Arthur D. Edwardes : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1373] • Photograph
The 'Carbet Castle' with the 'Duchess of Argyle' in the distance
The iron ship 'Carbet Castle', 1657 tons, with the 'Duchess or Argyle' in the distance [Carbet Castle = iron ship, 1657 tons. ON70970, 248.4 x 38.1 x 22.9. Built 1875 (7) Mounsey and Foster, Sunderland. Owners LH Macintyre and Sons, registered Liverpool, later LH Macintyre and Co. Finally AWH Johanning, registered Liverpool. Wrecked May 14 1897, Bunbury WA, when loaded with railway iron] [Duchess of Argyle = iron ship 1766 tons. ON70867. 253.0 x 41.0 x 23.8. Built 1874 (7) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners W&R Wright registered Liverpool].
The 'Rajore' in an unidentified harbour
The iron ship 'Rajore', 2102 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron ship, 2102 tons, ON86274, 278.2 x 40.3 x 24.2. Built 1882 (11) Oswald Mordaunt and Co., Southampton, Owners: Eyre Evans and Co., registered Liverpool, later Romero Shipping Co. Ltd. (T Rome, manager) by 1910 had become Norwegian without change of name. Broken up c.1924].
The 'Rajore' under sail
The iron ship 'Rajore', 2102 tons, under sail [iron ship, 2102 tons, ON86274, 278.2 x 40.3 x 24.2. Built 1882 (11) Oswald Mordaunt and Co., Southampton, Owners: Eyre Evans and Co., registered Liverpool, later Romero Shipping Co. Ltd. (T Rome, manager) by 1910 had become Norwegian without change of name. Broken up c.1924].
The 'Rajore' under sail
The iron ship 'Rajore', 2102 tons, under sail [iron ship, 2102 tons, ON86274, 278.2 x 40.3 x 24.2. Built 1882 (11) Oswald Mordaunt and Co., Southampton, Owners: Eyre Evans and Co., registered Liverpool, later Romero Shipping Co. Ltd. (T Rome, manager) by 1910 had become Norwegian without change of name. Broken up c.1924].
The 'Barcore' at anchor
The iron ship 'Barcore', 2134 tons, at anchor. [iron ship 2134 tons, ON87969, 278.6 x 40.8 x 24.5. Built 1884 (4) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool. Later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd (T. Rome, manager) c. 1909 sold Norway and renamed 'Songvaar' and as such wrecked at Port Victoria, South Australia April 14 1912.]
The 'Barcore' after being sold and renamed 'Songvaar'
The iron ship 'Barcore', 2134 tons, after being sold and renamed 'Songvaar'. [iron ship 2134 tons, ON87969, 278.6 x 40.8 x 24.5. Built 1884 (4) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool. Later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd (T. Rome, manager) c. 1909 sold Norway and renamed 'Songvaar' and as such wrecked at Port Victoria, South Australia April 14 1912.]
The 'Songvaar' (ex 'Barcore') foundered at Port Victoria
The iron ship 'Songvaar' (ex 'Barcore'), 2134 tons, foundered at Port Victoria.
The 'Balasore' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Balasore', 2724 tons, anchored in an unidentified port. [steel four mast barque, 2724 tons. ON99423, 311.0 x 43.6 x 24.5. Built 1892 (7) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: Balasore Shipping Co. (Eyre, Evans and Co.) registered Liverpool, 1912 sold Germany and renamed 'Dalbek' caught in Portland USA on outbreak of WW1 she was taken over by Americans when they entered the war and was briefly renamed 'Red Jacket', finally becoming 'Monongahela' and cut down to a barge. According to a researcher it was in use between 1892 and 1913 as the Balasore and would surely have been on the Australia run. She was broken up in 1936.]
The 'Balasore' after being renamed 'Monongahela'
The four masted steel barque 'Balasore', 2724 tons, after being renamed 'Monongahela'. [steel four mast barque, 2724 tons. ON99423, 311.0 x 43.6 x 24.5. Built 1892 (7) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: Balasore Shipping Co. (Eyre, Evans and Co.) registered Liverpool, 1912 sold Germany and renamed 'Dalbek' caught in Portland USA on outbreak of WW1 she was taken over by Americans when they entered the war and was briefly renamed 'Red Jacket', finally becoming 'Monongahela' and cut down to a barge. She was broken up in 1936.] A researcher suggests that the information that it was cut down to a barge is incorrect. The BC Archives has footage of this ship operating as a log barge on the BC coast in August 1940. The ship's name is plainly visible, and the date of the footage in confirmed independently.
The 'Vellore' in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Vellore', 1703 tons, in an unidentified port [iron ship, 1703 tons, ON76356, 246.3 x 40.1 x 24.0. Built 1876 (10) Richardson, Duck and Co., Stockton. Owners: William Rome, registered Liverpool; c.1886 Eyre Evans and Co.; 1902 to Norway without change of name. Lost through enemy action in WW1. At one time owners were Skibs Vellore (Swen O Stra and Co. registered Xiansand].
The 'Indore' raising her anchor
The iron ship 'Indore', 2146 tons, raising her anchor [iron ship, 2146 tons, ON91276, 279.0 x 40.7 x 24.6 Built 1885 (11) Richardson, Duck and Co., Stockton. Owners: Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool; later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd. (T Rome, manager) c.1906 sold to Norway without change of name, and wrecked on Staten Island in 1907].
The 'Indore' docked in an unidentified port
The iron ship 'Indore', 2146 tons, docked in an unidentified port [iron ship, 2146 tons, ON91276, 279.0 x 40.7 x 24.6 Built 1885 (11) Richardson, Duck and Co., Stockton. Owners: Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool; later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd. (T Rome, manager) c.1906 sold to Norway without change of name, and wrecked on Staten Island in 1907].
The 'Cassandra' at Port Augusta
The iron barque 'Cassandra', 726 tons, at Port Augusta. [iron barque, 733 tons, later 726 tons. ON58918, 174.5 x 30.8 x 19.6. Built 1868 (8) Oswald and Co. Sunderland. Owners: WH and ES Jones, registered Liverpool. c,1876/7 Joseph Steel, c.1890 to German owners without change of name.]
The 'Juno' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'Juno', 1169 tons, in an unidentified port.
The 'Kirkdale' moored in Brisbane River, Short Street wharves
The iron barque 'Kirkdale', 790 tons, moored in an unidentified port [iron barque, 790 tons, ON76524, 191.7 x 31.1 x 19.3. Built 1877 (7) W Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: AJ Steel, registered Liverpool, later J Steel and Sons, c.1902 Lever Bros. Ltd.]
The 'Kirkdale' at Port Chalmers
The iron barque 'Kirkdale', 790 tons, at Port Chalmers, New Zealand [iron barque, 790 tons, ON76524, 191.7 x 31.1 x 19.3. Built 1877 (7) W Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: AJ Steel, registered Liverpool, later J Steel and Sons, c.1902 Lever Bros. Ltd.]
The 'Jupiter' docked in an unidentified port.
The iron barque 'Jupiter', 744 tons, docked in an unidentified port. A researcher believes that this image of the 'Jupiter' was taken at Salamanca Place in Hobart. A vessel of that name evidently docked in Tasmania (at least once) in early 1903 based on reports in newspapers: "The Morning Bulletin" (Rockhampton Qld.) 31 January 1903 and "The Norfolk News" (England) 27 February 1904. The reports give an account of the ship's voyage and deaths of the ship's Captain John Howes and his wife (believed to be Mary Ann Howes) from which it appears the 'Jupiter' was in Tasmania in January of 1903.
The 'Jupiter' anchored in an unidentified harbour
The iron barque 'Jupiter', 744 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour.
The 'Lodore' moored in an unidentified port
The steel barque 'Lodore', 1670 tons, moored in an unidentified port [steel barque, 1679 tons. ON99369, 257.8 x 38.1 x 22.0. Built 1892 (2) W Pickersgill and Sons. Sunderland. Owners: P Ireland and Porter, registered Liverpool: became Norwegian without change of name. Capsized in Newcastle NSW but recovered].
The 'Somali' at anchor
The four masted steel barque 'Somali', 3537 tons, at anchor [steel 4 mast barque, 3537 tons, ON99434, 329.9 x 47.0 x 27.0. Built 1892 (8) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow; owners: Hilsboro Ship Co. Ltd., GM Steeves registered Liverpool; c.1900 became the German 'Alsterdamm' and later the German 'Adolf Vinnen'. After WW1 became the American 'Mae Dollar' and was converted into a towing barge in the later 1920s, being given various names including 'Island Carrier' and finally was broken up in 1971 under the name of 'Crown Zellerbach No. 1'].
The 'Sofala' at Port Augusta
The four masted steel barque 'Sofala', 2301 tons, at Port Augusta [steel 4 mast barque, 2301 tons, ON99399. 277.5 x 42.0 x 24.2. Built 1892 (5) Russell and Co., Greenock, Owners: Ship Sofala Co. Ltd. (GM Steeves) registered Liverpool; later Sofala Shipping Co. Ltd. (J Edgar and Co.) Foundered Sept. 28, 1911 when bound Montevideo to Sydney, in ballast when about 600 miles from Montevideo].
The 'Earl Granville' at Port Augusta
The iron barque 'Earl Granville', 1009 tons, at Port Augusta [iron barque, 1009 tons. ON76754, 207.7 x 33.4 x 20.0. Built 1877 (3) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners A McAlister, registered Glasgow then J Lidgett and Sons].
The 'Simla' anchored in an unidentified port
The four masted steel barque 'Simla', 2214 tons, anchored in an unidentified port [steel 4 mast barque, 2214 tons, ON97766, 278.2 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Ship Simla Co. Ltd., (GM Steeves) registered Liverpool. Took fire in a coal cargo in Sept. 1908, at Acapulco. Converted to a hulk. Later purchased by Union Oil Co. of California and refitted as a 4 mast barge, without change of name, and registered in San Francisco].
The 'Simla' at Wallaroo
The four masted steel barque 'Simla', 2214 tons, at Wallaroo [steel 4 mast barque, 2214 tons, ON97766, 278.2 x 41.9 x 24.4. Built 1890 (3) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow. Owners: Ship Simla Co. Ltd., (GM Steeves) registered Liverpool. Took fire in a coal cargo in Sept. 1908, at Acapulco. Converted to a hulk. Later purchased by Union Oil Co. of California and refitted as a 4 mast barge, without change of name, and registered in San Francisco].
The 'Sokoto' at Port Adelaide with rudder trouble
The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. Vessel undergoing rudder repairs following a collision at Port Victoria in July 1907. 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. [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].
The 'Sokoto' at Port Adelaide after repairs and painting
The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. [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 'Saratoga' under tow
The four masted steel barque 'Saratoga', 2297 tons, under tow [steel 4 mast barque, 2297 tons, ON102074, 277.1 x 41.9 x 24.2. Built 1893 (1) Russell and Co., Greenock. Owners: Ship Saratoga Co. Ltd. GM Steeves, registered Liverpool. Missing in 1896. Last reported August 20. On a voyage from New York towards Shanghai with case oil, left 20 August, 1896 and disappeared].
The 'County of Pembroke' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'County of Pembroke', 1065 tons, in an unidentified port [iron barque, 1098 tons, ON84171, 221.5 x 35.0 x 20.9. Built 1881 (10) W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, W. Thomas and Co. Registered Liverpool].
The 'County of Flint' under sail
The iron barque 'County of Flint', 1083 tons, under sail [iron barque, 1111 tons, ON76505, 219.5 x 35.1 x 21.3. Built 1877 (4) W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners W Thomas and Co. Registered Liverpool later sold to Chile and renamed Zelbio].
The 'County of Merioneth' in an unidentified port
The iron barque 'County of Merioneth', 1065 tons, in an unidentified port [[iron barque, 1098 tons, ON81341, 221.5 x 35.1 x 20.9. Built 1880 (3) W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland. Owners W. Thomas and Co. Registered Liverpool c.1908 passed to Russian ownership without change of name. Sold and converted into a hulk at Sydney in 1911 and given the name Merion. Taken to Fremantle for Adelaide Steamship Company in 1919 and then to Port Adelaide in 1927. Broken up at Port Adelaide].