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

'Star of Zealand' 4 masted barque

'Star of Zealand' 4 masted barque

Main deck of steel 4 masted barque, 'Star of Zealand', 1934.

'Lawhill'

'Lawhill'

Fo'c's'le-head of 'Lawhill'.

'State of Maine' ship

'State of Maine' ship

Captain L Concord on US ship 'State of Maine' "running her easting down" south of the Cape of Good Hope, 1898.

'Passat'

'Passat'

'Passat' experiencing heavy weather in the North Atlantic.

'Dimsdale'

'Dimsdale'

A fair visitor at the wheel of the ship 'Dimsdale'.

'Hawaiian Isles' 4 masted barque

'Hawaiian Isles' 4 masted barque

4 masted barque 'Hawaiian Isles' riding out a rising gale in the Indian Ocean [steel 4 mast barque, 2097 tons. 270.0 x 43.1 x 23.6. Built 1892 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow for A Nelson, registered Honolulu, sold 1910 and renamed 'Star of Greenland' by Alaska Packers Association, sold 1929 and renamed 'Abraham Rydberg' and converted into sail training ship and as such shown in Lloyds; 2179 tons, owners: Rederi A. and Sunnan B, registered Stockholm. During WW2 became the Portugese 'Foz Do Douro' and engaged in Red Cross work and was converted to an auxiliary twin screw motor ship. Masts reduced after the war and made a full powered ship. Laid up at Lisbon in 1953. Ref. 5 (Vol. 2) mentions sale price in 1910, and speed. Ref. 8 considerable attention under the name of 'Abraham Rydberg' SB. Vol. XIV (New Series) notes visit to Melbourne of 'Foz Do Douro' page 153. Vol. XVIII (NS page 271/2) service for Matson Company and subsequent outline history. Vol. XVI (NS page 124 in relation to sail training in item re. ships on stamps)]

'Hawaiian Isles' 4 masted barque

'Hawaiian Isles' 4 masted barque

4 masted barque 'Hawaiian Isles' running Eastingdown [steel 4 mast barque, 2097 tons. 270.0 x 43.1 x 23.6. Built 1892 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow for A Nelson, registered Honolulu, sold 1910 and renamed 'Star of Greenland' by Alaska Packers Association, sold 1929 and renamed 'Abraham Rydberg' and converted into sail training ship and as such shown in Lloyds; 2179 tons, owners: Rederi A. and Sunnan B, registered Stockholm. During WW2 became the Portugese 'Foz Do Douro' and engaged in Red Cross work and was converted to an auxiliary twin screw motor ship. Masts reduced after the war and made a full powered ship. Laid up at Lisbon in 1953. Ref. 5 (Vol. 2) mentions sale price in 1910, and speed. Ref. 8 considerable attention under the name of 'Abraham Rydberg' SB. Vol. XIV (New Series) notes visit to Melbourne of 'Foz Do Douro' page 153. Vol. XVIII (NS page 271/2) service for Matson Company and subsequent outline history. Vol. XVI (NS page 124 in relation to sail training in item re. ships on stamps)]

'Kobenhavn'

'Kobenhavn'

Looking aft from bow of 'Kobenhavn' [steel auxiliary 5 mast barque, 3901 gross, 3229 net tons. 369.8 x 49.3 x 26.9. Built 1921 (9) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith machinery aft, single screw 4 cylinder diesel by Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Owners: East Asiatic Company , registered Copenhagan, sail training ship for the company. Missing left Buenos Aires Dec. 14, 1928 for Melbourne, spoken 8 days later and then disappeared. 60 lost including 45 cadets]

'Pommern'

'Pommern'

Man at wheel of 'Pommern'.

'Padua'

'Padua'

'Padua', in the South Atlantic, 1928.

'Padua'

'Padua'

'Padua', in the South Atlantic, 1928.

'HMAS Victory' wooden ship

'HMAS Victory' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'HMAS Victory' wooden ship.

'Augusta Louise' wooden ship

'Augusta Louise' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Augusta Louise' wooden ship.

'Parramatta' wooden ship

'Parramatta' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Parramatta' wooden ship.

'Maid of Judah' wooden ship

'Maid of Judah' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Maid of Judah' wooden ship.

'Pommern' steel 4 masted barque

'Pommern' steel 4 masted barque

Figurehead, 'Pommern' steel 4 masted barque [steel 4 mast barque, 2456 gross, 2323 net tons. 302.0 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1903 J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: B Wencke and Son registered Hamburg. Later P Laeisz, registered Hamburg and renamed 'Pommern'. Allocated to Greece as war reparations 1922 to Gustaf Erikson, preserved in a nautical museum at Mariehamn, taken out of service in 1953]

'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship

'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Glory of the Seas' wooden ship.

'Cutty Sark' composite 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']

'Cutty Sark' composite 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']

'Edith Alice' wooden ketch

'Edith Alice' wooden ketch

Figurehead, 'Edith Alice' wooden ketch [wooden 2 mast barge, ON57508. 39 tons. 61.6 x 17.7 x 6.1. Built 1869. Thomas Inches, Huon River Tasmania. Made into an auxiliary vessel in 1927 and now 2 mast ketch. 41 gross, 33 net tons. Owners Thomas Inches, registered Hobart. Oct 1871. Charles Heath registered Port Adelaide by 1919 EH Heath and others, 1924 C Hipkins 1928 J Davis, 1934 TD Garnaut, 1936 MJ Davies. Broken up at Port Adelaide and register closed in 1938]

'James Nicol Fleming' composite ship

'James Nicol Fleming' composite ship

Figurehead, 'James Nicol Fleming' composite ship [also known as the 'Napier']

'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship

'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship.

'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship

'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship

Figurehead, 'Donald Mac Kay' wooden ship.

'Columbia' wooden schooner

'Columbia' wooden schooner

Figurehead, 'Columbia' wooden schooner.

'Great Admiral' wooden ship

'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]

'Great Admiral' wooden ship

'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]

'Amphitrite' iron ship

'Amphitrite' iron ship

Figurehead, 'Amphitrite' iron ship. [iron ship, 1777tons, ON81833, 264.9 x 39.5 x 23.4. Built 1882 (3) R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow. Owners CS Caird, reg. Greenock, later MacVicar, Marshall & Co. Early 1900's passed to Italian owners without change of name.]

'Caithness-Shire' iron 4 masted ship

'Caithness-Shire' iron 4 masted ship

Figurehead, 'Caithness-Shire' iron 4 masted ship. [steel barque, 1641 tons. ON104546, 247.3 x 37.6 x 22.6. Built 1894 (7) Russell and Co, Port Glasgow, Owners T. Law and Co. reg. Glasgow. Wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas, Feb. 4, 1911.]

'Arabella' iron barque

'Arabella' iron barque

Figurehead, 'Arabella' iron barque.

'Glen Morag' iron ship

'Glen Morag' iron ship

Figurehead, 'Glen Morag' iron ship.