'The Down Easters' by B Lubbock, p.248 comments upon her trip to Wellington from San Francisco in 31 days] [c.1909/10 registered in Vancouver during WW1 became the property of Standard Oil Co. registered San Francisco. Converted to a barge after a long period of idelness at Oakland California].
The 'Dunsyre' under sail
The steel ship 'Dunsyre', 2149 tons, under sail [steel ship, 2149 tons. ON98965. 277.8 x 41.8 x 24.4. Built 1891 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Potter Bros. registered London, subsequently became American owned, by Robert Dollar and Co., and ended up as a barge in USA West Coast. 'The Down Easters' by B Lubbock, p.248 comments upon her trip to Wellington from San Francisco in 31 days] [c.1909/10 registered in Vancouver during WW1 became the property of Standard Oil Co. registered San Francisco. Converted to a barge after a long period of idelness at Oakland California].
The 'Victoria Regina' as the Danish ship 'Esbern Snare'
The iron ship 'Victoria Regina', 2000 tons, as the Danish ship 'Esbern Snare' [iron ship, 2000 tons, ON84191, 269.9 x 39.6 x 24.1. Built 1881 (12) Oswald, Mordaunt and Co., Southampton. Owners: J Coupland registered Liverpool; later Oceana Shipping Co. Ltd. (P Strange and Co.) registered Liverpool; c.1898 sold to Italians and renamed 'Maria Teresa (often wrongly spelt 'Marie Theresa') disappears from the registeres before WW1]. The ship was also formerly known as 'Nicolas Colcagno', and was owned by Rederiet Frode A/S, København (Copenhagen), and its home port was Kalundborg.
The 'Great Victoria' in Sydney at Circular Quay in 1860s
The iron ship 'Great Victoria', 2278 tons, in an unidentified port [Ronald Parsons expanded notes state this is an iron ship = iron ship, 2386 tons. ON47465, 286.1 x 39.4 x 22.9. Built 1854 Guilbert Fils, Nantes as the ss 'Jacquard' and rebuilt in 1863 by W Patterson, Bristol as an auxiliary screw steamship. Converted to sailing vessel c. 1873/4 on acquisition by Henry Fernie and Sons. Registered Liverpool. Early 1880s sold to WT Dixon and Sons, registered Liverpool. Drops from register early 1890s. As an auxiliary steamer was a frequent visitor to Australia under the auspices of the Black Ball Line. See also 'North Star to Southern Cross' Maber, Stephensons 1967.
The 'Melpomene' anchored near a hilly coastline
The iron ship 'Melpomene', 1514 tons, anchored near a hilly coastline [iron ship 1514 tons, ON63152. 242.0 x 38.4 x 23.7. Built 1869 (4) John Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners HP Corsar (of Arbroath) registered Liverpool c.1875 Henry Fernie and Sons, registered Liverpool and drops from the register before 1882. Note from Ron Parsons "NB I do not believe that this photograph depicts the above ship but one of a later vintage - very likely the German ship of this name built in Scotland in 1891 - Lubbock has confused the two vessels - compare with photograph on page 81 in 'Square Riggers' "].
The 'Drumblair' covered in snow
The four masted iron barque 'Drumblair', 1907 tons, covered in snow. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/6/50 (see also Cissie) [iron 4 mast barque, 1907 tons. ON87900, 267.4 x 40.2 x 24.1. Built 1883 (9) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Gillison and Chadwick, registered Liverpool. c.1900 became Cissie owned by W Brown registered Llanelly. Sunk in collision October 22, 1915].
The 'Buckingham' in an unidentified harbour
The four masted steel barque 'Buckingham', 2668 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel 4 metre ship (converted to 4 m bq upon sale overseas c. 1901) 2668 tons, ON 93809, 307.7 x 45.1 x 24.2. Built 1888 (9) T. Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Steel Sailing Ship Buckingham Co. Ltd (Macvicar, Marshall and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold in 1901and became the German ship Bertha. Later renamed Ottawa. Taken over by the USA during WW1and renamed Muscoota. Was in collision off Wilsons Promontory Dec 25 1922 with SS Yarra, but was able to reach port, but was eventually sold in 1924 and became a coal hulk in Sydney - said to have been sunk at Milne Bay New Guinea in an accident c.1942. She was also briefly known as Flying Cloud.]
The 'Buckingham' under sail
The four masted steel barque 'Buckingham', 2668 tons, under sail. [steel 4 metre ship (converted to 4 m bq upon sale overseas c. 1901) 2668 tons, ON 93809, 307.7 x 45.1 x 24.2. Built 1888 (9) T. Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Steel Sailing Ship Buckingham Co. Ltd (Macvicar, Marshall and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold in 1901and became the German ship Bertha. Later renamed Ottawa. Taken over by the USA during WW1and renamed Muscoota. Was in collision off Wilsons Promontory Dec 25 1922 with SS Yarra, but was able to reach port, but was eventually sold in 1924 and became a coal hulk in Sydney - said to have been sunk at Milne Bay New Guinea in an accident c.1942. She was also briefly known as Flying Cloud.]
The 'Crompton' under sail
The four masted steel barque 'Crompton', 2810 tons, under sail [steel 4 mast barque, 2810 tons, ON97800, 310.0 x 45.3 x 24.9. Built 1890 (7) T. Royden and Sons Liverpool. Owners Steel Sailing Ship Crompton Co. MacVicar, Marshall and Co. registered Liverpool].
The 'Holt Hill' at Wallaroo
The four masted steel barque 'Holt Hill', 2398 tons, at Wallaroo [steel 4 mast barque, 2398 tons. ON97798, 282.7 x 43.0 x 24.1. Built 1890 (7) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Sailing Ship Holt Hill Co. Ltd. (W Price and Co.) registered Liverpool. Abandoned at sea in 1916. NB There were two ships of this name and owned by Price - the earlier one being wrecked in 1889 - a sister to Marlborough Hill].
The 'Garnet Hill' in Sydney Harbour
The four masted steel barque 'Garnet Hill', 2274 tons, in Sydney Harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2274 tons, ON97631, 279.0 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (5) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: JR Dickson and Co. Registered Glasgow later JM Campbell and Son and the Albyn Shipping Company, Glasgow about 1914 passed to August Troberg, registered Mariehamn and torpedoed Februrary 1918] Note by Ron Parsons - this photograph is in the wrong section - it was owned by the Scottish 'Hill Line' - not by the Liverpool 'Hill Line'.
The 'Dowan Hill' under sail
The four masted steel barque 'Dowan Hill', 2155 tons, under sail [this ship was owned by the Scottish Hill Line and not the Liverpool Hill Line. Steel 4 mast barque, 2115 tons. ON102602, 280.8 x 40.5 x 24.6. Built 1893 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners JR Dickson and Co. registered Glasgow, then Albyn Shipping. For a period during WW1 was renamed Eugenio Bruni but later reverted to Dowan Hill before being sold to Norwegian owners who renamed the vessel Snig].
An English wooden Brig
An English wooden brig dry docked in an unidentified port.
An unknown British wooden barque
An unknown British wooden barque in an unidentified port. It is possibly the only photograph in existance of a barque with yards on the mizzenmast. [This could possibly be the "John Ritson" which was built in 1850 as a wooden ship of 508 tons and was later a barque. This would explain the unusual rig. My great grandfather was born at sea on it in 1851. Information provided by Roland Ritson].
The 'La Hogue' at Sydney
The wooden ship 'La Hogue', 1331 tons, at Sydney, built in 1855. In the late 1860s she was fitted with double topsails and the jib boom and flying jib boom have been run inboard. The stern of the 'Colonial Empire' is in front with a single topsail on the mizzenmast and stunsail booms in position [wooden ship, 1331 gross tons. ON26531, 226.0 x 35.0 x 22.9. Built 1855 J Laing, Sunderland. Owners: Duncan Dunbar, registered London. c.1862 Devitt and Moore, registered London. Became a coal hulk at Madeira and broken up in 1898. Famous passenger liner in the Australian trade for about thirty years and visited most ports, including one trip to New Zealand in 1874. When owned by Dunbar was frequently in keen competition with ships of Devitt and Moore who bought her upon the death of the first owner].
The 'Timandra' under sail
The iron ship 'Timandra', 1561 tons, under sail. This is one of the later iron ships with a main skysail [iron ship, 1561 tons, ON90076, 245.6 x 38.8 x 22.4. Built 1885 (8) R Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: GF Smith, registered Glasgow, thence other owners in Glasgow].
The 'Hesper' anchored near a tree-lined coast
The United States wooden barque 'Hesper', 695 tons, anchored near a tree-lined coast. One of the few wooden barques to set fore and main skysails. She is also notable for her fine figurehead [wooden 3 mast barque, 695 tons. ON(US)95717, 163.0 x 38.0 x 15.0. Built 1882 Hall Bros. Port Blakely, Washington, USA owned in USA].
The 'Blakely' at anchor
The United States wooden schooner 'Blakely', 751 tons, at anchor. The schooner rig became extremely popular in the United States during the closing years of the nineteenth century and during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Many United States wooden multi-masted schooners and barquentines visited Australian ports, usually timber laden.
The 'Dunsyre' under sail
The steel ship 'Dunsyre', 2149 tons, under sail. A typical steel ship of the 1890s. She was built when cargo capacity was of prime importance, not speed [ [steel ship, 2149 tons. ON98965. 277.8 x 41.8 x 24.4. Built 1891 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Potter Bros. registered London, subsequently became American owned, by Robert Dollar and Co., and ended up as a barge in USA West Coast. 'The Down Easters' by B Lubbock, p.248 comments upon her trip to Wellington from San Francisco in 31 days] [c.1909/10 registered in Vancouver during WW1 became the property of Standard Oil Co. registered San Francisco. Converted to a barge after a long period of idelness at Oakland California].
The 'Procyon' docked in the Yarra at Melbourne alongside Tyne Foundry wharf
The steel barque 'Procyon', 2122 tons, docked in an unidentified port. She was 'built to carry' [steel barque, 2122 tons, ON99210, 279.8 x 41.2 x 23.9. Built 1892 (1) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith. Owners: Mrs EM Croudace, registered Dundee. Later J Wilson of Dundee. Sold to Russian owners c.1910. Unusally large to be rigged as a three mast barque].
The 'Peter Rickmers' at Antwerp
The four masted steel ship 'Peter Rickmers', 2958 tons, at Antwerp. The ship has double topgallant sails and four skysails [steel 4 mast ship, 2958 tons. 332.0 x 44.4 x 25.4. Built 1889 (10) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow for Rickmers Line, registered Bremerhaven. Wrecked Long Island, USA 1908. Called a Four Skysail-Yarder].
The 'Invertrossachs' at anchor
The four masted steel barque 'Invertrossachs', 2710 tons, at anchor [steel 4 mast barque, 2710 tons. ON99206, 305.0 x 43.2 x 25.3. Built 1891 (11) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: D Bruce and Co. registered Dundee. Abandoned at sea in February 1892. Abandoned on fire in the North Atlantic 7 March 1892 while on a voyage from Philadelphia toward Calcutta with cased petroleum].
The 'Dunearn' at anchor
The steel barque 'Dunearn', 1632 tons, at anchor. The ship has 'bald-headed' or stump topgallant masts [steel barque, 1632 tons. ON104536, 245.2 x 37.5 x 22.6. Built 1894 (6) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners J Dunn and Co. later J Hayes and Co. Missing - sailed from NSW in 1910 with coal for Vacparasso].
The 'Honolulu' in an unidentified harbour
The steel schooner 'Honolulu', 982 tons. The ship was fitted with pole masts to reduce sail handling [steel 4 mast schooner, 1053 tons. ON(US)96502, 199.0 x 41.8 x 18.2. Built 1896. R Duncan and Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow. Owners: San Francisco Trading Co. registered San Francisco. Original owner was J Ena, of Honolulu].
The 'Vincennes' under sail entering the Golden Gate
The French steel barque 'Vincennes', 2311 tons, under sail entering the Golden Gate. A typical French steel barque that loaded grain cargoes at Australian ports. France continued to build sailing ships long after most British shipbuilders had turned to steam construction [steel 3 mast barque, 2311 gross, 1740 net tons, later 2210 gross 1964 net tons. 277.7 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1900 Chant. Nantais de Construction Maritime. Nantes. Owners: Soc. Annoyme des Longs Courriers Francais, Nantes, later Soc. General d'Armement. Broken up 1926. The view taken when the vessel was stranded on Manley Beach, Sydney].
The 'Sutlej' docked in Darling Harbour, Sydney
The iron ship 'Sutlej', 1742 tons, docked in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Town Hall clearly visible on right [iron ship, 1742 tons, ON94365, 260.3 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1888 (2) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Foley and Co., registered London. Sold c.1907 and renamed 'Antares' by Italian owners. Wrecked off the Victorian coast, west of Peterborough late in 1914, with the loss of her entire crew when on a voyage from Marseilles to Melbourne. Apparently struck the base of a high cliff and foundered].
The 'Ashmore' anchored in Brisbane
The iron barque (ex ship) 'Ashmore', 1099 tons, anchored in Brisbane. [Iron ship, converted to barque c.1900.1179tons. ON76946, 219.3 x 35.3 x 20.6. Built 1877 (3) J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow: Owners John Stewart and Co. Registered London, c.1907 to Norwegian owners with change of name.]
The 'Commonwealth' under sail
The iron ship 'Commonwealth', 1345 tons, under sail. [iron ship later barque, 1404 tons. ON73548, 237.5 x 36.2 x 21.6. Built 1875 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners CH Stewart, registered London, later J. Stewart and Co. Sold c.1909 and renamed Cavour under the Italian flag and in 1916 became Cuatro Hermanos of Peru. She filled and sank becoming a total loss at Antofagasta in September 1927.]