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The 'Bristow' at Kings Lynn
The composite barque 'Bristow', 351 tons, at Kings Lynn. She was built in 1854. [Composite three mast barque, 351 tons. ON4308, 133.3 x 25.0 x 15.3. Built 1854 Jones Getty and Co. Liverpool. Owners Wright Bros, reg. London then to owners in Hull].
The 'Thermopylae' at anchor in Sydney Harbour
The composite ship 'Thermopylae', 948 tons, at anchor in Sydney Harbour. She was built in 1868 [composite ship, 948 tons, ON60688, 212.0 x 36.0 x 21.0. Built 1868 (8) Walter Hood and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: George Thompson and Co. (Aberdeen White Star Line) registered Aberdeen. Sold to Portugese in 1896 and employed as a Naval Training ship. Built as a China Tea Clipper and then moved into the Australian trades where she became very famous and said to have been one of the fastest clippers in the trade]. The 'Thermopylae' is at Johnston's Bay, with the hill of Prymont behind the ship. At the far right are the buildings of Sydney University, and closer to the ship is the Glebe Island Bridge and part of the premises of Brown Iron Foundry [information provided by a researcher].
The 'Cutty Sark' at anchor at Falmouth, U.K.
The compsite ship 'Cutty Sark', 921 tons, at anchor at Falmouth, U.K. The ship was built in 1869 [composite ship, 963 gross tons. ON63557. 212.5 x 36.0 x 21.6. Built 1869 (11) Scott and Linton, Dumbarton. Owners John Willis and Son, registered London. (The shipbuilders went bankrupt in the course of constructing the ship and it was completed by Denny Bros) Sold 1895 to Portuguese and renamed Ferreira. Bought in 1922 by Captain Dowman of Falmouth, named and restored and re-rigged to her original sail plan. Presented to the Thames Nautical Training College in 1938. Subsequently installed in a dry dock at Greenwich on permanent display. This vessel has probably had more written about her than any other sailing ship, including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' by Lubbock, see for full details up to 1938. The name is taken from a poem by Burns - Tam O'Shanter and the best translation appears to be 'short chemise'. Built for the China trades and considered to be among the world's fastest sailing ships. she was transferred to the Australian trades in 1885-6, trading mainly to Sydney, until she made a few voyages to Brisbane in the 1890's prior to being withdrawn and sold foreign. See 'The Log of the cutty Sark', 'Colonial Clippers', 'China Clippers'].
The 'Inverness' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Inverness', 725 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. A beautiful example of a composite built ship with main skysail [composite ship, 744 tons, ON63519, 177.6 x 32.0 x 18.9. Built 1869 (9) Hall, Russell and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: J&R Grant, registered London, passed to owners in Swansea and reduced to a barque c.1880. In 1896 sold to Amazon Telegraph Co. registered Swansea (Wales). Wrecked 20 Dec. 1896 on the Japarica Bank between Caste and Salinas laden with cable, coal and general on a voyage from London to Para].
The 'Sobraon' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The composite ship 'Sobraon', 2131 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. This is the largest composite ship built. It has iron frames and lower masts. The lower yards of made of steel [composite ship, 2131 tons, ON54680. 272.0 x 40.0 x 27.0. Built 1866 (4) Hall, Russell and Co., Aberdeen [per Ron Parsons, however a researcher advises that it was built by the neighbouring yard of Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen]. Owners: Lowther, Maxton and Co., registered London. c.1870 Devitt and Moore: 1892 NSW Government; 1911 Federal Government for Naval Training ship and renamed 'HMAS Tingira'. Sold out of the service in 1928, it was reported she was to be broken up, but in 1934 she was reported to be in use as a 'rest home for out of work boys'. In 1937 sold for conversion to a museum but the buyer went bankrupt and the vessel passed to Mr. W Ford, Berry's Bay, North Sydney and was finally demolished in WW2. There seems to be no foundation for the story that the vessel was laid down as a auxiliary steamer for the Black Ball Line. Even before she was purchased by Devitt and Moore whenever she loaded on the Australian berth she was under charter to that firm. Her first owners were in the China tea trade. claimed to have been the largest composite ship built. The ship was named after a decisive battle in the Sutlij war of 1846. Accommodation was for 90 first and 40 second class passengers. Her first trip to Australia was in 1866 when she made the trip to Sydney in 75 days. For a description of a passage made in 1882 see SB Vol. XVII (New Series) Jan. 1954 page 4 et seq.] [Tingira = native term for The Open Sea. While under this name was employed as a training ship for boy entries to RAN and was moored usually in Rose Bay, Sydney. 1914-1928].
The 'Loire' under sail
The French wooden barque 'Loire', tonnage unknown, under sail [steel 4 mast barque, 3094 gross, 2453 net tons. Later 2969 gross, 2685 net tons. 321.2 x 45.1 x 25.5. Built 1897 At. & Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: AD Bordes and Fils, registered Dunkirk].
The 'Chrysolite' under sail
The British wooden schooner 'Chrysolite', 167 tons, under sail. A typical sailing coaster of the closing years of sail. [wooden three mast schooner. 167 tons. ON58190. 95.6 x 21.6 x 12.0. Built 1869 (6). Shepherd, Whitehaven. Probably owned in Penzance when the photograph was taken.]
The 'Erin's Isle' under sail
The Nova Scotian wooden ship 'Erin's Isle', 1778 tons, under sail. A great many beautiful wooden ships were built in Nova Scotia. Many of them passed into the hands of British and foreign owners [wooden ship, 1799 tons. ON72311. 221.5 x 40.2 x 25.3. Built 1877 (8) M'Fee, St. John. Owners: JM McFee, registered Liverpool].
The 'Victoria' at anchor
The Nova Scotian built barque 'Victoria', 760 tons, at anchor.
The 'Independence' under sail
The United States wooden ship 'Independence', 952 tons, under sail. A fine example of a 'Down Easter' as such Californian traders were called.
The 'John D. Spreckels' under sail
The United States wooden Brigantine 'John D. Spreckels', 267 tons, under sail. This is a rare photograph of a vessel with stunsails set.
The 'Grace A. Martin' under sail
The United States wooden schooner 'Grace A. Martin', 3129 tons, under sail. The United States continued to build multi-masted wooden schooners and barquentines until the early years of the twentieth century. Many such vessels visited Australia timber laden [wooden 5 mast schooner, 3129 tons ON(US)201187, 302.0 x 48.1 x 28.6. Built 1904 Percy and Small, Bath, Maine. Owners Percy and Small, registered Bath, Maine].
The 'Cromdale' under sail
The steel ship 'Cromdale', 1903 tons, under sail. One of the loveliest of the steel ships with double topgallant sails and main skysails. [steel ship 1903 tons. ON98561, 271.6 x 40.1 x 23.4. Built 1891 (6) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners D Rose and Co. Registered Aberdeen. Wrecked in 1913, Bass Point, near the Lizard southern England. Said to be the last sailing ship built for the Australian wook trade].
The 'Fort Stuart' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Fort Stuart', 2433 tons, in an unidentified harbour. The ship as double topgallant sails. [steel ship, 2433 tons. ON99373. 302.0 x 42.3 x 24.0. Built 1892 (2) Sunderland SB Co. Ltd. Sunderland. Owners: Stuart and Douglas. Registered Liverpool. Abandoned in position 35.37S x 19.2E. 4th October 1899 on a voyage from Middlesbro' towards Calcutta with salt].
The 'Balclutha' at anchor
The steel ship 'Balclutha', 1689 tons, at anchor. A typical steel ship of the 1880s with lower masts and topmasts in one, and spike bowsprit.
The 'Hawaiian Islands' as 'Star of Greenland'
The four masted steel barque 'Hawaiian Islands', 2097 tons, as 'Star of Greenland'. One of the big carriers of the 1890s.
The 'Donna Francisca' under sail
The 'bald-headed' four masted steel barque 'Donna Francisca', 2277 tons, under sail. This ship is 'Jubilee-rigged' [steel 4 mast barque, 2277 tons. ON99059. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.5. Built 1892 (4) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: J Hayes and Co. registered London. Sold 1910 and renamed Herbert and registered in Germany, renamed Lemkenhafen in 1922 and was wrecked in 1924. One of the early ships to be fitted with water ballast tanks].
The 'Colonial Empire' at anchor
The Jubilee-rigged four masted steel barque 'Colonial Empire', 2436 tons, at anchor. [steel 4 mast barque, 2436 tons. ON114848, 302.1 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1902 (3) J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners G. Duncan and Co. London. Sold 1910 to other English owners and wrecked at Algoa Bay, September 27, 1917.] [NB - 2 vessels of this name, earlier one wrecked 1880].
The 'Hainaut' as a bulk oil carrier
The steel ship 'Hainaut', 1783 tons, as a bulk oil carrier [steel ship, 1783 tons. 248.8 x 40.3 x 22.2. Built 1887 Barrow SB Co. Barrow. Owners: American Petroleum Co., registered Rotterdam. Fitted to carry petroleum in bulk].
The 'Calcutta' at anchor
The British oil carrier 'Calcutta', 1694 tons, at anchor. [steel barque, 1694 tons, ON112698, 248.0 x 40.2 x 12.9. Built 1892. Naval Construction and Armament Co. Ltd. Barrow for Norwegian owners as Unionen, owned by Vestland Petroleum Co. reg. Bergen sold to British owners and renamed: Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. reg. London. Eventually became a fuel barge and subsequently broken up. Brief detail of career and fate see "The Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers" B. Lubbock.]
The 'Prins Valdemar' under tow
The steel barquentine 'Prins Valdemar', 1361 tons, under tow [steel barquentine, 1361 tons, 226.1 x 37.3 x 21.5. Built 1892 (1) Helsingfors S & E Co., Elsinore. Owners: PN Winther, registered Denmark].
The 'Crillon' under sail
The steel ship 'Crillon', 2256 tons, under sail. France continued to build sailing ships during the first decade of the twentieth century. These vessels received a government paid 'bounty' and provided keen competition for ships of other nations [[steel ship 2392 tons (later 2256 tons) 281.1 x 40.7 x 22.7. Built 1902 Chant and Atel de St Nazaire, St Nazaire. Owners Cie Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Broken up in 1927].
The 'Sully' at Wallaroo
The hurricane-decked French steel barque 'Sully', 2651 tons, at Wallaroo. Since the bounty was paid on the basis of gross tonnage French owners strove to increase the gross tonnage of their vessels by extending the poop deck and foredeck. This culminated in the construction of hurricane-decked sailing ships such as the 'Sully' which was launched in the early twentieth century--1902. Several hurricane-decked vessels with extremely large gross tonnage were built [steel barque, 2682 tons, later 2651 tons. 277.0 x 40.4 x 22.3. Built 1902 Atel. and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: Cie. Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Sunk by German submarine in March 1917].
The 'Scottish Wizard' in Victoria Dock at Aberdeen.
The iron barque 'Scottish Wizard', 1209 tons, in Victoria Dock at Aberdeen [iron barque, 1209 tons, ON85060, 226.6 x 36.0 x 20.0. Built 1881 (6) A Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: McIllwraith, McEacharn and Co., Registered London. Sold c.1900 and became 'Pasquale Lauro' of Italian owners].
The 'Persian Empire' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Persian Empire', 1532 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 1532 tons, ON52829, 230.4 x 38.7 x 23.8. Built 1865 (9) Pile, Spence and Co. West Hartlepool, owners: G Duncan, registered London].
The 'British Empire' at anchor
The iron ship 'British Empire', 1550 tons, at anchor [iron ship 1550 tons, ON63517, 245.1 x 39.7 x 23.4. Built 1869 (9). W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners G. Duncan, reg. London (toward the end of her life was rigged down to a barque) Broken up in 1906.
The 'Lauriston' at anchor
The four masted steel ship 'Lauriston', 2301 tons, at anchor [steel 4 mast ship, 2301 tons, ON101957. 284.6 x 42.0 x 24.4. Built 1892 (12) Workman, Clark and Co. Ltd. Belfast. Owners: Galbraith and Moorhead, registered London (later, Galbraith Hill and Co.) 1904/5 G Duncan and Co., Registered London, June 1910 Cook and Dundas: became Russian c. 1914 without change of name. Activities obscure until about 1925 when refitted and became the Soviet Russian cadet training ship 'Tovarisch'. Fate unknown but apparently broken up in Russian in late 1920s].
The 'British Commodore' at anchor
The iron ship 'British Commodore', 1453 tons, at anchor. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/7/13 [iron ship, 1453 tons. ON56924, 221.6 x 36.1 x 24.7 Built 1868 (2). Palmer's Shipbuilding Co. Newcastle upon Tyne as Knight Bachelor sold and renamed in 1870 by British Shipowners Ltd. registered Liverpool sold 1882 to Perry, Jones and Co. c. 1890 British Commodore Ship Ltd. (R Hughes-Jones and Co) registered Liverpool. No trace of ownership by Trinder, Anderson but very likely operated for them under charter].
The 'Duke of Edinburgh' moored in the Thames River, U.K.
The composite ship 'Duke of Edinburgh', 1117 tons, moored in the Thames River, U.K. [composite ship, later barque, 1117 tons. ON60045, 190.7 x 34.5 x 22.0. Built 1867 (9) Holderness and Chilton. Liverpool. Owners Holderness and Chilton, registered Liverpool, later Foley and Co. registered London. Condemned and withdrawn from trading c.1887].
The 'Ellora' moored at Gravesend, U.K.
The iron barque (ex steamship) 'Ellora', 1699 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [if the caption is correct, the vessel was never owned by Foley and Company. They owned a vessel of the same name built in 1876. The former steamer was owned in Melbourne after conversion to sailing ship].