Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph

'Edward' wooden brigantine at Port Adelaide

'Edward' wooden brigantine at Port Adelaide

'Edward' wooden brigantine 270 tons [wooden 2 mast brig. 270 tons, ON119235, 121.3 x 26.8 x 12.3. Built 1874 Thronhjerms SB Co. Drontheim, Norway. Owners (Formerly owned in Drontheim), 1904 Kennedy Bros., registered Hobart later Edward Raylor (trading as Edward Sailing Ship Co.) totally wrecked Sept. 29, 1912 at Point Nepean Victoria when she dragged her anchors and drifted ashore]

Hulks of 'Concordia' and 'Jessie Craig'

Hulks of 'Concordia' and 'Jessie Craig'

Hulk of 'Concordia' steel ship 1913 tons and hulk of 'Jessie Craig' iron barque 680 tons at Hobart.

'Valmarie' wooden schooner

'Valmarie' wooden schooner

'Valmarie' wooden schooner 288 tons. 'Valmarie' aground on Farewell Spit in New Zealand [wooden 3 mast schooner, 288 gross, 246 net tons. ON136445, 130.0 x 30.5 x 11.6. Built 1919 Purdon and Featherstone, Hobart. Owners: Rosenfeld and Co. Ltd, registered Sydney. Stranded Farewell Spit, NZ. Feb. 16, 1922 and abandoned as a total loss but later salvaged, repaired and re-registered as 'Mapu' in Wellington. converted to a hulk in 1929 and register closed]

'Valmarie' wooden schooner

'Valmarie' wooden schooner

'Valmarie' wooden schooner 288 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner, 288 gross, 246 net tons. ON136445, 130.0 x 30.5 x 11.6. Built 1919 Purdon and Featherstone, Hobart. Owners: Rosenfeld and Co. Ltd, registered Sydney. Stranded Farewell Spit, NZ. Feb. 16, 1922 and abandoned as a total loss but later salvaged, repaired and re-registered as 'Mapu' in Wellington. converted to a hulk in 1929 and register closed]

'Speedwell' wooden ketch 43 tons

'Speedwell' wooden ketch 43 tons

'Speedwell' wooden ketch 43 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 43 tons, ON57624, 64.5 x 19.4 x 5.1. Built 1890, Tasmania. Owners: The Huon Co. Ltd., registered Hobart. William Knights, Williamstown, Victoria, who installed an auxiliary diesel engine]

'Volador' wooden barquentine 214 tons

'Volador' wooden barquentine 214 tons

'Volador' wooden barquentine 214 tons [wooden 3 mast barquentine (Lloyds and other sources sometimes say 3 mast schooner) 213 gross, 197 net tons. ON78860. 117.5 x 22.8 x 11.7. Built 1884 (4) Troon SB Co. Troon. Owners: Built for owners who registered the ship at Ayr, in Scotland. Subsequently sold to Norway and enrolled at Sydney, ex foreign ownership in 1900 - Nelson (Ivor Nelson) and Robertson, registered Sydney. c.1908 Edward Pike and Co. Ltd.; About 1914 EJ MA and Edward Taylor. Wrecked at Mussel Roe Bay, Tasmania. February 1916]

'Good Intent' wooden ketch 35 tons

'Good Intent' wooden ketch 35 tons

'Good Intent' wooden ketch 35 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 35 gross, 33 net tons. ON57592, 62.4 x 17.9 x 5.0. Built 1877 John Wilson, Port Cygnet Tasmania. Owners: T Nichols, registered Hobart. c.1923 Cygnet SS Co. 1924 AJ and RR Burgess, registered Melbourne. At a date unknown an auxiliary engine of 12 hp was installed. Wrecked May 10th, 1928 King Island]

'Huon Chief' wooden ketch

'Huon Chief' wooden ketch

'Huon Chief' wooden ketch 32 tons [wooden 2 mast schooner, later altered to 2 mast aux. ketch. 32 tons, ON57491, 58.4 x 14.5 x 4.7. Built 1849 George Griggs, Huon River Tasmania. Register closed with 'lost' and undated but in an article in the Hobart 'Mercury' Dec. 31, 1984 it is stated she was retired in April 1956 and subsequently broken up in Prince of Wales Bay]

'Annie' wooden ketch

'Annie' wooden ketch

'Annie' wooden ketch 30 tons. [wooden 2 mast schooner (sometimes described as a ketch) 35 tons, later 30 tons, ON31938, 55.4 x 14.4 x 5.9. Built 1853 John Watson, Hobart Town. Register closed June 1921 'Broken up'.]

'Rachel Thompson' wooden ketch

'Rachel Thompson' wooden ketch

'Rachel Thompson' wooden ketch 16 tons [wooden 2 mast ketch, 16 tons. ON57577, 47.3 x 12.6 x 5.9. Built 1877 Tasmania. Ultimately turned to fishing and when owned by TM Burgess was wrecked on Victoria Rocks, Bass Strait, in July 1922 although her register was not closed until September 1949]

Wreck of the 'Annie Taylor' wooden ketch

Wreck of the 'Annie Taylor' wooden ketch

'Annie Taylor' wooden ketch 96 tons wrecked Tasmania. [wooden 2 masted ketch, 96 tons. ON132473 88.0 x 22.5 x 8.0. Built 1920 Port Albert, Vic. Owners Edward Taylor, Hobart, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Nov. 6 1924 at Rheban east coast of Tasmania.]

'Agnes Jessie' wooden barquentine 187 tons

'Agnes Jessie' wooden barquentine 187 tons

'Agnes Jessie' wooden barquentine 187 tons. [wood 3 mast brigantine rigged, 187 tons, ON28889, 102.2 x 22.9 x 12.0. Built 1860 Garmouth, Scot. Owners: 1863 enrolled at Lunaceston, previously in Glasgow: George Fisher owner; 1873 WH Cheserton and various partners, reg. Hobart: July 1880 Henry Chesterman. Wrecked June 24, 1882 at Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.]

'Lass of Gawler' wooden brigantine

'Lass of Gawler' wooden brigantine

'Lass of Gawler' wooden brigantine 212 tons [wooden 2 mast brig. 211 tons, ON43135, 119.3 x 23.5 x 13.8. Built: 1862 (11) Meadus, Poole, County Dorset. Owners: Walter Duffield, registered Port Adelaide: May 1884 William Wells and WL Dickson: Feb. 1885 HCE Meucke: March 1885 Tasmanian SN Co. Registered Hobart and converted to a coal hulk. 1891 Union SS Co. of New Zealand. Sold for demolition 1908. Unknown why in Tasmanian section, probably never made a voyage for Tasmanian owners, possibly even converted to a hulk in South Australia]

Vessel 'Amelia J' being built

Vessel 'Amelia J' being built

'Amelia J' being built 1918.

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine. [wood 3 mast top sail schooner (sometimes called a barkentine). 404g. 383n. ON133493. 153.0 x 36.0 x 14.3. Built 1919 H. Moore, Battery Point, Hobart. Owners: H. Jones & Co. Ltd., reg. Hobart. Missing, sailed from Newcastle, NSW Aug. 21 1920 with coal for Hobart but failed to arrive. 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by O'May has extensive coverage of the loss and subsequent search for this vessel, said to be the last square rigged vessel built in Tasmania.]

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine

'Amelia J' wooden barquentine. [wood 3 mast top sail schooner (sometimes called a barkentine). 404g. 383n. ON133493. 153.0 x 36.0 x 14.3. Built 1919 H. Moore, Battery Point, Hobart. Owners: H. Jones & Co. Ltd., reg. Hobart. Missing, sailed from Newcastle, NSW Aug. 21 1920 with coal for Hobart but failed to arrive. 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by O'May has extensive coverage of the loss and subsequent search for this vessel, said to be the last square rigged vessel built in Tasmania.]

'Rio' wooden barquentine

'Rio' wooden barquentine

'Rio' wooden barquentine 289 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner (not barquentine) 312 gross, 289 net tons ON83207. 129.0 x 30.6 x 11.5. Built 1881 John Davison, Hansport Nova Scotia. Owners from 1882 DH McKenzie and others, registered Auckland: 1884 P Dolbel, registered Napier 1902 Nelson and Robertson, registered Sydney, then Edward Pike and Co. Ltd, 1914 - E Taylor, registered Hobart. Wrecked north east coast of King Island Bass Strait, July 3, 1915 when bound to Adelaide with timber]

'Eucalyptus' wooden barque

'Eucalyptus' wooden barque

'Eucalyptus' wooden barque 200 tons [wooden 2 mast square rig (schooner) 1856 - re-rigged 3 mast barque. 194 tons originally, later 173 tons. 101.0 x 22.4 x 9.7. Built 1852 John Ross, Battery Point, Hobart. Owners: CM Maxwell and partners, registered Hobart. June 1864. Charles Dowdell and William Belbin: August 1868 William Belbin. Wrecked Nov. 28, 1870 on a voyage Hobart Town towards Port Adelaide on an uncharted rock near Black Reef, off Swan Island, Bass Strait]

'Helen' wooden barque

'Helen' wooden barque

'Helen' wooden barque 343 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, ON49280, 343 tons, 135.3 x 25.3 x 15.8. Built 1864 R Steele, Greenock. Owners: JB Watt, registered Sydney. March 1867 Charles Bayley, registered Hobart Town. June 1867 Charles Bayley and Alex McGregor. Jan. 1873 Bayley, McGregor and George M Evans. Aug. 1885 Alex McGregor. c.1901 Cowper & Taylor. 1913 (Oct) Victorian Lighterage Co. Ltd., registered Melbourne and hulked]

'Helen' wooden barque

'Helen' wooden barque

'Helen' wooden barque 343 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, ON49280, 343 tons, 135.3 x 25.3 x 15.8. Built 1864 R Steele, Greenock. Owners: JB Watt, registered Sydney. March 1867 Charles Bayley, registered Hobart Town. June 1867 Charles Bayley and Alex McGregor. Jan. 1873 Bayley, McGregor and George M Evans. Aug. 1885 Alex McGregor. c.1901 Cowper & Taylor. 1913 (Oct) Victorian Lighterage Co. Ltd., registered Melbourne and hulked]

'Lourah' wooden schooner

'Lourah' wooden schooner

'Lourah' wooden schooner 80 tons [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner, 90 tons, ON105684. 86.4 x 23.8 x 6.0. Built 1899 Dalgleish and Taylor. Hobart. Owners: Risby Bros, registered Hobart. Wrecked Port Davey, Tasmania January 4, 1900]

'Mary Wadley' wooden barquentine

'Mary Wadley' wooden barquentine

'Mary Wadley' wooden barquentine 159 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner/barquentine?, 159 tons, ON71808, 112.5 x 21.3 x 9.8. Built 1874 Edward Wadley, Macleay River, NSW Owners: Edward Wadley of Balmain, registered Sydney: 1876 EJ Touet, mariner, registered Napier. 1876 JH Vautier merchant, Napier. 1885 John Orr, Napier; 1888 EG Ford and J Harris, timber merchants, Hobart, registered Hobart. Wrecked off Garden Island Creek, Tasmania, April 24, 1901]

'Natal Queen' wooden barque

'Natal Queen' wooden barque

'Natal Queen' wooden barque 230 tons [wooden barque, 230 tons, ON54719, 113.8 x 23.5 x 12.6. Built 1866 (1) Adamson, Grangemouth, Owners: c. 1869 Jas. Tozer, registered London: 1873 owned by Hobart, Tasmania. Wrecked in Adventure Bay, June 1909 while the property of Mr. C Almond, of Adelaide. While owned in Australia was noted for some fast passages. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' H O'May, for loss]

'Natal Queen' wooden barque with the mansion 'Lennah' in the background at Hobart

'Natal Queen' wooden barque with the mansion 'Lennah' in the background at Hobart

'Natal Queen' wooden barque 230 tons with the mansion 'Lennah' in the background at Hobart [wooden barque, 230 tons, ON54719, 113.8 x 23.5 x 12.6. Built 1866 (1) Adamson, Grangemouth, Owners: c. 1869 Jas. Tozer, registered London: 1873 owned by Hobart, Tasmania. Wrecked in Adventure Bay, June 1909 while the property of Mr. C Almond, of Adelaide. While owned in Australia was noted for some fast passages. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' H O'May, for loss]

'Natal Queen'  and 'Kassa' wooden barques

'Natal Queen' and 'Kassa' wooden barques

'Natal Queen' wooden barque 230 tons and 'Kassa' wooden barque 287 tons ['Natal Queen' = wooden barque, 230 tons, ON54719, 113.8 x 23.5 x 12.6. Built 1866 (1) Adamson, Grangemouth, Owners: c. 1869 Jas. Tozer, registered London: 1873 owned by Hobart, Tasmania. Wrecked in Adventure Bay, June 1909 while the property of Mr. C Almond, of Adelaide. While owned in Australia was noted for some fast passages. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' H O'May, for loss]

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque 287 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque 287 tons with sails set [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque

'Kassa' wooden barque 287 tons dismasted [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque 287 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque

'Kassa' as stump topgallant-mast barque 287 tons drying sails [wooden 3 mast barque, 325 tons, later 287 tons. ON55310, 125.1 x 25.1 x 12.6. Built 1868 (8) Esnouf and Mauger, Jersey. Owners: Edward Esnouf, registered Jersey. 1873 William Wells, registered Port Adelaide. July 1874 William Lee Murrell. registered Melbourne. January 1877 Robert Harper. December 1883 ET Miles (of Hobart) November 1884 TM Fisher and others , registered Hobart]