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

'Sator' iron ship

'Sator' iron ship

'Sator' iron ship 1226 tons. At Wallaroo [iron ship, 1255 tons. ON76755. 227.7 x 35.7 x 21.5. Built 1877 (3) Birrell, Stenhouse and Co. Dumbarton. Owners C Smith and others. Registered Glasgow within a year or two J Shepherd and Co. registered Belfast. Sold 1902/3 to Norway and renamed Sator]

'Ingrid' iron ship

'Ingrid' iron ship

'Ingrid' iron ship 1297 tons. Possibly also the Countess of Derby.

'Colonna' iron ship

'Colonna' iron ship

'Colonna' iron ship 1497 tons. At Port Adelaide, being dismantled [iron ship, 1499 tons, ON78785, 238.6 x 38.0 x 22.8. Built 1878 (4) Richardson, Duck and Co., Stockton. Owners: Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1902/3 sold Norway and became 'Colonna' and hulked at Port Adelaide 1914 for Adelaide Steamship Company. Towed to Albury 1917 to to used for coal hulk. Oct. 1952 towed to sea by tug 'Uco' to a position off Bald Head and sunk by RAAF for target practice]

'Blenheim' iron ship

'Blenheim' iron ship

'Blenheim' iron ship 1136 tons. See also PRG 1373/57/75. [iron ship, 1136 gross tons. ON76932. 215.3 x 34.0 x 20.4. Built 1877 (1) A. Stephen and Sons, Glasgow as 'Wanganui' for New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. registered London transferred to Lyttelton register in 1881. Sold 1888 and renamed 'Blenheim', owned by John Leslie and registered at Aberdeen: sold to Norwegians in 1903. Under both names she traded to New Zealand regularly until 1899 making visits to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. As with others of the fleet owned by John Leslie she was usually running under charter to Shaw Savill and was frequently said to have been their property, incorrectly.]

'Concordia' steel ship

'Concordia' steel ship

'Concordia' steel ship 1874 tons.

'Cortez' iron ship

'Cortez' iron ship

'Cortez' iron ship 2294 tons. [iron ship, 2294 tons. ON91969. 284.0 x 40.0 x 24.2. Built 1886 (9). Oswald, Mordaunt and Co. Southampton. Owners G Petrie. Registered London c.1909 became Norwegian without change of name]

'Maren' iron ship

'Maren' iron ship

'Maren' iron ship 1525 tons [iron 3 mast ship, 1534 tons. ON67942, 253.1 x 38.2 x 22.8. Built 1874 (7) R Steele and Co. Greenock, Owners: Robert Grieve, registered London, later Baine and Johnston, registered Greenock. Sold to Norway in 1896 and renamed Maren and reduced to barque rig. Still afloat in 1926]

'Oddero' iron ship

'Oddero' iron ship

'Oddero' iron ship 1439 tons [iron ship, 1434 tons, ON56910, 221.6 x 36.1 x 24.7. Built 1868 (1) Palmer Bros. and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne. Owners: Robert Carlyle, registered London, later SR Gaves and Son: c.1883 Ship Portia Co. Ltd., (W Thomas and Co.) Became the Norwegian 'Oddero']

'Morna' iron barque

'Morna' iron barque

'Morna' iron barque ex ship 1511 tons [iron ship, 1506 gross, ON76515, 233.7 x 37.9 x 23.0. Built 1877 (3) Laird Bros. Birkenhead. Owners: JH Worthington and Co., registered Liverpool. c. 1900 to Norway without change of name]

'Manicia' iron ship

'Manicia' iron ship

'Manicia' iron ship 1868 tons. Dismasted [formerly known as the Norwegian 'Benicia']

'Valkyrien' iron ship

'Valkyrien' iron ship

'Valkyrien' iron ship 2074 tons [iron ship, 2053 tons, ON86225, 269.0 x 41.6 x 24.3. Built 1882 (9) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Sandbach, Tinne and Co., registered Liverpool; 1901 Thomas Shute; c.1913 to Argentine owners without change of name; 1916 to AC Anderson, Copenhagen and refitted as a sail training ship and renamed 'Valkyrien'. Broken up in 1923]

'Fritz Smith' steel ship

'Fritz Smith' steel ship

'Fritz Smith' steel ship 1890 tons [Note from Ron Parsons - 'This vessel not owned by Crawford and Rowat] [steel ship, 1935 tons, ON104594, 264.3 x 39.0 x 23.5. Built 1894 (11) Russsell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: CA Banck, registered Glasgow. Destroyed by fire in January 1895. While built for Crawford and Rowat never sailed for them as scuttled when took fire while loading for her maiden voyage. She was raised and repaired and became in succession the 'Svea' Swedish flag; 'Oregon' registered Bremen, 'Fritz Smith', Norwegian flag and finally 'Ekelund']

'Transatlantic' steel ship

'Transatlantic' steel ship

'Transatlantic' steel ship 1814 tons [possibly these details may apply = steel ship 1829 tons, ON102876. 260.4 x 39.0 x 22.5. Built 1894 (6) C Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Jas. Nourse and Co. registered London. c.1910 to White Star Line (Oceanic SN Co.) registered Liverpool, as cadet training ship, sold 1915 to Norway and became 'Dvergso' for a little time known as 'Transatlantic' and broken up in 1923. As White Star training ship made some voyages to Australia. See 'Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers' by Basil Lubbock]

'Winnipeg' iron ship

'Winnipeg' iron ship

'Winnipeg' iron ship 1594 tons [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]

'Fides' steel ship

'Fides' steel ship

'Fides' steel ship 2003 tons [steel ship (caption says barque?) 2031 gross, 1955 net tons. 263.7 x 42.0 x 23.7. Built 1894 (8) Huijgen and Van Gelden, Amsterdam, as 'Nederland'. Owners: Acties Fides (T Berg) registered Stavanger, Norge. Steel 3 mast ship rigged vessel, 2031 gross, 1955 net tons. 263.7 x 42.0 x 23.7. Built 1894 (8) Huygens and van Geldern, Amsterdam. Owners: WA Huygens, registered Amsterdam. Became the Norwegian 'Fides' c.1910]

'Sierra Miranda' steel ship

'Sierra Miranda' steel ship

'Sierra Miranda' steel ship 1908 tons [steel ship, 1888 tons, ON87957, 264.7 x 39.1 x 23.9. Built 1884 (3) J Reid and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Thompson, Anderson and Co., (Sierrra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1907,sold to Norway but not renamed. c.1921/2 sold and renamed 'Maria Borges', owned by Brown, Willis and registered at Panama. Sunk at anchor in Hampton Roads, USA in 1922]

'Imperator Alexander II' iron ship

'Imperator Alexander II' iron ship

'Imperator Alexander II' iron ship 1849 tons [iron 3 mast ship, ON91215, 1860 gross, 1819 net tons. 267.0 x 39.1. x 23.6. Built 1885 (5) R Williamson and Son, Workington. Owners: Sailing Ship Grassendale Co (RW Leyland and Co) registered Liverpool c.1907 became the Russian vessel 'Imperator Alexander II']

'Kalliope' steel ship on the Avon at Bristol

'Kalliope' steel ship on the Avon at Bristol

'Kalliope' steel ship 1664 tons [steel 3 mast ship, 1664 gross, 1588 net tons. 258.8 x 38.7 x 22.7. Built 1888 (11) C Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Rhed. Akt. Ges von 1896 registered Hamburg, later Nowegian without change of name]

'Hovding' iron ship

'Hovding' iron ship

'Hovding' iron ship 1841 tons. Dismasted [see 'Kelat'] [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]

'Avenir' iron ship

'Avenir' iron ship

'Avenir' iron ship 1637 tons. At Port Adelaide. [See 'River Falloch'] [iron ship, 1637 tons, ON89964 257.8 c 38.2 x 23.2. Built 1884 (10) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: WD Denny, registered Glasgow c. 1890 A Weir and Co., registered Glasgow. Renamed 'Avenir' in 1909 under the Norwegian flag. Sold to Italy in 1917 with name unchanged and scrapped in 1922/3]

'Prince George' iron ship

'Prince George' iron ship

'Prince George' iron ship 1913 tons. At Port Adelaide [iron ship, 1913 tons, ON87955, 268.1 x 42.1 x 24.0. Built 1884 (3) T Royden and Sons, as 'Calistoga' for Nevins, Welsh and Co., registered Liverpool, sold and renamed 'Sierra Cadena' by Thompson, Anderson and Co. (Sierra Shipping Co.) registered Liverpool c.1909 sold to Norway and renamed 'Prince George' c.1920 became the Danish 'Svedana' and broken up 1925]

'Reigate' iron ship

'Reigate' iron ship

'Reigate' iron ship 1056 tons [iron 3 mast ship, later barque rigged, 1035 gross, and net tons, later 1062 gross. ON45063, 210.6 x 32.1 x 21.2. Built 1862 (9) Charles Lungley Deptford, London. Owners: J Allan and Sons, later to Norwegian owners without change of name]

'Winnipeg' iron ship

'Winnipeg' iron ship

'Winnipeg' iron ship 1594 tons [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]

'Sandvigen' steel ship

'Sandvigen' steel ship

'Sandvigen' steel ship 1907 tons [steel ship 1901 tons, 265.2 x 40.0 x 23.0 . Built 1892 (8) A Rodger and Co. Port Glasgow (for H Hogarth and Sons, Ardrossan as 'Ballachulish'. Owners: Skibs, Sandvigen, registered Christiansund, Norway. Broken up in France in 1924. Built as one of the first bald headed rigs]

'Blenheim' iron ship

'Blenheim' iron ship

'Blenheim' iron ship 1136 tons. See also PRG 1373/57/54. [iron ship, 1136 gross tons. ON76932. 215.3 x 34.0 x 20.4. Built 1877 (1) A. Stephen and Sons, Glasgow as 'Wanganui' for New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. registered London transferred to Lyttelton register in 1881. Sold 1888 and renamed 'Blenheim', owned by John Leslie and registered at Aberdeen: sold to Norwegians in 1903. Under both names she traded to New Zealand regularly until 1899 making visits to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. As with others of the fleet owned by John Leslie she was usually running under charter to Shaw Savill and was frequently said to have been their property, incorrectly.]

'Siraa' steel and iron ship

'Siraa' steel and iron ship

'Siraa' steel and iron ship 1938 tons. (iron framing and beams, steel plates) 1938 tons, ON79129. 264.0 x 39.0 x 23.6. Built 1887 (11) R. Williamson and Son Workington. Owners: Bodicea Ship Co. registered London: later Menia Ship Co. (W. Thomas and Co.) registered London, then County Shipping Co. (W. Thomas and Co) c.1914 became the Norwegian vessel 'Siraa' and broken up about 1920.]

'Lysglimt' iron ship

'Lysglimt' iron ship

'Lysglimt' ex 'Blythswood' iron ship 1693 tons. Abandoned burnt out hull.

'Kwango' steel ship

'Kwango' steel ship

'Kwango' steel ship 1886 tons [see also 'Dimsdale']

'Orient' steel ship

'Orient' steel ship

'Orient' steel ship 1647 tons. Wrecked, Orient Beach, S. Africa [steel ship, 1663 tons, 258.8 x 38.7 x 22.7. Built 1889 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: A Evers and Classen, registered Hamburg. Later, without change of name to Russian (Finnish) owners]

'Trafalgar' iron ship

'Trafalgar' iron ship

'Trafalgar' iron ship 1501 tons.