Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph
'Lord Canning' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Lord Canning' iron ship [iron ship, 1518 tons. ON60038. 224.2 x 37.8 x 23.5. Built 1867 (12) T Royden and Son, Liverpool. Owners: John Farnworth, registered Liverpool then CW Kellock and Co., registered Liverpool]
'Star of Greece' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Star of Greece' iron ship [iron ship, 1280 tons, ON60313, 227.0 x 35.0 x 22.2. Built 1868 (9) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners JP Cory and Co., registered Belfast. Wrecked at Willunga, South Australia July 13, 1888]
'British Admiral' iron ship
Figurehead, 'British Admiral' iron ship.
'British Admiral' iron ship
Figurehead, 'British Admiral' iron ship.
'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Hannah Nicholson' wooden barque [wooden 3 mast barque, 252 tons, ON41488, 116.4 x 23.6 x 14.4. Built 1858 L Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Owners William Nicholson, registered Melbourne; 1862 George Black; 1872 John Bickers, registered Port Adelaide; May 1894 AE Howard; 1896 R Watt, registered Sydney; 1897 Bernard Byrnes; 1905 Westport Coal Co. Ltd, registered Dundee. Register closed in 1926 when advice received vessel used as a hulk at Timaru]
'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Marcia Allen' wooden schooner.
'George' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'George' wooden barque.
'Inverneill' steel barque and 'John McDouall Stuart' wooden schooner
Figureheads, 'Inverneill' steel barque and 'John McDouall Stuart' wooden schooner [Inverneill = steel barque, 1470 tons, ON104512, 238.0 x 36.0 x 21.7. Built 1895 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners G Milne and Co. Registered Aberdeen. Sold c.1919 and renamed 'Garthneill' by Sir William Garthwaite. Sold 1926 and hulked in South Australia]
'British Queen' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'British Queen' wooden schooner.
'Black Prince' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'Black Prince' wooden ship.
'Daniel Webster' wooden schooner
Figurehead, 'Daniel Webster' wooden schooner.
'Wave Queen' iron barque
Figurehead, 'Wave Queen' iron barque [iron 3 mast barque, 853 tons, 190.0 x 30.0 x 20.8. Built 1861 (10) A Stephens and Sons, Glasgow. Owners: The Albion Shipping Company, registered Glasgow, later Park Bros. registered London. Wrecked August 21, 1892 in a collision off the Codling Light Vessel on a voyage London - Glasgow]
'Ponape' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Ponape' steel 4 masted barque [steel 4 mast barque, 2464 gross, 2365 net tons. 293.4 x 41.8 x 23.7. Built 1903 (7) Soc. Esercizio Bacini, Genoa as 'Regina Elena' for Cav. P Milesi reigstered Genoa. Later F Laiesz, registered Hamburg and renamed 'Ponape', then became the Norwegian 'Bellhouse' and later reverted to 'Ponape'. Preserved in Sweden. In Gustaf Erikson's fleet from 1929-1936]
'Coriolanus' iron ship
Figurehead, 'Coriolanus' iron ship. [iron ship, 1074 tons, later barque rigged 1055 tons, ON73665. 217.4 x 35.2 x 20.1 Built 1876 (5) A. McMillan and Son, Dumbarton. Owners J. Patton Junior and Co. Registered London. c.1885. J. Stewart and Co. London. c.1891 to German owners and later Norwegian owners without change of name. In 1922 sold and renamed Tiburon and not long after became Eugenia Emilia in American ownership and registered in Panama, and under this name was caught rum running and sold to Portuguese owners by the authorities and c.1924 renamed Lina. Ultimately resold by Portuguese owners and reverted to her original name. Broken up c.1936. Driven ashore in the great gale of Sept. 1, 1902 at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, South Africa (See Sydney Morning Herald 4/9/02)]
'Ville de Bordeaux' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Ville de Bordeaux' wooden barque.
'Glenpark' steel ship
Figurehead, 'Glenpark' steel ship [3 mast full rigged ship. ON102575. What is known as baldheaded ship. Built 1897 by A Roger and Co. Glasgow. 265.0 x 40.0 x 23.0. 1799 tons. Under Captain Hugh Griffiths. Arrived Port Adelaide November 30th 1900. Ballast from Cape Town. Sent to Port Pirie to load wheat. Arrived Port Pirie December 6th. There for 7 weeks. Loaded 28,846 bags wheat for Guam. Sailed January 29th after some crew trouble. Cook and two seamen taken back to Port Pirie from near Port Germein. Apparently very slow trip down gulf as she stranded on NNE rock off Wedge Island at about 4.00am February 1st 1901. All crew rescued by barque 'Elda' and taken to Port Victoria. Ketch 'Mary Webster' picked up two casks and a hen coop. Mr Tapley of Wedge Island picked up a lifebuoy with the name 'Glenpark' on it and several spars. Sister ship named 'Kyance'. Went aground 1910. Mr TN Stephens, Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide received telegram from Harbour Master at Port Victoria advising of wreck. Captain Griffiths formerly in command of ship 'Bianca' also wrecked. Ship 'Wynford' grounded on same day as 'Glenpark' near Port Germein (on sand) towed off. Information supplied by AD Edwardes from Advertiser 1904. He never managed to obtain a photograph or picture of the ship]
'Glenpark' steel ship
Figurehead, 'Glenpark' steel ship [3 mast full rigged ship. ON102575. What is known as baldheaded ship. Built 1897 by A Roger and Co. Glasgow. 265.0 x 40.0 x 23.0. 1799 tons. Under Captain Hugh Griffiths. Arrived Port Adelaide November 30th 1900. Ballast from Cape Town. Sent to Port Pirie to load wheat. Arrived Port Pirie December 6th. There for 7 weeks. Loaded 28,846 bags wheat for Guam. Sailed January 29th after some crew trouble. Cook and two seamen taken back to Port Pirie from near Port Germein. Apparently very slow trip down gulf as she stranded on NNE rock off Wedge Island at about 4.00am February 1st 1901. All crew rescued by barque 'Elda' and taken to Port Victoria. Ketch 'Mary Webster' picked up two casks and a hen coop. Mr Tapley of Wedge Island picked up a lifebuoy with the name 'Glenpark' on it and several spars. Sister ship named 'Kyance'. Went aground 1910. Mr TN Stephens, Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide received telegram from Harbour Master at Port Victoria advising of wreck. Captain Griffiths formerly in command of ship 'Bianca' also wrecked. Ship 'Wynford' grounded on same day as 'Glenpark' near Port Germein (on sand) towed off. Information supplied by AD Edwardes from Advertiser 1904. He never managed to obtain a photograph or picture of the ship]
'Commodore Morris' wooden barque
Figurehead, 'Commodore Morris' wooden barque.
'George R Skolfield' wooden ship
Figurehead, 'George R Skolfield' wooden ship.
'Austrasia' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Austrasia' steel 4 masted barque. [steel 4 masted barque, 2718 tons. ON99403, 305.1 x 44.0 x 24.7. Built 1892 (5) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow: Owners: J&W Goffey, registered Liverpool. c.1910 sold to German owners and renamed 'Gustav'. Sold in 1929 to Gustav Erikson for the wheat trade she was renamed 'Melbourne'. Lost in 1932 following a collision with the tanker 'Seminole' south of the Fastnet.]
'John Ena' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'John Ena' steel 4 masted barque.
'Narada' wooden yacht
Figurehead, 'Narada' wooden yacht.
'Penang' steel barque
Figurehead, 'Penang' steel barque [steel 3 mast ship rigged sailing vessel, later a three mast barque. 2039 gross, 1880 net tons. 265.6 x 40.1 x 24.7. Built 1905 Rickmers Act Ges. Bremerhaven, and named 'Albert Rickmers', sold and renamed 'Penang' by F Laiesz, registered Hamburg. In 1923 acquired by Gustav Erickson. Missing on a passage from Port Lincoln towards Cork for orders, in 1940]
'Omega' iron 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Omega' iron 4 masted barque.
'Omega' iron 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Omega' iron 4 masted barque.
'Meinwen' steel barque
Figurehead, 'Meinwen' steel barque [steel 3 mast barque, 1538 gross tons. ON99413, 240.0 x 38.1 x 22.2. Built 1892 (6) R&J Evans and Co. Liverpool. Meinwen Ship Co. JG Evans, registered Liverpool. Became the Norwegian 'Alfhild' c. 1910]
'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque [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]
'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Kobenhavn' steel 5 masted barque [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]
'Lancaster' wooden frigate
Figurehead, 'Lancaster' wooden frigate.
'Celtic Glen' steel ship
Figurehead, 'Celtic Glen' steel ship. [steel ship, 1941 tons. ON99427, 267.9 x 39.7 x 23.4. Built 1892 (7) W. Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow as Iquique for Iquique Sailing Ship Co. (Brodersen Vaughan and Co. registered Liverpool sold c.1910 and renamed Celtic Glen by Celtic Glen Co. (R. Hughes-Jones and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold and renamed Riverford, then in 1918 sold Marine Nav. Co. of Canada Ltd and renamed Garthforce. Collided with an iceberg sout of Cape of Good Hope in 1921 and was towed into Durban and sold for conversion into a hulk.]