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'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.
'Richelieu' French 4 masted barque
'Richelieu' French 4 masted barque towed by Liverpool tugs.
The 'Caitloch' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Caitloch', 1264 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
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 '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 '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'.]
The 'Loch Carron' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Loch Carron', 2128 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship (c.1905 4 mast barque) 2128 tons. ON90033, 287.7 x 42.5 x 24.1. Built 1885 (4) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: General Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn) registered Glasgow. sold c.1912 /4 Norwegian owners and renamed 'Seileren'. Lost during WW1 due to enemy action].
The 'Stoneleigh' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Stoneleigh', 2243 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2243 gross, ON99767, 281.6 x 42.3 x 24.6. Built 1892 (3) Scott and Co. Greenock. Owners: G Cowan, registered Greenock].
The 'Mayfield' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Mayfield', 2285 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2285 gross tons, ON89695. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1892 (2) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: Shaw Savill and Co, registered Glasgow].
The 'Auchencairn' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Auchencairn', 2040 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [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 'May Cory' in the River Avon
The wooden barquentine 'May Cory', 163 tons, in the River Avon [wooden 3 mast brigantine - although in the barquetine section, 178gross, 163 net tons. ON68343, 107.8 x 22.7 x 11.4. Built 1875 (4) Johnson, Bideford. Owners: CT Bowring and Co. registered Liverpool].
The 'St. Anne' wrecked on Cornish coast
The wooden schooner 'St. Anne', 102 tons, wrecked on the Cornish coast [wooden 2 mast schooner, 102 gross and net tons. ON107661. 83.4 x 23.7 x 9.2. Built 1898 C Lajoie, St. Irebee, owners C Lajoie, registered Quebec].
The 'Nellie Fleming' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden schooner 'Nellie Fleming', 152 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 3 mast schooner, 152 gross tons, 120 net tons. ON67851, 106.4 x 24.6 x 9.3. Built 1893 (11) T Watson, Peel, Isle of Man. Owners: GT Beard, registered Cork. Ex 'Rita' 1898, ex 'Griqualand West'].
The 'Queen' wrecked on Cornish coast
The wooden cutter 'Queen', wrecked on the Cornish coast.
The 'Timaru' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Timaru', 1306 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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' towing to Dunedin
The iron ship 'Pleione', 1092 tons, towing to Dunedin [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 'Wairoa' (as barque)
The iron ship 'Wairoa' (as barque), 1015 tons, at an unidentified harbour. Also refer to print PRG 1373/30/99 [iron 3 mast ship rigged; altered to a barque after sale and renaming. 1057 gross tons. ON73621. 204.1 x 34.2 x 20.0. Built 1875 (11) Palmers Co. Newcastle upon Tyne. Owners: New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., registered London. c.1900 to Russians who renamed the vessel 'Winnipeg'. She sailed from Pensacola, USA with a cargo of timber in 1907 bound for Buenos Ayres, but went missing].
The 'Laura' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden barquentine 'Laura', 326 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 2 mast ketch, 22 tons, ON74848, 54.7 x 15.1 x 4.4. Built 1880 William Thoroughgood, Lake Macquarie, NSW. Owned in Newcastle NSW until sold in 1906 to a German subject and register closed] See further 'Newcastle Ship Register' Parsons, August 1974.
The 'Saoirse' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden ketch 'Saoirse' in an unidentified harbour.
Graham's Floating Dock, Sydney
Graham's Floating Dock, Sydney, Schooner 'Hope'.
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour in the 1870's, Campbell's Cove, looking east.
'Aristides' at Sydney
'Aristides' at Sydney in the 1880's, Walsh Bay looking south west, [iron ship, 1721 tons, ON70454, 260.0 x 39.5 x 24.5. Built 1876 (3) Walter Hood and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: George Thompson and Co. Registered Aberdeen. Missing, sailed 28 May 1903 from Caleta Buena bound for San Francisco but did not arrive. Said to have been the flagship of the Aberdeen White Star Line and a favourite passenger ship in both the Sydney and Melbourne trade until the company change to steamships.]
Circular Quay
Circular Quay in 1870.