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'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
Starboard watch at work; 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 1948 [steel 4 mast barque, 2942 tons. ON99215, 317.4 x 45.0 x 25.1 Built 1892 (9) WB Thompson and Co. Ltd. Dundee. Owners: C Barrie, registered Dundee, then Anglo-American Oil Co., registered London, 1912 Windram and Co., and after other changes became a unit in Gustaf Erikson's fleet in 1919 and was frequently in the Australian grain races. Seized by South African Government during WW2, she was employed in various trades until sold after the war to Portugese owners who did not use the vessel and she was finally broken up near Lourenco Marques in 1957]
'Lawhill' 4 masted barque
Making sail on poop deck of 4 masted barque 'Lawhill', 1948 [steel 4 mast barque, 2942 tons. ON99215, 317.4 x 45.0 x 25.1 Built 1892 (9) WB Thompson and Co. Ltd. Dundee. Owners: C Barrie, registered Dundee, then Anglo-American Oil Co., registered London, 1912 Windram and Co., and after other changes became a unit in Gustaf Erikson's fleet in 1919 and was frequently in the Australian grain races. Seized by South African Government during WW2, she was employed in various trades until sold after the war to Portugese owners who did not use the vessel and she was finally broken up near Lourenco Marques in 1957]
'Wag Green' unknown vessel
Figurehead, 'Wag Green' unknown vessel. At the time this photograph was taken this figurehead was in the ownership of Mr John Crisp, UK.
'Dewarutji' steel barquentine
Figurehead, 'Dewarutji' steel barquentine.
'Lucknow' barque
Heavy weather off the Horn; 'Lucknow' barque.
'Tellus' barque
View from the break of the poop; barque 'Tellus' [steel 3 mast barque, 1465 gross, 1363 net tons. 238.2 x 37.5 x 21.4. Built 1891 Rijkee and Co. Rotterdam as 'Evertsen'. Owners: Wachsmuth and Krogmann, registered Hamburg]
'Barossa' barque
Looking aft along poop deck; barque 'Barossa'.
Burying the lee rail. A sailing ship in the vicinity of Cape Horn
Burying the lee rail. A sailing ship in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
'Frideborg' barquentine
Windlass and forecastle; barquentine 'Frideborg'.
'Edith' British vessel
Figurehead, 'Edith'. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, Newport, News, USA.
'Charles W Morgan' whaler
Main deck of whaler 'Charles W Morgan' showing brick try works.
'Patagonia' barque
Bow of Norwegian barque 'Patagonia' [wooden 3 mast barque, 1231 gross, 1155 net tons. 191.9 x 38.4 x 22.5. Built 1880 T Killan, Tusket, Nova Scotia. Owners (1895) Gustav C Hansen, registered Christiania, Norway]
'Maid of Judah' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Maid of Judah' wooden ship.
'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner.
'Duchess of Sutherland' iron steamship
Figurehead, 'Duchess of Sutherland' iron steamship.
'Muscoota' 4 masted barque
Making up a topgallant sail to be sent aloft and bent; 4 masted barque 'Muscoota' [possibly also known as the 'Buckingham']
'Ellen' barque
Barque 'Ellen' at Lisbon after explosion in coal cargo, due to spontaneous combustion.
'Sierra Lucena'
Captain and Mrs Vogt in the saloon of ship 'Sierra Lucena' [iron ship, 1747 tons, ON87394, 260.4 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1883 (9) R Steele and Co., Greenock, as 'Inveruglas' for J McGregor and Son, registered Greenock, sold and renamed 'Sierra Lucena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd.) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Norwegian 'Sophie' c.1923 became American 'Tusitala'. Broken up in 1938 at New York]
'Fristad' barque
Norwegian barque 'Fristad' in dock at Antwerp for re-caulking [wooden 3 mast barque, 986 gross, 918 net tons. 175.6 x 35.4 x 20.7. Built 1875 C. McLellan, River John, New Brunswick, (and named 'Memlo' renamed date unknown) Owners: J Olsen, Maberg, registered Farund, Norway]
'George' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'George' wooden barque.
Unknown British vessel
Figurehead, Unknown vessel (British) Moorish pirate figurehead from British East Indiaman. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Olivebank' 4 masted barque
Sailors from 4 masted barque 'Olivebank' in the ship's lifeboat [steel 4 mast barque, 2824 tons, ON99855, 326.0 x 43.1 x 24.5. Built 1892 (10) Mackie and Thomson, Glasgow. Owners: A Weir and Co. registered Glasgow: c.1913 sold to Norway and renamed 'Caledonia', then in early 1920s acquired by G Erikson and reverts to original name. A war casualty when she struck a mine off Jutland Sept. 8, 1939, and sank. Between the wars a regular visitor to Australia and frequently in the 'Grain Race']
'Frideborg' barquentine
View of main mast from aft' barquentine 'Frideborg'.
'Garthpool' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Garthpool' steel 4 masted barque [see also 'Juteopolis']
'Great Admiral' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Great Admiral' wooden ship [wooden ship rigged vessel, 1576 gross, 1402 net tons. ON(US)85007, 214.2 x 40.3 x 25.2. Built 1869. ER Jackson, East Boston, USA. Owners: 1897 ER Sterling, registered New York. Engaged from this time in the Pacific delivering cargoes of timber. Wrecked Dec. 1907 on the West Coast of South America. Much additional material on early career in 'The Downeasters' by Basil Lubbuck, Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, reprinted 1971]
'Mermaid' American yacht
Figurehead, 'Mermaid' American yacht. Held in the collection of the Mariner's Museum, USA.
'Adolf' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Adolf' iron ship.
'Cutty Sark' composite ship
Figurehead, 'Cutty Sark' composite ship [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']
'Maipo' barque
Poop deck; barque 'Maipo'.
'Medway' 4 masted barque, 'Captain Cook' pilot boat
Pilot waiting to be taken off 4 masted barque 'Medway'. Pilot boat 'Captain Cook' in background [steel 4 mast barque, 2511 tons, ON129109. 300.0 x 43.2 x 24.8. Built 1902 (7) A McMillan and Son Ltd. Dumbarton. Owners: Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd, registered London. Formerly named 'Ama Begonakoa' of Monte Video and acquired by Moore in 1910. As a wartime measure was converted to an oil carrier at Hong Kong but the war was over before conversion was completed and she became a harbour oiler at Singapore under the name of 'Myr Shell' until sold for scrap in 1933]