Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph
The 'Wavertree' anchored in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Wavertree', 2170 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [iron ship, 2170 tons. ON91286, 279.0 x 40.2 x 24.4. Built 1885 (12) Oswald, Mordaunt and Co., Southampton. Owners: Sailing Ship Wavertree Ltd., (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. After many years employment as a hulk in South America this vessel was purchased by South Street Maritime Museum in New York and has been restored and is on display. Full details: 'The Wavertree; an Ocean Wanderer' published by South Street Seaport, New York, 1969].
The 'Speke' after being wrecked
The steel ship 'Speke', 2875 tons, after being wrecked [steel ship 2875 tons, ON97847, 310.3 x 42.2 x 25.6. Built 1891 (3) TR Oswald and Co. Ltd., Milford Haven, Owners: Sailing Ship Speke Ltd. (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. Wrecked Phillip Island, 23 Feb. 1906].
The 'Allerton' at anchor
The iron ship 'Allerton', 2088 tons, at anchor. [iron ship, 2088t. ON91175. 272.1 x 40.1 x 24.6. Built 1884 (12) Oswald Mordaunt and Co. Southampton. Owners. Sailing Ship Allerton Ltd. (RW Leyland and Co.) reg. Liverpool c.1910/1 sold to Chilean Government without change of name. Converted into a hulk at Valparaiso in 1910.]
The 'Gitana' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Gitana', 1367 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, later barque 1367 tons, later 1401 tons. ON29626. 220.5 x 36.0 x 24.9. Built 1861 (2) Nathaniel Cox, Chester. Owners: Robert Carlyle, registered London, then Edward Bates, registered Liverpool. c.1880 RW Leyland and Co. registered Liverpool. Foundered off Cape Horn, 23 April 1896, when taking a cargo of nitrate from Iquique to Hamburg].
The 'Speke' wrecked at Phillip Island, Victoria
The steel ship 'Speke', 2875 tons, wrecked at Phillip Island, Victoria on 23.3.1906 [steel ship 2875 tons, ON97847, 310.3 x 42.2 x 25.6. Built 1891 (3) TR Oswald and Co. Ltd., Milford Haven, Owners: Sailing Ship Speke Ltd. (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. Wrecked Phillip Island, 23 Feb. 1906].
The 'Leyland Brothers' in the Puget Sound
The iron ship 'Leyland Brothers', 2291 tons, in the Puget Sound. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/5/37 [iron ship, 2291 tons, ON93707, 284.0 x 40.0 x 24.2. Built 1886 (10) Oswald Mordaunt and Co., Southampton: Owners: Sailing Ship Leyland Brothers Ltd. (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. 1912 sold Portugese and renamed 'Empreza Nacionale' and made a hulk c.1920. Converted to Motor ship during WW2 and renamed 'Navala'. Scrapped in 1967].
The 'Aigburth' anchored in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Aigburth', 1838 tons, anchored in an unidentified port. [I ship, 1838t, ON86222, 266.7 x 39.0 x 23.6, B. 1882 (8) R. Williamson & Sons, Workington. Owners: Sailing Ship Aigburth Ltd (RW Leyland) reg. Liverpool, Later Leyland Shipping Co. When on a voyage from Newcastle to Java was wrecked 16 June 1904 on a reef off Rooke Island, between New Guinea and New Britain. (Aigburth is the name of a suburb of Liverpool, England)].
The 'Liverpool' wrecked at Alderney, Channel Islands
The four masted iron ship 'Liverpool', 3400 tons, wrecked at Alderney, Channel Islands on 25.2.1902 [iron 4 mast ship,3400 tons, ON93835, 333.2 x 47.9 x 26.5. Built 1889 (1) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Sailing Ship Liverpool Ltd, (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. Wrecked on the coast of Alderney, Channel Isles, Feb. 25, 1902. For some years the largest sailing ship under the Red Ensign. Maiden voyage was made to Melbourne].
The 'Liverpool' in an unidentified port
The four masted iron ship 'Liverpool', 3400 tons, in an unidentified port. Also refer to the print PRG 1373/5/44 [iron 4 mast ship,3400 tons, ON93835, 333.2 x 47.9 x 26.5. Built 1889 (1) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Sailing Ship Liverpool Ltd, (RW Leyland and Co.) registered Liverpool. Wrecked on the coast of Alderney, Channel Isles, Feb. 25, 1902. For some years the largest sailing ship under the Red Ensign. Maiden voyage was made to Melbourne].
The 'Rokeby Hall' docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand
The iron ship 'Rokeby Hall', 1292 tons, docked Port Chalmers, New Zealand [iron ship, 1292 tons, ON47542, 202.6 x 33.0 x 22.5. Built 1863 (8) T Vernon and Sons, Liverpool, as 'Lloyd Rayner'; owners:TB Royden, registered Liverpool, then Balfour, Williamson and Co., registered Liverpool, c.1890 Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool, then to Norwegian and later Italian owners, without change of name].
The 'Ranee' wrecked at New Zealand
The iron barque 'Ranee', 1292 tons, wrecked at New Zealand [formerly Cowasjee Jehangeer] [note from Ron Parsons 'caption says wrecked in New Zealand but there is no reference to such an incident in standard reference works] [iron ship, later barque, 1292 tons, later 1258 tons, ON50282, 217.5 x 34.5 x 22.4. Built 1864 (6) Hart and Sinnnott, Liverpool as 'Cowasjee Jehangeer'. Owners: Benjamin C Nicholson, registered Liverpool 1870, later Nicholson and McGill].
The 'Casa Blanca' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Casa Blanca', 601 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Casa Blanca' under tow
The iron barque 'Casa Blanca', 601 tons, under tow.
The 'Borrowdale' in an unidentified harbour
The iron barque 'Borrowdale', 1277 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship (barque after sale to Russians c.1900), 1277 tons, ON58950. 226.4 x 36.4 x 22.0. Built 1868 (11) WH Potter and Co. Liverpool. Owners: John D. Newton (Dale Line) reg. Liverpool: c1890 Nicholson & McGill, reg. Liverpool. c. 1900 to Russian owners without change of name. Torpedoed in 1917].
The 'Cairnsmore' docked near a cliff
The steel barque 'Cairnsmore', 906 tons, docked near a cliff. [steel barque 906 tons. ON91146, 199.1 x 32.8 x 20.3. Built 1884 (8) J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, reg. Liverpool then other Liverpool owners until c.1910 when she passed, without change of name to Norwegian owners. Does not appear to have survived WW1. Note from Parsons = Lubbock is completely confused with this vessel. In Volume 1 'Last of the Windjammers' he gives some information about an accident which occurred in 1904. In Volume 2, he says it was built in 1854 and was wrecked on her second voyage. At the time he was talking about vessels of the 1880's, so presumably the date was a typographical error)].
The 'Benmore' under tow in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Benmore', 1530 tons, under tow in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1530 tons. ON63264, 242.0 x 39.2 x 23.6. Built 1870 (4). J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Nicholson and McGill registered Liverpool: sold c. 1899 to a variety of owners. Ultimately becoming a coal hulk at St Thomas, West Indies in 1921. Refitted for a voyage in 1924 she had to put back with damage and was then sold to shipbreakers.]
The 'Benmore' docked in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Benmore', 1530 tons, docked in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1530 tons. ON63264, 242.0 x 39.2 x 23.6. Built 1870 (4). J. Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Nicholson and McGill registered Liverpool: sold c. 1899 to a variety of owners. Ultimately becoming a coal hulk at St Thomas, West Indies in 1921. Refitted for a voyage in 1924 she had to put back with damage and was then sold to shipbreakers.]
The 'Kylemore' at Bristol
The steel barque 'Kylemore', 1245 tons, in an unidentified port [steel barque, 1245 tons, ON81381, 226.2 x 36.4 x 22.1. Built 1880 (7) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool: c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name, thence to Danish owners, again without change of name. c.1925 renamed 'Suzanne' under the Danish flag. About 1930 passed to French control but remaining under the Danish flag. About 1934 purchased by Gustav Erikson, and reverted to the name 'Kylemore' and broken up in 1936].
The 'Kylemore' moored in he shipyard at Uusikaupunki, Finland.
The steel barque 'Kylemore', 1245 tons, in the shipyard at Uusikaupunki, Finland owned by Gustaf Erikson. [steel barque, 1245 tons, ON81381, 226.2 x 36.4 x 22.1. Built 1880 (7) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool: c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name, thence to Danish owners, again without change of name. c.1925 renamed 'Suzanne' under the Danish flag. About 1930 passed to French control but remaining under the Danish flag. About 1934 purchased by Gustav Erikson, and reverted to the name 'Kylemore' and broken up in 1936].
The 'Kylemore' in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Kylemore', 1245 tons, in an unidentified port [steel barque, 1245 tons, ON81381, 226.2 x 36.4 x 22.1. Built 1880 (7) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool: c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name, thence to Danish owners, again without change of name. c.1925 renamed 'Suzanne' under the Danish flag. About 1930 passed to French control but remaining under the Danish flag. About 1934 purchased by Gustav Erikson, and reverted to the name 'Kylemore' and broken up in 1936]. The ship has Danish World War I neutrality marks on its side, which would have been after it was sold to the Danish owner Firma J. J. Larsen, Fåborg, on 31 July 1916.
The 'Bolivia' docked in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Bolivia', 904 tons, docked in an unidentified port.
The 'Bolivia' docked in Port Adelaide.
The steel barque 'Bolivia', 904 tons, docked in Port Adelaide.
The 'Valdivia' in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Valdivia', 905 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 2 mast brigantine, 172 gross, 158 net tons. ON62138. 95.2 x 22.3 x 13.1. Built 1868 Chas. Gent, Plymouth (and named 'Forest King') renamed 1890. Owners: John Williams, registered Sydney, thence Isaac Chapman, Seaham Colliety and Daniel Sheehy. Converted to a hulk at Sydney in 1910].
The 'Tacora' docked in an unidentified port
The four masted iron barquentine 'Tacora', 911 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron 4 mast F&A schooner, altered later to 4 mast barquentine, 911 tons, ON93806. 204.7 x 35.6 x 18.3. Built 1888 (8) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name and appears to have been lost or broken up in WW1].
The 'Tacora' under sail
The four masted iron barquentine 'Tacora', 911 tons, under sail [iron 4 mast F&A schooner, altered later to 4 mast barquentine, 911 tons, ON93806. 204.7 x 35.6 x 18.3. Built 1888 (8) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool c.1910 to Norwegian owners without change of name and appears to have been lost or broken up in WW1].
The 'Rimac' at Port Adelaide
The four masted steel schooner 'Rimac', 946 tons, at Port Adelaide [steel 4 mast schooner, 946 tons, ON99408, 210.0 x 35.5 x 18.8. Built 1892 (5) J Reid and Co., Glasgow. Owners: Ship Rimac Ltd., (Nicholson and McGill) reigstered Liverpool. Passed to Norwegian owners without change of name and does not appear to have survived WW1].
The 'Orellana' moored in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Orellana', 894 tons, moored in an unidentified port [steel barque, 894 tons, ON91266, 198.6 x 33.7 x 19.8. Built 1885 (10) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool. c. 1910 passed to Norwegian owners without change of name].
The 'Camana' docked at Hobart, Tasmania
The iron barque 'Camana', 593 tons, docked at Hobart, Tasmania [iron ship later barque 593 tons. ON29935, 171.7 x 27.0 x 18.0. Built 1865 (6) T. Vernon and Sons Liverpool. Owners B. Nicholson registered Liverpool, later Nicholson and McGill, registered Liverpool c. 1890. Burgess and Co. Ltd. registered Liverpool c. 1900 became Norwegian without change of name].
The 'Wayfarer' at anchor
The iron ship 'Wayfarer', 2095 tons, at anchor [iron ship, 2095 tons, ON93698, 278.0 x 40.1 x 24.2. Built 1886 (9) WH Potter and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Wayfarer Ship Co. (WH Potter and Sons) registered Liverpool. c.1910 became the Norwegian ship 'Tasmania'. Did not survive WW1].
The 'Seafarer' in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Seafarer', 2211 tons, in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2211 tons, ON93771, 281.6 x 41.2 x 24.6. Built 1888 (4) WH Potter and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Seafarer Ship Co., WH Potter and Sons. Registered Liverpool, became the German 'Seefahrer' about 1910 and appears to have broken up at the end of WW1 or early 1920s].