Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph
The 'Sokoto' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool. Became Norwegian 1910]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.
The 'Trade Winds' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Trade Winds', 2859 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2859 gross, ON97852, 315.3 x 45.0 x 25.0. Built 1891 (4) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith. Owners: GN Gardiner and Co., registered Liverpool: 1897 J Joyce; 1899 sold German owners and renamed 'Magdalene' and in 1913 renamed 'Ophelia'. Broken up in Germany in 1923/4].
The 'Oweenee' at Port Adelaide
The steel 4 masted barque 'Oweenee', 2432 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast barque, 2432 gross, ON100264, 309.0 x 42.0 x 24.6. Built 1891 (10) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton: Owners: Oweenee Ship Co. Ltd., registered Windsor, Nova Scotia, later Thames and Mersey Shipping Co: c.1916 sold and converted into full powered motorship and fitted as a petrol tanker and renamed 'Ortina Shell'].
The 'Amazon' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Amazon', 2062 tons, in an unidentified port. [Iron 4 mast barque, 2062 gross tons. ON93185, 286.7 x 42.5 x 24.1. Built 1886 (6) Barclay Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: R. Hill, reg. Greenock.]
The 'Achnashie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Achnashie', 2476 tons, in an unidentified port. [S 4 m bq, 2476g, ON99798, 293.8 x 45.5 x 25.2 B. 1892 (4) R. Duncan & Co. Ltd. Port Glasgow: Owners: - Thom & Cameron Ltd, reg. Glasgow: 1907 sold French and became 'Chanaral'. Torpedoed in WW1.]
The 'Drumcraig' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Drumcraig', 1979 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast barque, 1979 tons. ON91178, 280.4 x 41.1. x 23.5. Built 1885 (1) Barrow SB Co. Ltd. Barrow. Owners Gillison and Chadwick, registered Liverpool. Went missing in 1906 on a voyage from Astoria to Manila].
The 'Crown of Germany' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Crown of Germany', 2241 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2241 tons, ON99129. 284.4 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1892 (5) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners Crown SS Co. Ltd. (J Reid and Co) registered Belfast c.1902/3 Crown of Germany Ship Co. Potter Bros. registered London. In 1910 sold to Hamburg and renamed Fischbek. On her first voyage was wrecked in Le Maire Straits near Cape Horn, August 1910].
The 'Strathgryfe' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Strathgryfe', 2276 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2276 gross, ON93225, 279.4 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: D McGillivray, registered Greenock in 1920 became the German owned 'Margretha'. During WW1 was taken by Portugese and renamed 'Graciosa' and was sunk in 1918 by a German submarine].
The 'Lady Wentworth' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lady Wentworth', 2715 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2715 gross, ON105567, 295.7 x 45.6 x 25.7. Built 1896 (6) Scott and Co., Greenock. Owners: Adam, Hamilton and Co., registered Greenock. c.1905 sold to Germany and renamed 'Woglinde'].
The 'Manchester' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Manchester', 3046 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 3046 gross, ON99391, 312.9 x 46.1 x 25.8. Built 1892 (3) W Doxford and Sons Ltd. Sunderland: Owners: JJ Joyce and Co. Registered Liverpool. Went missing at the end of 1900].
The 'Eulomene' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Eulomene', 2725 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast ship, 2725 tons. ON99307, 310.5 x 43.0 x 24.5. Built 1891 (8) R.Thompson and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: H Fernie and Sons, Liverpool (Liverpool Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. Missing in 1905 on her passage from Bremerhaven to the Tyne. NB. There were two ships of this name in the fleet, the earlier one was built in 1881 and wrecked in 1884].
The 'North Star' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'North Star', 2761 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2761 gross ON99085. 316.8 x 43.2 x 24.5. Built 1892 (5) Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Alloa. Owners: Bilbrough and Co. Registerd London. Sold c.1899 to German owners and renamed 'Alsterufer'. c.1913 'Suzanne Vinnen'. Torpedoed under the name 'Carrabin' q.v.] [steel hulled 4 mast barque built 1892 and named North Star, and sold to German owners and became Alster Rufer and then Susanne Vinnen. Taken over by British authorities on outbreak of WW1 and registered at London, with ON99085. This vessel was porpedoed Oct 1 1917, 10 miles south of Daunts Rock, without warning. There was no loss of life.]
The 'Trafalgar' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Trafalgar', 1768 tons, in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast ship, early 1900s made into 4 mast barque, 1768 tons. ON76811. Built 1877 (9) C Connell and Co., Glasgow. 271.5 x 39.3 x 23.4. Owners: W&A Brown, registered Glasgow, later A Brown, then c.1893 Andrew Weir and Co. Sold to Norway and eventually reduced to barque rig].
The 'Lyndhurst' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lyndhurst', 2311 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2311 tons, ON91964, 295.0 x 42.1 x 24.1 Built 1886 (9) A McMillan and Son, Dumbarton, owners: Lyndhurst Ship Co. Ltd (WR Price and Co. ) registered London: later Anglo American Oil Co. registered London. Lost at sea August 21, 1911].
The 'Earl of Jersey' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Earl of Jersey', 2052 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 4 mast ship, 2129 gross, ON87191, 290.7 x 42.7 x 23.9. Built 1883 (10) Barrow and Co. Sailing Boat Co. Barrow. Owners Earl Shipping Co. Ltd (D Brown and Sons) registered London. Wrecked in India Sept. 29, 1887].
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 'Puritan' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Puritan', 2361 tons, in an unidentified harbour steel 4 mast barque, 2361 gross, ON97591, 301.6 x 43.1 x 24.2. Built 1889 (12) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Sir RW Cameron, registered Glasgow. Left Newcastle NSW with coal for San Francisco in 1911 and on June 17 sprang a leak. She was abandoned in a sinking condition on June 27, 1911. The Captain and a boat's crew reached Tahiti, another boat with three aboard was picked up by SS 'Talune', but a third boat with ten men on board was never seen again].
The 'Lydgate' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Lydgate', 2534 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 2534 tons, ON102120, 304.3 x 43.2 x 24.3. Built 1893 (12) Palmers Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne: Owners: Honresfield Ship Co. (J Joyce) Registered Liverpool. Sold 1915 to Norway and renamed 'Skansen I'].
The 'Kentmere' in an unidentified port
The iron 4 masted barque 'Kentmere', 2525 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, later 4 mast barque (probably converted about the time she began to carry bulk oil) 2521 gross tons, ON87141. Built 1883 (6) WH Potter and Sons. Liverpool. Owners: Ship Kentmore Co. Ltd (Fisher and Sprott) registered London c.1900 Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Registered London. A number of of references to the ship, but nothing of importance are to found in 'The Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers' by Basil Lubbock].
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 '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 'Hollinwood' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Hollinwood', 2673 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast ship, 2673 tons, ON96346. 307.7 x 45.1 x 24.2. Built 1889 (8) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Steel Ship Hollinwood Ltd (Macvicar, Marshall and Co.) registered Liverpool. Abandoned on fire 26 August 1898 when on a voyage from Sydney to London].
The 'Rewa' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Rewa', 2999 tons, in an unidentified harbour [see 'Alice A Leigh'].
The 'Walter H. Wilson' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Walter H. Wilson', 2518 tons, in an unidentified harbour [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].
The 'Afghanistan' in an unidentified harbour
The iron 4 masted barque 'Afghanistan', 2286 tons, in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Hinemoa' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Hinemoa', 2283 tons, in an unidentified harbour. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/94 [steel 4 mast barque 2283 gross tons. ON98591, 278.1 x 41.9 x 24.2 Built 1890 (11) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners John Leslie, registered Glasgow. c.1915-6 to Liverpool owners and survived WW1. When first built was fitted with refrigerating machinery and made her maiden voyage to New Zealand. Was reputed to have been the first four mast barque to have been seen in the area. After this trip she was mainly employed in the Australian trade and made some smart passages. See:'White Wings' Vol. 1 which says she was purchased by Leslie in 1916 - she was SOLD about that time by Leslie. 'Last of the Windjammers'. Vol. 11 dwells upon her alleged bad luck. 'Colonial Clippers' makes brief mention of the ship].
The 'Earl Dalhousie' in an unidentified port
The steel 4 masted barque 'Earl Dalhousie', 1765 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to print PRG 1373/27/18 [possibly also known as the 'Meta Seeger' owned in Bremen] [wooden barque. 1047 tons. ON29463. 191.5 x 34.8 x 22.0. Built 1862 (9) A Stephen and Sons. Dundee. Owners A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee. c.1882 sold to Bremen and renamed Meta Seeger. Noted as being stranded in 1887]. According to a researcher the captain of this ship was Richard H Cary - who came from the fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall England. He was one of five brothers - all were ships captains who spent time in Australian waters. Richard was the only one of the brothers who did not die at sea.
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 'Edward' in an unidentified port
The wooden brig 'Edward' built in 1797, 140 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Celerity' in an unidentified harbour
The wooden brig 'Celerity', 215 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [wooden 2 mast brig. 215 tons. ON53019. 103.3 x 25.2 x 13.8. Built 1867 (6) R. Craggs and Son. Middlesbro' Owners: Matthew Scratton registered Middlesbro later WC Murrell.]