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May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001.PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE Do you want to make a comment? A site guestbook is here. On this page ... William Pile, Pile and Smart, City of Adelaide, page bottom (advertising on a German truck). Copyright? (57 + 1 = 58) Test. Miramar, images, mariners-l.co.uk, Corrections in any of the material which follows, however tiny, would be most welcome. And additions, of course! To search for specific text on this page, just press 'CTRL + F' & then enter your search term. A general site search facility is here. WILLIAM PILE W. & J. PILE JOHN PILE WILLIAM PILE, HAY & CO. PILE, HAY & CO. PILE, SPENCE & COMPANY (OF NORTH SANDS, SUNDERLAND) First a few images. Hover your mouse over each thumbnail to read the subject matter. In time, it may very well be that we have multiple sections re William Pile. Why? Because I have seen references to his (or the Pile family) being in business as a) William Pile, b) William Pile, Hay & Co., c) Pile Hay & Co., d) William Pile, Jr., e) W. Pile & Co. f) Pile Spence & Company (of West Hartlepool, it would seem) and there was a John Pile also. There surely are more name variations. William Pile (1823-1873), the man? The City of Sunderland used to advise us that he was described as 'the greatest ship designer of his age'. A talented draughtsman, he started his own company, I read, in 1846, and took over the family yard in 1848. So the true 'Pile' history commences rather before 1846. He was renowned for his tea clippers and 'built more than 100 ships in wood and almost as many in iron'. I was aware that there is a marble bust of William Pile (by William Borrowdale) on display at the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. Now, thanks to David Crosby, I can provide, at left, a fine image indeed of that bust. A larger version is here. The following is the text of the descriptive words that accompany the bust. 'William Pile (1823-1873), born into a Sunderland shipbuilding family, established his own yard in 1848 and for 25 years was one of the North East's leading shipbuilders. In the 1850s he built a notable series of tea-clippers, and in 1861 he launched his first iron ship. This bust, which also shows one of Pile's steam vessels, was subscribed for by his friends, and placed in the entrance hall of the Museum and Library building when it opened in 1879.' An image of an oil painting in the 'Imagine' collection of Tyne and Wear Museums, used to be available at www.imagine.org.uk but the site seems to be no longer operative. You used to be able to even zoom in on sections of the painting, which is entitled 'William Pile's Shipyard, North Sands, about 1830' and would appear to be by an unknown artist. I presume that William Pile was the son of William Pile! An oil on canvas almost 4 feet wide (112.4 x 76.8 cm). The descriptive words were stated to be as follows: Small trading sailing ships are shown in various stages of construction at William Pile's yard on the north bank of the River Wear, towards the river mouth. This later became one of the best known of the many shipbuilding yards on the Wear. Horses are shown pulling timber ashore for use in the yard. Rafts of timber are being floated down the river. Another shipbuilding yard is visible near the river mouth in the distance. The view shows the river's appearance before Sunderland North Dock was built in 1837 near Pile's shipyard. Go here to see an image of the work today without the related text. North Sands? The webmaster has never visited Sunderland and reading the name 'North Sands' and seeing the images next below, which surely look like a beach, he assumed that North Sands would have been located right on the North Sea. Not so, he learns. North Sands was located on the north bank of the River Wear about 1/2 mile from the mouth of the river. As you can read above, 'Sunderland North Dock' was built nearby in 1837. The 'Pile' yard was on a site now occupied, I understand, by the National Glass Centre. There was a wonderful page on the history of North Sands shipbuilding from 1823 through 1891. The page used to be available here (the website of 'www.thompsononename.org' now 'ghgraham.org') thanks to today's Michael Thompson. But that site/page seems now to be long gone. Another long gone site used to summarise the North Sands history, & referred in its 'sources' to Michael Thompson having transcribed a November 1891 book: John Thompson, The Past and Present History of the North Sands Shipyards and Their Surroundings from 1823 To 1891, November 1891, Printer William Duncan, York Street, Sunderland. It would be good to be able to present the text from that volume on site. I show you at left the image provided by the City of Sunderland, clearly the middle left portion of the very same work that is in the Tyne and Wear collection, (visible below & available here in a slightly larger size) but dated by the City as being c. 1850 - which date may prove to be in error as per the above text. It contains excellent detail! I trust that the use of those two images on this non-profit and information site is in order. William Pile (1823-1873), perhaps I might best refer to him in these pages as William Pile #2, was born on Oct. 10, 1823 at Monkwearmouth. He served as a shipwright at his father's Monkwearmouth yard & after completing his apprenticeship & obtaining practical experience he became foreman for Thomas Lightfoot, wooden shipbuilder of Hylton Dene. He later left Thomas Lightfoot & rejoined his father who had by then moved his business to Southwick, but then moved it back to Monkwearmouth. He acted as foreman for his father until at or about 1853 when he went into business for his own account. I have not read exactly where each of those businesses were located, (can you tell us?) but his own business must have been at North Sands as per the images above. In 1861 he 'converted his yard into a composite and iron yard'. In 1865 he started building his 'own engines and boilers and all machinery required for' the vessels that he built. He must have owned Bridge Dock, & when that land was needed for the proposed construction of the railway bridge (built in 1879), he purchased 12 acres of land, near the North Quay, from Sir H. Williamson intending to move his engine works there. It would seem that move never happened, however, since he died in 1873 at about 50 years of age. His shipbuilding yard was sold to pay his creditors. He died in London on Jun. 5, 1873 a few hours after being 'suddenly seized with contractions of the bowels'. He seemed to be in good health though he had complained to some friends that 'he did not feel altogether well'. We thank David Crosby, of Sunderland for the above detail which originate from an announcement of William Pile's death in the 'Sunderland & Durham County Herald' of Jun. 6, 1873. That announcement described him as a benevolent man, who gave largely to the poor, & was much beloved by his workers. He left a wife & seven children & was buried in Monkwearmouth cemetery. 'He had not an enemy in the world' were the words that concluded the announcement - but he did, like us all, have creditors! I was interested to read that George B. (Burton) Hunter (1845/1937) was for two years an apprentice at the Pile shipyard in or about 1860 - when he was 15 years of age. Many years later, he was the manager of the Pile shipyard when it was sold following William Pile's death in 1873. George Hunter lost his job, of course, but went on to great triumphs at 'Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd.' at Wallsend-on-Tyne. Most particularly with Mauretania, built for Cunard in 1907. In 1917 George Hunter became Sir George Hunter. You can read the 1935/36 article here. I hope, in due course, that we may be able to include here details about William Pile #2's successes as a shipbuilder, the design innovations that he introduced & the famous vessels that he built. In that regard, 'Where Ships Are Born' extensively refers to the shipbuilder & refers to three famous tea clippers constructed by Pile: Kelso, Maitland & Undine, but with no data as to the year they were built. They are now all listed below (1861, 1865 & 1867). His father, also William Pile, herein William Pile #1, was a shipbuilder who had his yard at Monkwearmouth, then moved to Southwick & then moved back to Monkwearmouth. Perhaps, in the future, we will be able to provide more detail about him. There was also a John Edward Pile, who was born on Mar. 4, 1886 & died about 1976. A grandson of William Pile #2, perhaps? A listing of the vessels built by 'Pile' is advancing on site - on site page 148 - but is far from being complete. Miramar lists (highest hull number on page). It used to be that you could click on the links that follow & get to the relevant Miramar page. But no longer! The new procedure must be to go to Miramar (here) & log in (you must be registered to view any page). And once you are logged in, return to this page & all the following links should work for you:- 135, 163, 196, 224, 241, (134) Names of just a few of the vessels constructed by 'Pile' of North Sands, Sunderland - until I can subdivide them by exact building company as may be appropriate. Added as I happen to spot references to them. In alphabetic order within year of build sequence. 1   Jesmond 188, later 178 & 228 tons 1820 Jesmond? Today an affluent suburb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Jesmond, a snow, was built by W. & J. Pile & launched in Mar. 1820. It is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1821 thru 1844/45 with the exception of 1839/40. It was also listed in a 'special' LR edition of 1820/21 (see below). The data provided by LRs of 1834 thru 1838/39 is truly fragmentary. LRs of 1820 thru 1832/33 all record Jesmond as owned by 'Anderson'. With T. Watson noted to be her captain throughout such period (indeed thru to 1838/39). For service i) ex London from 1821 thru 1827/28, ii) from London to St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1828/29 thru 1831/32 & iii) from London to Elsinore, Denmark, in 1832/33. 'Anderson' clearly was of Newcastle. As is confirmed by this 1830 Newcastle shipping registration list which tells us that the 178 ton snow was then owned by John Anderson & Sons, of Newcastle. Also, while LRs of 1834 thru 1838/39 offer minimal data they do note that Jesmond, stated to be of 178 tons, was still registered at Newcastle with W. Watson her captain. Now LRs thru 1832/33 do not state a vessel's year of build rather how old they were. The webmaster was pleased, accordingly, to find that the vessel was listed in a 'special' LR edition of 1820/21. Which confirms that Jesmond was built in 1820, owned by 'Anderson', for service from Hull to St. Petersburg. You can see that LR entry here. LRs of 1840/41 thru 1844/45, all record the vessel's then owners as being Wawn & Co., of South Shields, for service from Shields to London - with 'Bell' now her captain. Such owner was, correctly, I learn, E. T. Wawn & Co. of South Shields. A little 'best-efforts' Jesmond operational details. The vessel made a great many voyages to St. Petersburg. Back & forth, year after year. Ex Newcastle primarily, also ex Sunderland & Hull. Not only to St. Petersburg but mainly so. Voyages are also recorded to Archangel (Russia), Riga (Latvia), Memel (then E. Prussia, now Klaipėda, Lithuania), & to Hamburg (Germany). It would seem that in or about 1835, T. Turnbull was the vessel's captain but briefly so. From about 1836 thru 1839, 'Grant' was the vessel's captain for service ex Seaham to the south coast incl. to Southampton. It would seem that 'Wilson', rather than 'Bell' was the vessel's captain from the spring of 1844, with a couple of voyages to Archangel noted. What finally happened to Jesmond? LR of 1844/45 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. A 'Lloyd's List' report from Lerwick (Shetland Islands) advised that the vessel had been wrecked. But provided limited detail other than the fact that a part of her cargo & materials had been saved. I learn that on a date prior to Aug. 21, 1844, the vessel, Wilson in command, had arrived at Archangel, Russia, ex Newcastle. It left Archangel on Sep. 8, 1844 bound for Hull, in ballast, but during a heavy ESE gale, Jesmond, at 7 a.m. on Oct. 10, 1844, was driven ashore at Quarff, near Lerwick, & became a total wreck. The crew were all saved with the exception of Alfred Tyrrell, of London, who unfortunately was drowned. All as per these two contemporary newspaper reports. Is there anything you can add to the above account. Or correct? #2669 2   Fairy Queen 159/200 later 146 tons 2816 1845 A schooner. The vessel, which was launched or completed in Mar. 1845, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1845/46 thru 1855/56 & not thereafter. It was owned, thru 1854/55, per LR, by Walker & Co. of Sunderland. The North of England Maritime Directory of 1848 lists W. Walker & Co. of Sunderland as her then owner. During the entire period of 'Walker' ownership, i.e. thru 1854/55, the vessel served London ex Sunderland. In 1855/56, per LR, Martin of Sunderland became the vessel's owner for service from Sunderland to Rotterdam. Turnbull's Register of 1856 lists Walter H. Martin of Sunderland as the 146 ton schooner's then owner. As does Christie's Shipping Register of 1858. The vessel is listed in the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1860 thru 1864 (1863 is here) but not in the 1865 edition. Signal letters HQRP. I do not know what finally happened to the vessel, likely in 1864 or 1865. Can you tell us what happened & when - or otherwise add anything? #2034 3   Isabella Muston 132 tons 1848 A schooner. Isabella Muston, which was launched in Mar. 1848, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1848/49 thru 1852/53 only. It was, per LR, owned throughout such period by 'Atkinson', initially of Newcastle, from 1851/52 of Shields. The North of England Maritime Directory of 1848/9 records the vessel, in Jul. 1848 data, as registered at Newcastle & owned by John Atkinson of North Shields. Her service per LR? From Sunderland to the Baltic thru 1850/51, & thereafter from Shields to Galatz (i.e. Galați, on the Danube, Eastern Romania, Black Sea). The vessel's captain, per LR, was 'Landells' thru 1850/51 & T. Reed, thereafter. What finally happened to Isabella Muston? As per line 1726 here, on Sep. 18, 1852 the 132 ton schooner was abandoned at sea, at 49N/16W, (in the N. Atlantic, about 500 miles SW of Ireland) while en route from Galatz to the U.K. with a cargo of grain. Crew of 6 - none there noted to have been lost. Stated to be then owned by John Atkinson. It seems clear, however, that Sep. 18, 1852 is not the date when her crew abandoned her - rather the date when her hull was later seen by a passing vessel. It seems likely that her entire crew WAS, in fact, lost. The vessel had left Galatz on May 09, 1852. It arrived, 'Bell' in command, at Malta on Jul. 12, 1852 & left Malta for Queenstown on Jul. 14, 1852. About two months later, on Sep. 18, 1852, Ottawa, a barque en route from Montreal, Canada, to London, reported that they had come upon presumably the still floating hull of Isabella Muston. They hailed the vessel but seemed to get no response. But the sea conditions were difficult & they could not board her in those conditions. The news report which follows does not state where Ottawa was at such time but the location is referred to above. This contemporary news report relates. Can you tell us anything additional? #2720 4   Petilla 112 later 99 tons 23581 1848 A brigantine. Built, I read, by W. & J. Pile. The vessel, which was launched in Jul. 1848, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1848/49 thru 1857/58, a 16 year LR silence, & then again from 1875/76 thru 1880/81. In the earliest years (thru 1850/51) LR lists the vessel, it would seem incorrectly, as Petille rather than as Petilla. LR listed the vessel as a schooner throughout. Thru 1857/58, per LR, the vessel was owned by Tarbit & Co., of Sunderland, for service from Sunderland to the Baltic thru 1852/53, from Sunderland to Oporto, Portugal, in 1853/54, & from Sunderland to Hamburg, Germany, in 1854/55. Service from Shields to Hamburg is noted in LRs of 1855/56 & 1856/57. 'Brummel' or 'Brummell' (from 1851/52) is LR noted to have been the vessel's captain thru 1852/53 (but likely it was correctly Drummond). T. Dale, per LR so served in 1853/54, & J. Palmer from 1854/55 thru 1857/58. Milburn was also her captain in 1853. The North of England Maritime Directory of 1848/49 records W. Tarbit and W. R. Coxon, both of Monkwearmouth, as the owners of the 112 ton brigantine on Aug. 01, 1848. The equivalent register of 1854/55 lists William Tarbitt, Robt. Coxon, & Robt. Wright, all of Sunderland, as the vessel's owners in Mar. 1854, with John Palmer her then captain. Some operational detail. I read that in Jun. 1852, Petilla was detained at Stettin (now Szczecin, NW Poland), & the authorities there demanded that the ship's papers etc. be delivered to them while the vessel was detained. Have not read why. The vessel's captain (Dale) refused the request, was fined £4 & imprisoned when he would not pay. He was released when the British Consul at Stettin paid the fine. Wikipedia advises (thanks!) that on Dec. 20, 1854 Petilla (said to be a schooner) was driven ashore at Le Havre, France, while en route from Sunderland to Le Croisic (near mouth of Loire River), France. It would seem that she was ashore for a while. The report notes that by Jan. 30, 1855 she was refloated & taken into Le Havre for repairs. Some of the many continental ports to which the vessel traded - Pillau, Konigsberg (now Russia), Swinemunde, Stettin (both Poland), Bordeaux, Charente, Cherbourg, Dunkirk, Rouen (all France), Oporto (Portugal), Cadiz (Spain), also Antwerp, Bremen, Bruges, Danzig etc. etc. Ex many U.K. ports incl. Dundee, Fowey, Newcastle, Sunderland, London, Liverpool etc. etc. the list is long. Now LR of 1857/58 records 'Tarbit' as the vessel's owner but provides limited other detail. It seems likely that the vessel had been sold, probably to owners from London. Hartley served as the vessel's captain certainly from 1855 thru 1860.  During the years of LR silence, the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') comes to our rescue as to Petilla's owners. MNLs of 1860 thru 1864 record the vessel as London registered. In 1865, Thomas Hornychurch of London was listed as the owner of the vessel, now of 99 tons, & John Mann, of Mistley (river Stour, NE Essex), in 1866. From 1867 thru 1869, MNL records Mary Capon, of Manningtree (beside & W. of Mistley), Essex, as her owner. From 1870, the vessel became Ipswich, Suffolk, owned but London registered. John Lambert, of Ipswich, is MNL noted to have been the vessel's owner in 1870, Alfred Lambert, jun., in 1871 & 1872, George Mercer in 1874 & 1875 & Walter Cuckow from 1876 thru 1880. In 1875/76, when LR coverage of Petilla resumed, W. Cuckow & Co. was LR noted to be the vessel's owner with W. Ely her captain in 1875/76 & for a portion of 1876/77, S. Gowers for about a year, & C. Osborn from part way thru 1877/78 thru 1880/81. 74.6 ft. long, signal letters NSGB. Many crew lists are available here. LR of 1880/81 notes that Petilla had 'Stranded'. Per MNL it occurred on Oct. 29, 1880. The webmaster has not so far spotted details as to exactly what happened nor where. Can you tell us about it? #2389 5   Cashmere 574/640 later 580 tons 24814 1850 A ship, later a barque, perhaps. I note that at the time when the vessel was built, Cashmere referred to what we now know as Kashmir. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1851/52 thru 1869/70. LR of 1851/52 lists J. Hay of Sunderland as the vessel's owner, replaced, however, by C. Tebbut of London. For service ex Sunderland. 'Tebbut', per LR, continued to own the vessel thru 1860/61 with 2 captain's names recorded i.e. G. Pearson from 1853/54 thru 1859/60 & Byron in 1861/62. For service ex Sunderland in 1852/53, & from London i) to New Zealand from 1853/64 thru 1857/58 & in 1860/61 & ii) in 1858/59 & 1859/60 to India. In 1861/62, per LR, Park & Co. of London, became the vessel's owner, thru 1864/65, for service ex London & specifically to New Zealand in 1861/62. With 'Ptherbridge' serving as the vessel's captain. Some 'best efforts' detail re the vessel's many voyages to New Zealand, thanks to 'Paperspast'. i) the vessel left Gravesend, London, for Auckland, on Jun. 16, 1851, George Pearson in command, with a varied cargo & many passengers. It went on to New Plymouth, Wellington & Kaipara where it loaded spars destined for the Royal Dockyards at Plymouth, Devon. It left NZ on Apl. 15, 1852 & arrived at the Downs, via Plymouth, on Aug. 7, 1852. ii) On Nov. 8, 1852 the vessel left Gravesend for Auckland (Pearson) but, it would seem 'sprang her rudder' & returned to Plymouth on Dec. 15, 1852. It arrived at Auckland on May 10, 1853, went on to New Plymouth & on Jul. 12, 1853 left for India. On such voyage, the captain 'found' (low on page) two islands not marked on the charts & intended to name them Willis's Islands 'in complement to the owner of Cashmere'. I think that the vessel operated under the Willis & Co. Line of Packets, perhaps Willis were the managers?. iii) The vessel left London on Apl. 20, 1854, for New Plymouth & Auckland with 98 passengers & a varied cargo. It left Auckland for Shanghai, China, on Oct. 11, 1854. iv) On Jul. 11, 1855 the vessel left Gravesend for Christchurch with 160 assisted adult immigrants and about 40 children. vi) The vessel left the Downs on Dec. 17, 1856 for Auckland & on May 8, 1857 left for Guam. vii) On Jun. 11, 1859 the vessel left London under the command of Captain John Byron with 207 passengers. It arrived at Lyttleton/ Christchurch on Oct. 11, 1859 with 184 passengers (minus 16 plus 3) . The vessel seems to then have been part of William Gann & Co.'s line of packets. It left for London on Mar. 13, 1860. viii) The vessel arrived at Lyttleton on Feb. 10, 1861 under the command of J. Petherbridge. Went on to Wellington which it left for London on Jun. 7, 1861 arriving at the Downs on Sep. 3, 1861 after a passage of 87 days. Then a Shaw Savill & Co. line vessel, it would appear. ix) On Apl. 8, 1862 the vessel arrived at Auckland (Petherbridge) 113 days ex the Downs. On May 7, 1862 it left for Callao, Peru, in ballast. Do check 'Paperspast' for additional detail & the accuracy of the above. I noted references to Cashmere being a favourite ship & also to its 'shaking' at speeds above 10 or 11 knots.  The vessel continued to be London registered when, in 1864/65, Ivens & Co., became the vessel's owner & Way her captain for service ex Gloucester. But only for a short time. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1865 records Chas. F. Ivens of Clifton, Bristol, as the vessel's then owner. In 1865/66, J. Swankie, of London, became the vessel's owner, thru 1867/68, for service from Bristol to North America in 1865/66 & from Bristol to Montreal, Canada, in 1866/67. With J. Way serving as her captain. The vessel is recorded twice in LR of 1867/68. Owned by Swankie, then, it would seem by owners from Quebec City, Canada - H. Hagens maybe - the name is most difficult to read. And with A. Grindall the vessel's captain, for service from Cork, Ireland to Quebec. And then in the supplement, owned by 'Singl'ton' of Glasgow for a destination so faint that I cannot read it but which may well have read Buenos Ayres. MNL of 1868 clarifies the Quebec owner's name as being Hans Hagins, of Quebec. In Feb. 1868, the vessel was in the Greenock Graving Dock being 'reclassed'. Under 'Singl'ton' ownership, the vessel served from the Clyde to India with D. Graham the vessel's captain. MNL of 1869 lists A. W. Singleton, of Glasgow, as the then owner of the vessel, still registered at Quebec. Note however that MNLs of 1870 & 1871 list William Allison of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, as the Glasgow registered vessel's then owner. 130.0 ft. long, signal letters PCKG. LR of 1869/70 both struck out 'Singl'ton' as the owner & notes that the vessel had 'Foundered'. On Nov. 24, 1869, per the first line 28 here, the 579 ton vessel, stated to be a barque, foundered in the North Atlantic while en route from Greenock, River Clyde, Scotland, to New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. with a cargo of iron. Crew of 14 one of whom lost his life in the disaster. The circumstances of the vessel's loss are not yet to hand. A contemporary newspaper cutting tells us that she was lost about 350 miles WSW of the Lizard & seems to state there was no loss of life. Can you tell us anything more? #2225 6   Meanwell 316/330 later 292 17095 1850 A snow. The vessel, which was launched on Oct. 23, 1850, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1851/52 thru 1860/61. Thru 1856/57, per LR, the vessel was registered at North Shields & owned by Kelso & Co., which I believe means J. R. Kelso & Co. With J. Cowans stated consistently to have been her captain, for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean thru 1853/54 & from Waterford, SE Ireland, to the Mediterranean, from 1854/55 thru 1856/57. Turnbull's Registers ('TR') of both 1855 & 1856, however, record the vessel as registered at Shields & rather owned by J. Wheatley of North Shields. The 1855 edition lists Jos. Rogers as the vessel's then captain. LR does not reference the Wheatley ownership. In 1857/58, per LR, the vessel became owned by Young & Co., also of North Shields, for service ex Sunderland in 1857/58 & from Shields to the Mediterranean thereafter thru 1860/61. With 'Young' her captain in 1857/58 & R. White from 1858/59 thru 1860/61. Christie's Register of 1858 clarifies the vessel's ownership indicating that the vessel was then owned by Phillip Young, Robert White & George Paul, all of North Shields. The vessel is last LR recorded in 1860/61. I read (scroll to #17095) that a certificate was issued re the vessel's loss on Jul. 16, 1861 (as I read it). Thanks to Welsh Newspapers Online, I can advise you that the vessel left Cork, Ireland, for England, in ballast, likely in the month of February - of 1860 not 1861. And was lost. I quote - 'she appears to have been caught in a squall, upset, and had all hands drowned'. So reported by the Monmouthshire Merlin on Mar. 10, 1860 (here, in red). The report notes, sadly, that two sons of Mr. White, one of the vessel's owners, had been on board the vessel at the time & were lost. Can you add anything? #2263 7 Chowringhee 781/893, later 805 tons 91 1851 Chowringhee? A neighbourhood in central Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Chowringhee is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1851/52 thru 1871/72. It was launched (1, 2 & 3) on Mar. 03, 1851 for John Hay of Sunderland, intended for the East India trade. Said to have been, at the time, the largest ship ever built on the Wear. Its cost is stated to have been about £16,000. The vessel was initially owned, then, by John Hay of Sunderland, thru 1855/56 per LR, for initial service from Shields to India, in 1852/53 for service from London to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, & thereafter for service ex London. With G. (George) Brown consistently serving as the vessel's captain. Chowringhee made more voyages to Australia than would seem to be LR indicated. i) the vessel arrived at Melbourne on Jul. 05, 1852 ex London via Plymouth (left Mar. 13, 1852) with a few passengers & 319 emigrants. 17 died on the voyage & there were 9 births. On about Oct. 23, 1852 the vessel left for London with 50 passengers & 70,000 ounces of gold, including a single nugget of 46 lb. ii) On Aug. 04, 1853, the vessel arrived at Melbourne ex London (left Apl. 17, 1853) with 253 passengers. It later left for London & arrived there on Dec. 20, 1853 after a voyage of 118 days. Re both of these voyages George T. (Turnbull) Brown was her captain. iii) Chowringhee arrived at Melbourne on Jun. 28, 1854 ex London (left Mar. 19, 1854) with a few, 13 or so, passengers. And with A. C. McLean in command. I read that 'Brown' had become the master of Maria Hay & had died while that vessel was en route from Plymouth to Geelong (near Melbourne), arriving at Geelong in Jul. 1854. The vessel returned to the U.K. via China. iv) On Nov. 16, 1855, the vessel arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ex Southampton (left Jul. 18, 1855) with many emigrants - 335 or maybe 294 only. With 'Ferguson' in command. It stayed a week in quarantine upon arrival. It later left for Calcutta. We thank Trove, Australia, for all of that data. In 1856/57, per LR, J. C. Gregg, likely of Belfast, Ireland, became the owner of Chowringhee, now Belfast registered, for service ex London & in the period of 1857/58 thru 1860/61 for service ex Liverpool. Such dating (1856/57) is suspect - the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') tells us that the vessel became Belfast registered on Feb. 04, 1854 (scroll to #091). In 1861/62, per LR, the vessel served India ex London. While 'Gregg' owned, per LR, the vessel's captain was M. Nolan. In 1862/63, per LR, A. G. Robinson, of London, became the vessel's owner & continued to own her thru 1871/72. With, per LR, J. (Joshua) Dixon her captain from 1862/63 thru 1865/66 & R. Tatchell from & after 1865/66. Initially for service ex London to India thru 1864/65, from Swansea, Wales, to South America in 1865/66 & 1866/67, & thereafter, thru 1871/72, for service from Plymouth to South America. MNLs list the vessel as Belfast registered from 1857 thru 1864, & London registered from 1865 thru 1870. I note that MNL names the vessel as Chouringhee (with a 'u') thru 1868 & then as Chowringhee. MNLs from 1865 thru 1870 list her owner as being Anthony G. Robinson of London. 156.2 ft. long, signal letters HBLC, some crew lists are available via this page. Many survey documents re the vessel are available from the Lloyd's Register Foundation. I have not so far found what finally happened to the ship. I can, however, tell you that from Jan. 10, 1870 thru Jun. 20, 1870, Chowringhee was offered for sale - then lying, in the E. London Dock. And, a certificate re the vessel's 'foreign' sale was dated (as I read the handwriting) Jul. 19, 1870 (scroll to #91). Can you tell us the name of the party who purchased the vessel? And tell us his or their nationality? Was the vessel perhaps later renamed? Should any site visitor have additional information about the vessel, you are invited you to provide such data to the webmaster - who will both thank you greatly & include the additional data here. #2798 8 Lizzie Webber 280 & 213 (or 206) tons 32198 1852 The text below was written many years ago now. In Jun. 2017, Bill Swift, marine historian, has compiled an extensive 'pdf' about the vessel & has permitted the webmaster to make it available via this site. The study addresses the question of who built the vessel, lists her known voyages & includes many contemporary newspaper reports, images etc. You are invited to read Bill's fine 28 page study here. Any site visitor who wishes to contact Bill Swift respecting such study, is invited to contact Bill via the webmaster. A wooden snow, a type of brig. A passenger/cargo ship. Per 1 (image of a Fred Garling painting), 2 & 3 (Illustrated London News, 'ILN', print), 4 ('ILN', Aug. 14, 1852 text), 5 (Thomas S. Rowntree). Lots of WWW references to Lizzie Webber but there are, all said & done, very few facts about her. 5 states that Thomas S. (Stephenson) Rowntree ('Rowntree') of Sunderland along with John Webber commissioned the ship for the Australian coastal trade. Many references to the ship being the first to take emigrants from Sunderland to Australia, leaving Sunderland on Jul. 31, 1852, Rowntree in command, & arriving in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 4, 1852. A notable event with 30,000 people assembled to watch her departure with 75 emigrants. A passenger list re the voyage is here, while the ILN descriptive departure text can be read here (ex 'Trove'). The vessel made other voyages to Australia & passenger lists are WWW available. In late May 1853, leaving Sydney for Melbourne, the vessel was in collision with Augusta, a barque leaving for Adelaide. While the collision was minor, Augusta had to return to port to get her damage repaired. In Jul. 1853, the vessel was sold, by Rowntree, then of Balmain, New South Wales, for £3,150 to Henry Fisher, of 'Southern Cross Line' or 'Launceston Packet Line' of Sydney, Australia, & the vessel traded between Sydney & Launceston, Tasmania. The actual ownership of the vessel was apparently 50% each by Henry Fisher & his brother George Fisher, of Launceston. An Oct. 1857 voyage from Launceston to Sydney is detailed here. On Dec. 12, 1857, Henry bought his brother's 50% share in the vessel for £1,250, such transaction being later said, (relative to Henry Fisher's insolvency in 1859), to be at George Fisher's suggestion to facilitate the sale of the vessel to Singapore. The last reference I have spotted to the vessel is to its arriving on Aug. 30, 1862 at Labuan, presumably Labuan Island, East Malaysia, noted for its coal deposits. Lizzie Webber was involved in the coal trade there it would appear. Can you tell us what finally happened to the vessel? 9 Roxburgh Castle 1049/1121, later 1002 tons 26381 1852 Roxburgh Castle, a ship, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1852/53 thru 1873/74, with the exception of 1867/68. It was launched, on Apl. 05, 1852, for Messrs. Green of Blackwall (London), for their India trade. 'Ornamented with a well-executed figure of Richard I', at its time the largest vessel ever built at Sunderland & the longest constructed in the North of England. Fred M. Walker advises (1 ex 2) (thanks!) that the vessel had been ordered by Richard Hay of Sunderland & was intended to be named King Richard, hence the figurehead. Many of the newspaper reports re the vessel's launch rather referred to vessel's name as King Richard Coeur de Lion. An extensive report of the launch. Roxburgh Castle? A today ruined castle that dates from c.1128, & is noted to have been built in the reign of David I. Located in the Border area of Scotland. So far as I can see the castle does not relate in any way to Richard I, i.e. Richard the Lionheart (1157/1199). The vessel was owned, for its lifetime per LR, by R. (Richard) Green of London. For service, always ex London, to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the period of 1852/53 thru 1855/56, to India in 1856/57 & from & after 1866/67, to Australia in 1857/58 & from 1860/61 thru 1864/65. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') list Roxburgh Castle from 1857 thru 1871, always registered at London. MNLs of 1865 thru 1870 all list the vessel, of 1121 tons thru 1866 & of 1002 tons thereafter, as owned or managed by Richd. Green of Blackwall, Middlesex, London. MNL of 1871 rather lists John Richardson of London. LR seems not to have referenced the sale of the vessel late in its life. I think that this page re the ship (1 ex (pdf) 2 - link no longer works - thanks so much!), advises us that on Dec. 01, 1870 the vessel was sold for £2,725 to 'A/S Fregatskibet Poxburgh Castle's Rhederi' of Helsingør (Elsinore), Denmark. And that on Jan. 04/05, 1872, i) the vessel stranded on the Goodwin Sands (off the coast of Kent) in a snow storm & was wrecked & ii) Captain J. A. Ebsen & 20 crew members were lost in the disaster. 182.5 ft. long, signal letters PKVQ, later NFVB, some crew lists are available, via this page. I presume that Roxburgh Castle's service to Australia will be well covered at Trove, Australia, but have not searched there completely yet. A part only re such data:- a) On Aug. 28, 1852, the vessel arrived at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ex London & Plymouth (left Jun. 02, 1852) with 145 passengers & cargo. It went onto to Sydney, without dropping anybody off or landing cargo & arrived there on Sep. 09, 1852. It followed that route in reverse & on Nov. 14, 1852 left Melbourne with 70 passengers & the largest quantity of gold then shipped in any vessel - 178,355 ounces, about 5 tons. In late Feb. 1853 the vessel, Edward Hight in command, arrived at Portland, U.K. En route it had rescued 21 crew members of a burning ship whose name appears not to be Trove reported. But I read was British Merchant, a barque built in 1834 at Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, then registered at Newcastle (U.K.) & commanded by 'Anderson'. Detail as to the rescue & a painting of both Roxburgh Castle & the burning British Merchant, is available here. An article from 'Illustrated London News' re the rescue can be read here (the print is available at left). b) On Jul. 30, 1853, the vessel arrived at Melbourne ex Deal & Plymouth (left May 09, 1853). On Sep. 29, 1853, it left for London via Cape of Good Hope & arrived back in London in Feb. 1854. c) I think in 1855 the vessel landed 575 Chinese at Havana, Cuba, ex Amoy, China. d) On Jan. 04, 1856, the vessel arrived at Melbourne from London. That as far as I have checked! It takes time to read the many articles. Despite the above, the loss of Roxbrough Castle is at present a bit of a puzzle. This page translated by Google from the original in Danish, confirms the vessel's loss on Jan. 04, 1872, as stated above. But this page (scroll to vessel name) tells us that the vessel was wrecked on Jan. 05, 1872 while en route to Melbourne, Australia. While the authoritative 'The Blackwall Frigates', by Basil Lubbock, tells us on page 185 that the vessel was lost in 1876. As does, I am told, 'The Good Old Days of Shipping', published in 1900. I still need to fully check re the vessel at Trove but could not spot any voyages to Australia in 1872. I am now able to definitively tell you what happened to Roxburgh Castle & when. On Dec. 24, 1871 the vessel, 'Ebsen' in command, sailed from Gravesend, London, for Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. in ballast. It initially made its way only to Deal, Kent, which it departed on Jan. 31, 1871. Now I learn that there were heavy gales in the area of the Goodwin Sands on both Jan. 04, 1872 & Jan. 05, 1872. On Jan. 08, 1872 a wreck was seen on the Goodwin Sands. It could not readily be identified but extensive detail about the vessel's structure was reported by Lloyd's List presumably to assist in identifying the vessel in question. On Jan. 10, 1872, a man reported that he was close by the wreck that day & thought it likely that the vessel had dragged her anchors in the gales & been driven onto the Sands. On Jan. 12, 1872, Rainbow, a fishing smack, came upon the floating stern of a vessel with a partial name (ROXBURG) recorded upon it. On Jan. 15, 1872 some pieces of rigging & canvas were brought into Ramsgate. On Feb. 14, 1872, Daniel, a German vessel, 'Feldman' in command, came upon a seaman's chest floating in the North Sea. It proved possible to identify such chest as having belonged to Georg Jensen, the chief mate of Roxburgh Castle. It seems clear that Roxburgh Castle was lost not in 1876 but rather on either Jan. 04 or 05, 1872, on the Goodwin Sands, during severe gales & snow. I note that a few items from the vessel were sold at a public auction held at Ramsgate on Apl. 18, 1872. I have not so far spotted the names of the vessel's crew members. Some contemporary news reports - 1 & 2 (in red). Another painting of a vessel named Roxburgh Castle, also by James Harris, is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Images can be seen here & here. Do note however that that work is not of 'our' Roxburgh Castle, but is rather of Roxburgh Castle built on the Thames in 1825. Can you tell us more? #2827 10 Crest of the Wave 924/856, later 776, later 805, later 708 tons 15990 Gurli Tomaso T. 1853 A ship, later a barque. A Henry Scott (1911/1966) painting of the vessel was sold on Sep. 11, 2013 - see here. John Raphael Isaacs (1808/1870) made a lithograph of the vessel (2nd image down on this page). Do visit this fine site (Lars Bruzelius) for extensive detail about the vessel's ownership & voyage history. The vessel seems to have been Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1854/55 thru 1892/93 with three different vessel names. I say 'seems to have been' because not all LR editions are available to the webmaster. Sister ship to Spray of the Ocean. The launch of the vessel (stated to be a barque) on Oct. 3, 1853. The launch of the vessel as reported in Australia. Per LR, Brice & Co., of Liverpool, was the ship's initial owner thru 1860/61. Marwood's North of England Maritime Directory of Mar. 1854 lists 'Brice, Friend & Co., and others', as her then owners with J. Steele her captain. In 1860/61, Friend & Co., i.e. E. C. Friend, also of Liverpool, became her owner thru 1867/68. Brice & Co. surely means Brice, Friend & Co. & the 1860/61 change of ownership may therefore be a transfer rather than a sale. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867 lists John Hay of Cresswell House, near Sunderland, as the vessel's  then owner, an owner name not LR referenced, while MNL of 1868 lists Edward C. Friend of Liverpool. In 1867/68, the vessel became of 776 tons, owned per LR by Wright Bros. of London (MNL of 1870 lists Andrew Wright of London) thru 1876/77 at least (LR of 1877/78 is not available). In 1878/79, the vessel, now a barque of 805 tons, became owned by Bullard King & Co. of London, thru 1880/81 per LR, however, the 1880 edition of MNL lists Daniel King of London as her then owner. Soon thereafter, the vessel was sold to Swedish interests. In 1881/82 the vessel, renamed Gurli, was owned by E. T. Stromberg of Gothenburg, Sweden, with 'Stromberg' the vessel's captain. 'Bruzelius', however states that the vessel was rather sold, in Dec. 1880, to Johannes Andersson and Alfred Theodor Strömberg, of Göteborg, & that Alfred Theodor Strömberg became Gurli's captain. Per LR, J. A. Göthe, also of Gothenburg, became the vessel's owner in 1886/87, with 'Stromberg' continuing to serve as her captain. In 1888/89, per LR, A. F. Strömberg of Gothenburg became the vessel's owner, thru 1889/90, with A. T. Strömberg serving as her captain. The vessel seems not to be recorded in LR of 1890/91. In 1892/93, however, the vessel, now named Tomaso T. of 708 tons became owned by T. G. Tarabochia of Trieste, (then Austria now Italy). Sold per Bruzelius in May 1891. I read that the vessel was condemned in Sep. 1892. 180.0 ft. long, later (1878/79) 184.3 ft., later (1887/88) 175.8 ft. long, signal letters LVNW, later (1892/93) HSLT. Some operational detail. During the period of Brice/Friend ownership, the vessel, per LR, served Australia from Sunderland (in 1854/55), served ex Liverpool, & served China ex London (in the period of 1858/1861). On Apl. 26, 1854, the vessel arrived at Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, Australia, after a voyage of 74 days only from Liverpool (left Feb. 12, 1854). A feat not accomplished by any other sailing vessel. With a full cargo & 33 or so passengers & under the command of John Steele (who was a part owner of the vessel). The vessel later left for Ceylon & Bombay (now Sri Lanka & Mumbai) on or about Jun. 13, 1854. In 1861/62 the vessel served Australia ex London, in 1862/64 served China ex Liverpool, served Australia ex Liverpool in 1864/65 & London to China again in 1865/66. For service from Leith, Scotland, to China, thru 1869/70, & ex London thereafter. It would seem that Gurli was active in Australian waters from 1880 thru 1887 under 3 different captains i.e. J. E. Luryberg, Victor Dunneberg & Wannberg. I presume that Trove, Australia, would have additional references. Is there anything that you can add? #2094 11 Faerie Queene 398, later 373 tons 10948 1853 A wooden barque. Built by William Pile jun. at North Shore, Monkwearmouth. 135.0 ft. long, signal letters KQNT. The webmaster may prove to be quite incorrect but he thinks that this launch announcement, stated to be for a 'clipper barque' named Enoch, built by James Pyle, may prove to be either re i) Faerie Queene or ii) re Aspirant. He can trace no vessels named Enoch or Aspirant & by a process of elimination concludes that one of the two likely became Faerie Queene. Does anybody have thoughts about that? The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1854/55 thru 1869/70 - many of the entries are visible at left. The vessel was initially, per LR, owned by 'J. Kelson' of North Shields. For service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean thru 1856/57 & ex Bristol in 1857/58 & 1858/59. In 1856, Turnbull's Register advises that J. R. Kelso & J. Wheatley of North Shields were the vessel's owners, with the vessel listed as 'Faerie Queen', i.e. without the 'e' at the end. The vessel seems not to be listed in Christie's Shipping Register of 1858 - not registered anywhere in the North East, such as at Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle or Hartlepool. In 1859/60, per LR,  'Watson & Co.' of Glasgow, became the owner of the vessel now of 373 tons & Glasgow registered, for service from the Clyde to South America, thru 1861/62 & ex the Clyde thereafter. It would not surprise me to find out that 'Watson' actually became the vessel's owner earlier than 1859 & that that is the reason why 'Christie's' of 1858 does not refer to the vessel - because it was by then registered at Glasgow. All guesswork, however! Watson & Co. continued to own the vessel thru 1863/64, per LR, & after that date LR lists no owners names. The Mercantile Navy List of 1867 (page 132, image soon) lists the 373 ton vessel as owned by Matthew Horsley of Hartlepool, which data is confirmed by the equivalent registers of 1868 & 1870 - though it should be noted that the 1870 entry lists the vessel as Faerie Queen i.e. without the 'e' on the end. The vessel is not listed in the 1870/71 edition of Lloyd's Register. I do not yet know what finally happened to the vessel. Can you possibly help in that regard or otherwise add additional data? #1804 12 Flying Dragon 673 tons 1853 A 3-masted barque. Per 1 ('pdf' p 13), 2 (towards bottom, 95% down), 3 (Jan. 1854 text ex Trove) 4 (Dec. 1854 text ex Trove), 5 (Feb. 1855 text ex Trove) 6 (Jul. 1855 text ex Trove). What would we do without 'Trove'! 190 ft. or 199 ft. long overall, on a keel 165 ft. long. The vessel was built, of East India teak, in 1853, at Monkwearmouth for Robert Smith of Manchester but registered at London. 2 states that the builder was John Pyle & that the 'Clipper Barque' was lost due to fire en route from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to London. But that data is, I believe, inaccurate. I think that John Pyle means John Pile, brother to the famous William Pile. I have seen a reference to the vessel being (later?) owned by Jardine, Matheson & Co. - can that be correct? Anyway, on Oct. 14, 1853, the ship left the Downs for Melbourne, Australia, & arrived there safely after a voyage of 76 days. The vessel then left Hobart, Tasmania, for England, via Bombay, India, in late Feb. 1854. On Jul. 31, 1854, while en route from Ceylon to London with a general cargo, the vessel caught fire at midnight when 200 miles off the Cape of Good Hope. The vessel ran into Simon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, in Aug. 1854, 'burnt to the water's edge where she was scuttled'. It would seem that that was not the end. The vessel's hull was sold for £2,200, in Oct. 1854, to Messrs. H. & E. Suffert, presumably of Cape Town. 'She was a new vessel, and when the necessary repairs above deck are completed it is expected that she will repay her enterprising owners.' The repaired vessel, still named Flying Dragon, was later expected to put to sea on Jul. 24, 1855. But on Jul. 10, 1855, the vessel was consumed by a fire in which a youth, the son of Captain Caithness, the ship's captain, lost his life. A print of the vessel appeared in the Nov. 4, 1854 issue of Illustrated London News. Can you add to and/or correct the above. Another image? 13   Skimmer of the Seas 360 tons 23419 1853 The vessel, which was launched on Jun. 20, 1853 & first registered (scroll to #23419), at Sunderland, on Jul. 14, 1853, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1854/55 thru 1864/65. It was, per LR, initially owned, thru 1855/56, by T. Thompson of Sunderland, (Thos. Thompson per Marwood's North of England Maritime Directory of Mar. 1854 & Turnbull's Register of 1855) for service from Sunderland to Bombay (now Mumbai) India, with T. (Thomas) Mann serving as the vessel's captain. In 1856/57, per LR, the vessel became registered at London & owned by J. Cawood, as is partially confirmed by Turnbull's Register of 1856 which records J. Cawood, of London, as the owner of the Sunderland registered vessel. With N. Way becoming the vessel's captain thru 1862/63, then 'Peek', R. Peek, I believe. Always, per LR, for service ex London, particularly, in 1856/57 & 1857/58 & from 1862/63 thru 1864/65, for service to Algoa Bay, South Africa. A puzzle indeed is that the vessel is listed twice in Christie's Shipping Register of 1858, in both cases registered at Sunderland rather than at London, & owned firstly by John Holmes of London & then by Jos. Cawood of Graham's Town (Grahamstown NE of Port Elizabeth), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 135.0 ft. long, signal letters NRMF. A few modest operational references to the vessel:- i) On Aug. 30, 1853, the vessel was spoken to, at 5.15N/18.4W, when en route from Sunderland to Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, without its foretopmast. ii) On Jan. 31, 1854, the vessel left Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for China, Thomas Mann in command, with a cargo of cotton & sundries. iii) On Oct. 5, 1854, again with Mann in command, the vessel left San Francisco for Shanghai, China. iv) On Oct. 18, 1855, the vessel left Mauritius for Cork, Ireland, with 912,720 lb. of sugar. v) On May 18, 1861, the vessel was en route to London ex Mauritius, vi) On Apl. 15, 1862, the vessel left a South African port, for England, R. Peek in command, with about 15 passengers. LR of 1864/65 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. The first link above tells us, not that the vessel was lost & the day of advice as one might expect, but rather, if I have understood the text correctly, that the vessel was sold to a Spanish subject as per an advice dated Dec. 31, 1864. Sale of the wreck, perhaps? The webmaster has not yet succeeded in finding out what happened to the vessel nor when nor where. Can you tell us about the circumstances of the vessel's loss, or otherwise add anything? Some crew lists are available here. #2093 14   Kelso 640/529 tons 2136 1855 A ship. Kelso, which was launched on May 17, 1855, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1856/57 thru 1860/61 & not thereafter. It was owned, for that entire, if brief, period by J. R. Kelso of Shields, for service, thru 1859/60, from Sunderland to China & in 1860/61 for service ex London. It would seem that the vessel was always registered at Shields. With, per LR, 'W. Coulsn', i.e. 'Coulson', always her captain. LR of 1860/61 lists the vessel as Kelsoe (with an extra 'e'). Turnbull's Shipping Register of 1856 lists the vessel's then owner as being J. R. Kelso of North Shields, which owner name Christie's Shipping Register of 1858 clarifies as meaning John Robert Kelso. Some Kelso operational history, all with 'Coulson' her captain. On Nov. 19, 1855 the vessel arrived at Hong Kong ('HK') ex Shields. It arrived back at London on Apl. 5, 1856. The vessel left HK on Oct. 18, 1856 for Labuan (presumably Labuan Island, East Malaysia, noted for its coal deposits), & arrived at Shanghai, China, ex Labuan on Jan. 7, 1857. On Nov. 24, 1857, the vessel was on shore at Foo-Chow-Foo (now Fuzhow, China). It returned to HK for repairs & survey & arrived back at Gravesend, London, on Mar 29, 1858. On Nov. 18, 1858 the vessel left Whampoa (i.e. Huangpu, an outer port of Guangzhou, China), for London, arriving at Gravesend on Feb. 24, 1859. On Jul. 28, 1859 the vessel arrived at HK ex Shields & on Feb. 16, 1860 arrived back at HK ex Foo-Chow-Foo. On Apl. 10, 1860 Kelso left Sunderland for HK & arrived back at London ex Macao (near HK) on Jan. 2, 1861. What finally happened to Kelso? On Feb. 9, 1861, per line 1092 here, the 530 ton ship sank at Long Scar Rock (a natural rocky breakwater near Hartlepool) while en route from Sunderland to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal. At about 10 a.m. I read, Her cargo was stated to have been worth £50,000 - really! Crew of 18 - 1 lost but it would seem that her crew may have been 20 in number. Vessel then stated to have been owned by John Robert Kelso. This contemporary newspaper report tells us that when the vessel struck, the crew took to the rigging. Where they remained for nearly 12 hours before being rescued by a lifeboat. A cabin boy, Thomas Jones, aged 13, surely totally exhaused, fell asleep while perched in the rigging & fell into the water & was drowned. Such article states that the vessel's captain at the time was Captain Varlock. It is possible that the captain's name was Vowell, rather than Varlock. Maybe Michael Vowell. I read that there was some misunderstanding between the lifeboat crews of Seaton & of West Hartlepool. Each expected the other to attend to Kelso. Hence, it would seem, the 12 hours spent in the rigging. Can you tell us anything additional? Or correct anything? #2580 15 Windsor Castle 1074 (later 1075) tons 15822 1857 A fully rigged ship. Per 1 (splendid c.1857 lithograph of the vessel - by Thomas Galsworthy Dutton. Do see it in a large size via button at top right of image), 2 (report of the 1884 Inquiry into the vessel's loss, 'pdf' available), 3 (1872 trip to Melbourne, Australia). 195.5 ft. long, signal letters LTVQ, a ‘comfortable passenger ship’ & 'a very fast little ship'. Maybe not the fastest. A data 'snippet' advises that Windsor Castle left Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 10, 1881 & on Jan. 5, 1882 was overtaken by Samuel Plimsoll, which left Sydney 10 days later, on Nov. 17, 1881. The vessel is not listed at Miramar. The webmaster has a number of editions of Lloyd's Register available to him ex 'Google' books, thru 1883/84 - see left. Built for R. Green, of London, (Blackwall shipbuilding yard, London, & major ship owners, 'Blackwall Line', 'Blackwall frigates'), later (1873/74), R. & H. Green, noted for their service on the London to India & China runs. Indeed, 'a favourite ship in the Bombay trade'. The vessel was 'made almost a new ship', in 1876, when she became of 1075 tons. In 1882, Richard Green died, his partnership had to be dissolved, & all ships had to be sold. In Jul. 1882, the vessel was sold for £3,000 (considered a bargain) to Elias Cox ('Cox'), of Bridport Harbour, Dorset, and others, Cox being the managing owner. Cox had the vessel thoroughly & extensively overhauled in Green's yard. The vessel was engaged by the Government for the transport of troops to Zanzibar, then chartered by the Admiralty to take marines to Monte Video & a man-of-war's relief crew to Sydney. On May 22, 1874, the vessel left Cochin, (now Kochi, Kerala State, SW India) for London, with a crew of 22 & a general cargo. I have not read the name of the Captain, however the Captain is recorded as C. D. Raymond, in the 1883/84 edition of Lloyd's register. On Jun. 27/28 1884, the vessel ran into a cyclone, & while sails were being changed to ease the ship, a heavy sea broke over the vessel carrying away 3rd officer Morant, whose loss was only discovered half an hour later. Several crew were injured, two lifeboats were smashed & there was other damage. The weather continued to be unsettled, & on Jul. 11, 1884, the Master determined to make for Algoa Bay (E. coast of S. Africa, about 425 miles E. of Cape of Good Hope). The vessel came in sight of the anchorage but could not enter it. They ran out to sea again & on Jul. 13, 1884, high seas carried away the rudder. Attempts were made to jury rig a replacement. The ship continued to struggle for many days - City of Benares, an unnamed Danish vessel & then Ophir all offered to take the crew off, the last on Jul. 25, 1884. Another gale was approaching. The one remaining lifeboat was eventually used, with great difficulty, to get the crew to Ophir in more than one trip. The chief officer of Ophir returned to Windsor Castle & gave his opinion that the ship should be abandoned. It was, in fact, abandoned, 30/40 miles off the E. coast of Africa, between Port Alfred & East London. A danger to passing vessels, the vessel was set on fire & was never seen again. Ophir landed the crew at St. Helena on Aug. 20, 1884. The vessel, considered to be worth £5,600 was under-insured, insured for £3,600 only. Most of the above data is derived from the most informative report of the Inquiry, which I encourage you to read. Nobody was held at blame for the vessel's loss. Do you have anything to add? Another image? 16 Alfred Hawley 420 tons Hull 67 29015 1860 A 3 masted wooden barque. Per 1 (painting by G. Dell (c. 1836/1888), 2 (vessel at Port Adelaide in 1894), 3 (coal hulk reference but no image), 4 (ref. to Hobart to Sydney voyage in 1877, 5 (Maritime Museum prints - one available). 134 (or 135.5) ft. long, signal letters QCVH. A number of links but little hard data. Would seem to have been engaged in (immigrant) trade to Australia & Tasmania. To Launceston, Tasmania, in 1861. 'Some repairs in 1870' &  'Sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1873'. But metalled a great number of times. Initially owned by T. B. Walker & Co. (or Walkers & Co.), registered at London. (T. B. Walker was a prominent ship owner in London, & for many years was Chairman of Lloyd's Register). The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 & 1870 state Walker & Fowler of London to be the vessel's owner. The equivalent list of 1880 lists Samuel C. Love of London. That of 1890 states William Llewellin of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. That of 1900 states Charles Geo. Smith of Durban, Natal, S. Africa. While MNL of 1910 lists Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand Ltd., of Dunedin, New Zealand, as the vessel's owner. I had previously recorded - sold to S. C. Love. Later owners seem to have been 'W. Llewellin & 2 other parties' & also 'Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand'. Ended up as a coal hulk, it would seem - at Devonport, Tasmania, as per this Jun. 1, 1900 newspaper article. Last listed in MNL in 1913. Can you help any? 17   Cubana 492 tons Hull 63 28371 1860 A wooden barque which was launched on Feb. 23, 1860 & first registered (scroll to #28371), at London, on Mar. 21, 1860. Per 1 ('wrecksite.eu', wreck data), 2 (wreck data ex 'On the storage of ships and their cargoes', 1871, by Robert White Stevens). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1860/61 thru 1862/63 only, owned by Ridley & Co. of London for service from Sunderland to Caldera, northern Chile. Caldera is the port from which silver & copper, extracted from mines at nearby Copiapó, Chile, were exported. With, per LR, 'Jarman' her only captain. On Oct. 9, 1860, the vessel left Cardiff, Wales, D. Davis in command, for Cienfuegos, Cuba, with 717 tons of coal. LR of 1862/63 notes that the vessel had been 'BURNT'. On Jun. 20, 1862, per line 2276 here, the 492 ton barque burnt in the S. Atlantic at 54S/59W (roughly due S. of the Falkland Islands), while en route from Caldera (left May 27, 1862) to Swansea, Wales, with a cargo of copper ore. Crew of 18 - 2 lost. Then owned by Francis Ridley. I read that 'Peare', i.e. Andrew Peare, was her then master, further that the crew escaped in long boats but suffered great hardship both in the boats & on the Falkland Islands, before they reached Port Stanley. 'Suffered great hardship'. How insufficient are those words! How much an understatement! We are fortunate to be able to read about what happened to the survivors in an extensive article published in a Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, article on Jan. 10, 1863. An account written by Andrew Peare the vessel's captain. Great hardship? Bitter cold, lack of food & clothing, & high seas faced the survivors in their open boats, two initially & then only one. On Jun. 27, 1862 they landed on a small & remote island, part of the Falkland Islands it would seem. They dragged the boat ashore & sheltered beneath it, but, severely effected by frostbite & weakened by their experiences, only two were able to move sufficiently to get water & to slaughter penguins for food. They were able to later launch that boat & left the island on Jul. 7, 1862 under the command of the captain with 6 survivors aboard including a passenger. The others had to be left behind, presumably now exposed to the elements. Fortunately the boat was found, two days later, by Perseverance, a local schooner, which landed them at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on Jul. 10, 1862. Victoria, also a local schooner, was sent to pick up those who had been left behind on the island & in due course landed them on Jul. 13, 1862. Hardship? Having a leg amputated was the sad result for one crew member, while both legs had to be amputated for three of the crew. Two crew members, the 2nd mate & a seaman, both soon died from lockjaw & exhaustion. Lesser problems for the rest. Do read the entire article, kindly made available by 'Trove', by clicking here. An 1863 crew list is available here (but how can that be possible since the vessel was lost in 1862). Can anybody add anything? #2105 18   Aquila (or Aquilae per LR or actually as Aquilæ) 198 later 197 tons 44158 1861 A snow, later a brig. Some confusion as to the vessel's name. Two Sunderland build lists available to the webmaster, both refer to the vessel's initial name as being Aquilae. But . . the vessel, which was launched on Nov. 5, 1861, was first registered at Liverpool, as Aquila, on Nov. 25, 1861 (scroll to #44158). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed as Aquilae from 1861/62 thru 1866/67 & then as Aquila from 1867/68 thru 1871/72, owned for the combined entire period by S. W. Kelso of Liverpool, initially for service from Sunderland to the Mediterranean (thru 1863/64) then from Liverpool to South America. 198 tons thru 1867/68 & then 197 tons. With 'Jones' serving as the vessel's captain thru 1867/68 or 1868/69 then 'Evans' thru to 1871/72. 101.5 ft. long, signal letters TRWQ. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 thru 1870 list S. Wright Kelso, of Liverpool, as her then owner. On Mar. 21, 1870, per line 121 here, the 197 ton brig was involved in a collision & sank while en route from Marseilles, France, to Gloucester, Gloucestershire. The reference does not state where or with which vessel it collided. Can you provide that information? Crew of 11 - none lost. Then stated to be owned by F. W. Kelso. Crew lists are available here. #2143 19 Ganges 839 tons (later 1161 tons) Hull 1 29819 1861 A fast, iron hulled sailing ship. Per 1 (Wikipedia), 2 [Ganges (1)], 3 (Inquiry into the loss of Ganges), 4 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 192 ft. long, later 230 ft., signal letters QHFV. The webmaster believes that this newspaper cutting reports the launch of the vessel early in Jul. 1861. With a figurehead representing 'Mother Ganges', a symbol of fertility. Initially owned 48/64 (75%) by James Nourse (1828/1897) & 16/64 (25%) by A. Sword ('Sword'). For about four years, I don't know exactly when, James Nourse was the captain of the vessel, which was registered at Greenock, Scotland. It commenced trading between Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, & Australia. 'Sword' relinquished his shareholding in 1864, but I have not read who acquired it. Hired out to Tinne & Company, transporters of many commodities between Calcutta & Australia & also slaves! A now long dead website mentioned rather Sandbach, Tinne & Company & did not refer to charter arrangements. The vessel gained contracts for service India/Mauritius/West Indies & Fiji. 4 voyages from Calcutta to Trinidad with Indian indentured labourers. Travelled from British Guiana to Cape Town, South Africa, in 42 days. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1867 (page 151) & 1870 both list James Nourse, of London, as her then owner - as does the 1880 edition of such list. In 1876, the vessel was lengthened by 38 feet & became of 1161 tons. On Oct. 14, 1881, the vessel, (James Nourse then the managing owner), was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands (English Channel 6 miles east of Deal, Kent). Ganges had left Middlesbrough on Oct. 11, 1881, for Calcutta, with a cargo of iron products, with a crew of 35 all told & a pilot aboard. The cargo included 141 tons of iron tiebars & bolts, but principally consisted of 1147 tons of iron chairs or sleepers, for use by the Indian railways. Those iron chairs or sleepers were of an unusual design, a combination of a sleeper & a 'chair', most difficult to stow & made of iron rather than wood since wood would be attacked by white ants in India. You can read the report of the Official Inquiry into the vessel's loss via the link above. What exactly happened?  The vessel encountered a strong gale when about midway between Beachy Head & the Royal Sovereign Lightship (Royal Sovereign shoals, about 7 miles from Bexhill & 11 miles from Eastbourne), at about 5 or 6 a.m. on Oct. 14, 1881. About two hours later, a portion of the cargo, stored in the 'tween decks, shifted. The captain entered the hold & cut certain cargo lashings that later permitted that cargo to further shift. Rather than returning to the Downs to have the cargo re-stowed, the vessel continued down the Channel. Soon the cargo shifted again in the course of the violent gale, causing a major list to starboard (water half-way across the vessel's decks) which forced the return of the vessel to the Downs. The vessel anchored, the anchor chain parted, & the ship drifted towards the Goodwin Sands. Hibernia, a powerful paddle steam tug, came to the vessel's rescue, got a line aboard, but was unable to hold Ganges in the sea conditions. Both vessels drifted closer to the Sands, Hibernia had to cut herself free to save herself, & Ganges struck the Sands at about 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, 1881. A lifeboat was launched, with just 2 hands aboard, but 3/4 hour later everyone got aboard the boat with the exception of the chief mate & some ten lascars. The boat soon was swamped & all but three of her occupants scrambled back aboard Ganges. Alas that boat's painter broke, the three were carried out to sea & drowned, the boat itself coming eventually to rest on the coast of France. Enter the lifesavers from Deal (the Mary Somerville) & a boat (its name?) from Ramsgate. (Noel Clark has kindly come to our rescue re the name of the Ramsgate lifeboat. Noel tells us that the London Evening Standard of Oct. 18, 1881 gave the name of that lifeboat as bring the 'Bradford') The Ramsgate boat took 15 & eventually the Deal lifeboat took the rest. The Inquiry Report, so far as I can see, does not name the Ganges captain. It was critical of his conduct, however, re his cutting the cargo lashings that permitted the cargo to further shift, for not ensuring that the anchor chains could run freely & for getting aboard the ship's lifeboat leaving the chief officer & the 10 lascars aboard Ganges with no means of escape. Lloyd's Register of 1881/82 lists 'Gordon' as her then master. 'The Goodwin Sands' by George G. Carter, published in 1953, devotes 7 pages to the loss of Ganges & the rescue of many of its crew by Mary Somerville, the Deal lifeboat. It does not refer to the Ramsgate lifeboat at all, records the events rather differently, but does report of 'Tom', the bowman of Mary Somerville, who dived overboard & swam in the awful seas to the wrecked Ganges. He successfully got a line aboard, & then the hawser through which the Ganges crew, in ones and twos, were dragged aboard the Mary Somerville. Tom was the last to be pulled aboard. He is not, alas, named for his act of amazing bravery. The book's pages can be read here. The entire book can be accessed here, thanks to 'archive.org'. A model of the ship is, I understand, in the model collection of Sunderland Museum. 'Nourse' later owned another vessel of the identical name, also built (1882) in Sunderland. Anything you can add? 20 Kelso 557 tons Hull 69 28595 Bayard 1861 A full rigged wooden clipper ship. And a most famous one. Per 1 (data). 150.0 ft. long perpendicular to perpendicular, signal letters QBFJ. Built for J. R. Kelso, of North Shields. Engaged in the China tea trade. A number of voyages to London are listed at the link (thanks!) - from Far East ports of Canton, Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai & Whampoa (outer port of Guangzhou, China), all with tea as the cargo. One trip from Macao to London in 1869 was completed in 101 days. An 1870 voyage, with tea, from Amoy (Xiamen, China) to New York, was completed in 124 days. The vessel was reduced to a barque before 1870. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1865 lists the vessel as still owned by J. R. Kelso of North Shields. The 1867 & 1870 MNL registers both advise that Chas. A. Belyea of N. Shields was the vessel's then owner. The vessel's keelson was replaced in 1871. In 1880, the vessel was sold to W. H. Ross & Co. of Liverpool. However the MNL of 1880 advises Alexander Cassels instead (also of Liverpool) was then the owner. The vessel is not listed in MNL of 1882. And in 1886 the vessel was sold to A. D. Westergaard, of Mandal, Norway, & renamed Bayard. Now MNL no longer recorded vessels once they were sold to foreign owners - could the sale to 'Westergaard' have been earlier than 1886? (I did find a reference to 'Westergaard & Co.', of Oslo, Norway, (L. Hannevig) but it may not relate to A. D. Westergaard.) In Sep. 1892, the vessel went missing in the N. Atlantic while en route from Wilmington, Delaware to Antwerp, Belgium. WWW data is most limited. Can you add anything? (built by William) 21 Tientsin 242 (or 254) tons Hull 72 29798 Tien Tsin 1861 A wooden barque. Per 1 (Board of Trade inquiry into the vessel's 1875 foundering, ex 'Accounts and Papers', published 1876, a 'Google' book). 121.5 ft. long, signal letters QHDM. WWW data re this vessel is most limited. It would seem, from the Lloyd's Register ('LR') of 1862/63, that the vessel was built for J. Hay, of London & likely used in the China trade. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1865 lists John Hay of Sunderland as the vessel's then owner. In the 1866/67 LR, the owner had become B. Jarman, of London, though MNL of 1867 & 1868 lists Stephen Jarman of Ramsgate, Kent, as the owner of the London registered vessel. And the vessel, now of 254 tons (net tonnage), became Tien Tsin (i.e. 2 words). (a tiny puzzle is that MNL always referred to the vessel as Tientsin. By 1870/71, Jarman Bros. seem to be the vessel's owners & are so LR recorded thru 1874/75. In late 1875, the vessel was surely owned, however, by George Fisher, merchant, of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. As is confirmed by MNLs of 1870, 1872, 1874 & 1875. The vessel would seem to have been registered at Sydney, New South Wales ('NSW'), Australia, thru 1872 & at Launceston from 1874. On Nov. 17, 1875, the vessel, James Taylor in command, left Newcastle, NSW, for Launceston with a cargo of 360 tons of small coal & a crew of 9 all told. On Nov. 22, 1875, when off Cape Howe (SE Australia), the vessel ran into heavy gales & started to leak. The gales lasted many days & intensified. On Dec. 1, 1875, the vessel was struck by a particularly heavy sea which did considerable damage, & as a result the ship's pumps had to be used every two hours in an attempt to keep the leak under control. The vessel ran through Banks Strait to obtain shelter on the lea side of the island of Tasmania. She may or may not have touched a rock then not marked on the charts. The vessel stood in for the Bay of Fires (on NE coast of Tasmania), where Victoria, a Victoria Government steamer, was moored. Staff Commander Stanley assisted Tien Tsin by bringing a party of men to man the pumps & Victoria took Tien Tsin in tow in an attempt to reach Hobart. Soon, however, both pumps had failed, & while a sail was put around the hull to control the leak, the water continued to rise & the ship soon had to be abandoned. It sank in deep water. I seem to be unable to tell you, from the Inquiry report, on which day she actually sank. Line 483 on this page tells us that it was lost on Nov. 22, 1875, which clearly is incorrect. That report states that the vessel was lost 3 miles E. of Black Reef, Tasmania. The Court attributed no blame to the Master who acted with judgment & energy throughout. And the crew were commended also. It would appear however i) that the vessel was overloaded for the conditions that were later encountered & ii) that the ship's sails, which could have held the ship in a safe position in the near hurricane conditions were old & worn & tore apart under the strain - putting the wallowing hull that resulted in great stress. Can you add anything? (built by William) 22   Wisbech 670/528 tons Hull 2 27794 1861 An iron steamship, which was launched on Jun. 8, 1861. There seems to be some confusion as to the vessel's name. Two Sunderland build lists refer to the vessel as Wisbech, as does Lloyd's Register ('LR'). But the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') & a U.K. Government report re her loss, both refer to Wisbeach. At times, LR is a bit of a puzzle - as in this case. Why do I say that? The vessel went missing very early in 1862 yet it continued to be LR listed, always as Wisbech, from 1861/62 thru 1869/70, seven years, no less, after she was lost. The vessel was owned by R. Young of Wisbech for service, per LR, as a Sunderland coaster. The vessel was, it would seem, MNL recorded as Wisbeach. 192.0 ft. long, with 90 HP engines. On Feb. 5, 1862, per line 3002 here, the steamer went missing while en route from Plymouth, Devon, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with an unstated cargo. Crew of 19 - all lost. Then owned by Richard Young. The above link, to a U.K. Parliamentary publication that has consistently proved to be most accurate, names the vessel Wisbeach. No crew lists seem to be available. Can you add anything? #2166 23   Aunt Lizzie 536 tons Hull 12 44507 1862 An iron barque which was launched on Oct. 25, 1862 & first registered, at Sunderland, on Nov. 18, 1862 (scroll to #44507). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1872/73, owned throughout by T. Scott of Sunderland. With a number of captains per LR - R. Hall thru 1865/66, W. Martin thru 1868/69, H. Poueton thru 1871/72 & Powell thereafter. For service initially from Sunderland to China (thru 1863/64), later from Swansea, Wales, to India (1865/66 thru 1867/68). From 1868/69 thru 1871/72, service from Cardiff, Wales, to Singapore is indicated. The Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 thru 1872 (1870) all record the vessel as then owned by Thomas Scott of Sunderland. 145.0 ft. long, signal letters TVKC. The reference above to Captain H. Poueton is clearly in error. As per this newspaper article - which records Henry Proctor, master of Aunt Lizzie, being presented with a telescope for saving  8 castaway islanders from the island of Yap, on Dec. 21, 1867. Yap is in the N. Pacific Ocean, E. of the Philippines. I note that while LR refers (above) to the vessel serving over many years ex Swansea & Cardiff, 'Welsh Newspapers Online' does not record such service - only the vessel's departure from Newport, Wales, on Aug. 24, 1871 for Buenos Ayres (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with 812 tons of iron. With Powell in command. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. On Nov. 15, 1871, per line 1651 here, the barque was stranded at English Bank (South Atlantic off Rio de la Plata, Uruguay), while en route from Newport, to Buenos Ayres, with a cargo of iron. Crew of 14 - 1 lost. Then owned by Thos. Scott. Some crew lists are available here. Can you tell us more about the circumstances of her loss or otherwise add anything? #2180 24   Chanticleer 396 tons Hull 6 44314 1862 A wooden barque which was launched on Sep. 25, 1862 & first registered, at Shields, on Oct. 14, 1862 (scroll to #44314) - strangely listed there as a steamship & not as a sailing vessel. Chanticleer is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 thru 1868/69 only, owned throughout by 'Kelso' of North Shields, which means John R. Kelso, per the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1865 thru 1869. For service initially from Sunderland to China (in 1862/63 thru 1864/65) later ex London, & from Shields to India in 1867/68 & 1868/69. With, per LR, M. Vowell serving as the vessel's captain thru 1867/68 & thereafter J. Dodds. On Jul. 27, 1869, when unloading large timbers near Craigydon in the Menai Staits, N. Wales, an accident occurred that significantly injured one workman & to a lesser extent hurt three others. As you can read here. 125.0 ft. long, signal letters TSNF. LR of 1868/69 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. In early Sep. 1869, Chanticleer was en route from Cardiff, Wales, to Havana, Cuba, with a cargo of coal. When she was off Morte Point (NW coast of Devon, near Woolacombe, to the W. of Ilfracombe, Bristol Channel) the vessel collided with a brig at approx. 10.30 p.m. on, I believe, Sep. 2, 1869. The brig, which proved to be Jewel, of Workington for Cardiff, ran stem on into the port bow of the Chanticleer, cutting her down to the water's edge, and doing so much damage, she sank shortly afterwards. Chanticleer sank in Ilfracombe Bay with just her topmasts visible above the surface of the water. Jewel was also badly damaged, I read. Fortunately no lives were lost. At an Admiralty Court hearing in Nov. 1869, the circumstances were reviewed & Chanticleer was found to be solely responsible for the collision. I should indicate that there is doubt as to the exact date on which the collision occurred. The available newspaper articles (1 & 2) are not in precise agreement. The webmaster thanks Julie Stone for her kindness in bringing these interesting events to his attention. So far as I can see, Jewel, built at Workington in 1867, ON 51215, went on to have a very long life & for decades was registered at Dublin, Ireland. The register for Jewel was closed in 1917 it would seem - enter 51215 here. Can you add anything additional. #2181 25 Charente 842 (later 1061?) tons Hull 6 1862 An iron cargo ship which became a undersea cable laying ship. Per 1 (Atlantic Cable, Charente 50% down), 2 (para 5 re soundings), 3 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 213.5 ft. long. Built for His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III of France. The vessel was sold or transferred, in 1874, to the 'French PTT' which, Dr. Gilles Barnichon advises (thanks!) meant the 'Poste, Télégraphe et Téléphone', i.e. the French Government department which administered telephone & telecommunications services in France. Anyway, the vessel was fitted to lay submarine cable by 'La Compagnie des Forges et Chantiers de la Seyne', of La Seyne-du-Mer, near Toulon, France. And in 1879 the vessel laid a 2nd cable from Marseille, France, to Algiers, Algeria. The vessel's gear improved & expanded in 1893. In 1919, the vessel provided 4,000 metre echo soundings in the Bay of Biscay. Have spotted no other words about her 57 years of service thru 1931, when she was, I read, sold for scrap. There was another Sunderland built ship, also built in 1862, & also named Charente, built by 'Laing'. It also was involved with submarine cables, repairing them rather than laying them. Which makes one wonder if my data is confused. Can you tell us more? 26   Deerfoot 346 tons Hull 5 44290 1862 The barque, which was launched on Apl. 16, 1862, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1861/62 thru 1864/65 only. Owned from 1861/62 by E. Hewson & very soon thereafter by D. A. Hewson, both of North Shields. With Scott or J. Scott serving as the vessel's captain. LR indicates that the builder was 'Pile, jr.' For, per LR, service from Shields to the Mediterranean. 115.0 ft. long. LR of 1864/65 notes that the vessel had been 'Wrecked'. So far the webmaster has not found any definitive data about when & where the vessel was lost. He has, however, found some references to a vessel of the same name which seems as though it may 'fit'. 'Deerfoot of Shields, laden with deals, and destined from Cronstadt to London, whilst lying ice-bound in the vicinity of Nervo Rocks was crushed by the ice on the 31st December, and of ship and cargo almost as good as nothing has been saved'. There was no loss of life. 'The Norseman, Vol. 15' states that such loss was on December 31, 1863. Nervo Rocks are Finnish & located in the Gulf of Finland, NE of the island of Sommara. Crew lists, re 1863 & 1864, can be accessed via here. Is there anything you can add to the above? Or correct? #2183 27   Herradura 499 tons Hull 11 44492 1862 An iron barque, which was launched on Aug. 26, 1862, & first registered, at Sunderland, on Sep. 5, 1862 (scroll to #44492). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1862/63 (by then registered at Swansea, Wales) thru 1876/77 at least. Listed as Harradura in just the first two such years. Owned by Madge of Swansea, (Madge & Co. from 1866/67) thru 1869/70, with J. Williams serving as the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1869 all list Henry J. Madge of Swansea as her then owner. On Sep. 8, 1869, 12 of the 64 shares in the vessel, shares previously owned by H. J. Madge, were sold at a public auction held at a Swansea hotel. With the notation 'Cost at sea, £8,771'. As per this auction sale notice (in blue). Per LR, in 1869/70, Bath & Co. (H. Bath & Son), also of Swansea, became the vessel's owner, thru 1876/77, for consistent service, thru 1873/74, from Swansea to South America. It would seem that Henry James Bath, his father Henry Bath before him, & generations of the Bath family were involved in the world wide copper trade & in the smelting of copper in Swansea. Over the years the business owned an extensive fleet of some 60 vessels that travelled overseas with coal bringing back copper ore, most particularly from Chile. Do read Mike Jackson's truly extensive 'pdf' about the family's history & businesses here. (There are many references at 'Welsh Newspapers on Line' to the vessel trading ex Swansea from 1872 to places in Chile such as Valparaiso, Tocopilla, & Chanaral with coal outwards & copper ore & likely nitrates coming back). During the period, per LR, of Bath ownership, 'Jones' is reported as being the vessel's captain. However, MNL of 1870 rather lists Jacob Davies Rees, of Swansea, as her then owner. And the equivalent lists of 1871 thru 1876 (1875) all list Thomas W. Richmond, of Swansea, as her then owner. LR of 1875/76 & 1876/77 reports the vessel's owner to again be Madge & Co., of Swansea, with T. Rees now serving as the vessel's captain. It would seem that Madge & Co. having sold shares in the vessel in 1869 bought back some shares in the vessel in or about 1875. 140.0 ft. long, signal letters TVJC. On Jul. 4, 1876, the vessel was spoken to. It had left Swansea for Valparaiso, Chile, with a cargo of Bamfield's smelting coal & with a crew of 14. The ship was not heard from again. Then stated to be owned by H. J. Mudge of Swansea. I had previously noted that that seemed likely to be in error (1869 sale). But it would seem to be so - but surely Madge rather than Mudge. All as per item 339 on this page. This newspaper cutting states that her departure date was Jun. 7, 1876 & that 'Reed' was her then captain. The ownership data as above stated is rather inconsistent. Just one year's crew list is available here. Can you tell us anything more? #2190 28   Lord Royston 456/585 (N/G) tons Hull 7 27796 1862 An iron steamship. The vessel, which was launched on Jan. 1, 1862, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed in 1861/62 & 1862/63 only - it had a very short life. It was owned, per LR, by R. Young of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, for service out of Sunderland. I understand that R. Young means Richard Young, a prominent Wisbech merchant & shipowner. The name of the vessel is a puzzle to the webmaster. Lord Royston, son of the Earl of Harwicke & a conservative, was elected a U.K. Member of Parliament in 1865. Richard Young was, it would seem, a liberal who may have run against him in the election. On Mar. 19, 1862 the vessel was entered outwards from Cardiff to Bordeaux, 'Hewitt' in command, likely with a cargo of coal. 90 HP. LR of 1862/63 notes that the vessel had 'BURNT'. On Sep. 29, 1862, per line 2624 here, Lord Royston burnt in the Bay of Biscay, while en route from Bordeaux, France, to London with a cargo of wine etc. Crew of 16 - none lost. Then stated to have been owned by R. Young. The vessel was, per these newspaper articles, under the command of Captain Huett. The crew were able to escape the burning vessel but with great difficulty, the surface of the sea beside the vessel 'being almost covered with flaming pitch, tar & turpentine'. One of the ship's boats burned in an attempt to lower it. The crew were rescued by Gazelle, a French galliot, & landed at La Tremblade, SW France, at the mouth of the Garonne River upon which Bordeaux sits. And were later landed at London by the steamship Dragon. Captain Georget, of Gazelle, was later awarded a telescope for his vessel's efforts in saving the crew & passengers of Lord Royston. No crew lists are available re the vessel. Can anybody add anything? #2198 29 Arab Steed 635 (later 664) tons Hull 75 47311 1863 A composite, fully rigged, 3 masted ship, later a barque. Per 1 (Lloyds Register listings of 1865/6, 1869/70 & 1883/4), 2 (image). 158.5 ft. long. Built 'by Pile, Junior' for 'Walker & Co.', of London, which became 'Thos B. Walker & Co.', from 1876 to 1878. However the Mercantile Navy List of 1870 states the then owner to be Messrs Hawley of London. Reduced to a barque in the mid 1870s. From 1878 thru 1890, the vessel was owned by A. Liljequist, of Gothenburg, Sweden, & registered there. I have previously referenced A. Skantyl, of Gothenburg, maybe the vessel's then manager? From 1890 to 1896, the vessel was owned by Johan Bengtsson ('Bengstsson') of Hälleviksstrand, outside Gothenburg, who purchased the vessel for SEK 36,000 - indeed Johan Bengstsson is at the helm of the ship in the fine 'Eugene Grandin' painting visible at left. From 1896 to 1898, the vessel was owned by K. Dalman, also of Gothenburg. In 1898, the vessel was sold to P. Pedersen, of Fredrikstad, Norway. A speedy vessel indeed a speed record holder. The vessel voyaged all over the world, in its lifetime, including the carriage of immigrants to Australia. On Dec. 9, 1901, the vessel left London for Kristiania (i.e. Oslo) with a cargo of coal & a crew of 12 all told. P. Pedersen was in command of the U.K. registered but Norwegian flagged barque. Arab Steed foundered, in the North Sea, but exactly where she foundered is not known. Nor is the exact date that she foundered though likely at of about New Year's Eve. There were no survivors. Per-Ragnar Karlström, great grandson of Bengstsson, has provided much of the above data - and this also - (thanks so much!). He states that most of the lost crew were from Hvaler, Norway, but with Swedish crew members also. I am grateful to 'scott-base', eBay vendor of Gloucestershire, U.K., for a portion of the above data. Miramar, so far at least, does not list the vessel. Is it possible that you can add anything? 30   Herald 493 tons Hull 70 45612 1863 Herald, a composite ship, possibly later a barque, was launched on May 16, 1863 & first registered in that month. It is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1863/64 thru 1867/68 only. Per LR it was always owned by J. Kelso of North Shields. Such owner name surely means John R. Kelso. For consistent service to China i) in 1863/64 from Sunderland & ii) from London thereafter. With, per LR at least, W. Storey the vessel's sole captain. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') records Herald from 1864 thru 1868, always registered at Shields. And owned, from 1865 thru 1868, by Geo. Straker, of North Shields (presumably the managing owner - see below). 143.0 ft. long, signal letters VFBR, some crew lists are available via this page. LR of 1867/68 notes that Herald had gone 'Missing'. Line 2 on this U.K. Government wreck listing page tells us that in 1867 (no date or month indicated), the vessel, stated to be a 493 ton barque, went missing while en route from North Shields to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal. With a crew of 16, all lost, of course. Such report tells us nothing about where the vessel was when she went missing, merely stating that she went missing 'On voyage'. I learn that Herald left Shields on Mar. 16, 1867 for Hongkong, with a crew of 16 all told, John S. Bergen of Blyth, Northumberland, in command, & a cargo of 288 chaldrons of large steam coals. The vessel, it is clear, was never heard from again. So where she foundered is unknown. She may, however, have been lost relatively early in her voyage because she seems not to have been recorded as arriving an any intermediate ports en route to Hong Kong. I note that the crew included an apprentice named John B. Bergen, the son of the captain. At the time of its loss Herald is stated to have been owned by J. Kelso & Geo. Straker. Some contemporary news reports - 1 & 2. Is it possible that there is anything you can add? #2875 31 Himalaya 1008 tons Hull 20 - the numbering of 'Pile' vessels is a confusing scene. 48594 Star of Peru Bougainville 1863 A 3 masted fully rigged iron ship, later a barque, that had a very long life indeed. Per A (e-Bay image, Star of Peru), 1 (extensive data, Himalaya), 2 (summary data, Himalaya, 50% down), 3 (White Wings, text re Himalaya), 4 (the item seems to have vanished - vessel's history, 2 images, Star of Peru, at page #11 of a giant 3.3 MB 'pdf' file, ex 'The Maritime Museum of San Diego'), 5 (1926 voyage, Bougainville, ex Vancouver), 6 (Donald H. Dyal, history article re vessel), 7 (image, Star of Peru), 8 ('Southampton City Council/Plimsoll', Lloyd's Register data, Bougainville, for years 1930/31 thru 1938/39), 9 (history data, Star of Peru), 10 (Miramar, limited data, you now must be registered to access). The webmaster has a number of editions of Lloyd's Register, thru 1889/90, available to him ex 'Google' books - see left. 201.2 ft. long, later 201.6 ft, signal letters VTKM, with a male figurehead (which is now in the San Francisco Maritime Museum). Not a particularly fast vessel but apparently a safe & well respected one. Immensely strongly built. Built by Pile, Hay & Co.' for 'G. D. Tyser', of London (later 'Tyser & Haveside' & in 1873, 'G. D. Tyser & Co.' but the registration of this vessel was 'G. D. Tyser' only). For service to India it would seem. In or about 1865, the vessel was sold to 'Shaw, Savill & Co.', of London. For whom, & for 'Shaw, Savill & Albion Co.', the vessel made 24 voyages with immigrants & cargo to the ports of Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton & Port Chalmers, New Zealand ('NZ'), in the 30 or so years thru mid 1896. I wonder how many passengers it could carry? The vessel must have been sturdily built indeed with all of the references there are to storms, icebergs & vessel damages, & delays due to appalling weather. In 1877, the vessel suffered a fire at Wellington, NZ, when having nearly discharged all of her cargo. The vessel was reduced to a barque in 1880. The Mercantile Navy List of 1880 states the then owner to be 'Savill & Temple' of London. In 1882/3, the vessel was transferred to 'The Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Ltd.', the result of a combination of 'Shaw, Savill & Co.' & the 'Albion Shipping Company, Limited', of Southampton. On Aug. 20, 1886, the vessel's ballast, which ballast was coal, caught fire - at 33S/25W in the South Atlantic - but the ship safely completed its voyage to Port Chalmers, NZ. Now most references state that the vessel was sold to Alaska Packers Co., who renamed the vessel Star of Peru. Without access to Lloyd's Registers of the period, I cannot confirm what exactly happened. However it would seem that in 1898 the vessel was owned by J. J. Moore & Co. ('Moore') of San Francisco, but registered initially at Valparaiso, Chile & then at Hawaii. Engaged, per Donald H. Dyal, 'in the so-called triangular Pacific trade, taking lumber out to Australia, coal from Newcastle NSW to Hawaii, and sugar to the west coast.' I had previously indicated that Moore was from Valparaiso, as per that 1898/99 Lloyd's registration, but Donald Dyal has been in touch (thanks!) to explain that Moore was, in fact, from San Francisco - 'By law, foreign flag vessels cannot engage in coastal trade (i.e. one U.S. port to another). It is still the law, which is why cruise ships to Hawaii always stop somewhere in Mexico to interrupt the voyage. Himalaya did not have U.S. registry. So Moore registered the ship in Chile, until he hit upon the idea of Hawaiian registry. When Hawaii became a  territory, rather than a more-or-less independent kingdom, the Hawaiian vessels could apply for U.S. registry & most got it.' On Mar. 26, 1902, the vessel was sold at auction, for $18,000, to 'Alaska Packers' Association' ('APA'), of San Francisco, noted for its 'Star Fleet' of sailing ships, 'which company controlled about two-thirds of all salmon canning operations on the United States west coast'. They renamed her Star of Peru at a date after Aug. 28, 1906. The Association must not only have been involved with salmon. I read that during the winter of 1906/07, the vessel was towed (why towed?) to Eureka, California, to carry lumber to San Francisco, devastated by its 1906 earthquake. 'For roughly 30 years, she continued as one of the APA's trusted workhorses making the voyages to Bristol Bay (SW Alaska) and back to San Francisco'. Out in late spring with cargoes of sheet tin, printed labels, & other cannery equipment, & back in the fall. Crewed by seamen who were also fishermen throughout the summer. Returning with cargoes of canned salmon, canned at the many Alaska fish canneries. On Mar. 24, 1926, the vessel was sold to French owners of Noumea, New Caledonia - specifically to 'Comptoirs Français des Nouvelles Hébrides', & was renamed Bougainville. Sold without its male figurehead which became a decoration on one of the Alaska Packers' Association buildings in Alameda, California. (It would be good to find an image of that figurehead which apparently is now in the San Francisco Maritime Museum.) The vessel left Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for Fiji, on Sep. 19, 1926 or maybe on or about Sep. 26, 1926, under the command of Leon Chateauvieux, with a cargo of lumber ex British Columbia. At Fiji, she became a coal or copra hulk, but I have also read she stored nickel ore. But ... I do not know when that happened - a Google 'snippet' suggests that it may have been later rather than sooner & that she continued to be in service under her own power. I have read that the vessel was later broken up, however Donald Dyal advises that she was still afloat in 1948, which is an amazing 85 years after she was built. It is for sure, that Bougainville was Lloyd's Register listed in the years from 1930/31 thru 1938/39, though the data would seem to have been static. I have also read that she ended up as part of a breakwater there (later comment - I presume that meant in Fiji). 'Windjamming to Fiji', published in 1929, an account of the vessel's 1926 voyage from Vancouver to Fiji written by Viola I. (Irene) Cooper, one of two young American women who were aboard - contains images of Bougainville. Is it possible that you can add anything or correct the above text? #1868 32 City of Adelaide 791 (or 860) tons Hull 123 50036 1864 A composite-built passenger & cargo sailing clipper. Perhaps the most famous vessel built by William Pile. A subject in itself, however, with loads of data available. I have added a brief section on site - here. Per 1 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 33   Coral Nymph 725 tons Hull 132 50173 1864 A 'composite', i.e. planked on an iron frame, ship, which was launched on Dec. 1, 1864 (in red). It is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1869/70 only. With, for such entire period, the vessel being recorded as registered at London & owned by Jno. Hay. For consistent service from Sunderland to China with 'Winchester' LR noted to have always been the vessel's captain. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1869 all list John Hay of Sunderland as the owner of the London registered vessel. First registered, at London, on Dec. 23, 1864 (scroll to #50173). Some 'best-efforts' Coral Nymph operational history. i) The vessel, 'Winchester' in command, was at Deal, Kent, on Jan. 18, 1865 bound for Hong Kong with a cargo of coal. It arrived at Hong Kong on May 27, 1865 with her 3 top mastheads carried away - in a heavy gale encountered off Lisbon, Portugal. The vessel went on to Foochow (now Fuzhou, S. of Shanghai, China), & on Sep. 17, 1865 left Foochow for Singapore. It later arrived at Shanghai on Jun. 13, 1866, left for London, & arrived back at Deal on Nov. 19, 1866 - with a cargo of tea. The vessel soon left London for Sunderland. ii) At Sunderland, in Jan. 1867, Coral Nymph was granted, by the Admiralty, the right to to fly Her Majesty's blue ensign. She left for Shanghai under the command of Lieut. John Winchester, R.N.B., with a crew of Navy Reserve sailors. The vessel arrived at Shanghai on Jul. 02, 1867, likely via Hong Kong. I say that because a sailor apparently assaulted Captain Winchester & was sentenced, at Hong Kong, to a year's imprisonment with hard labour for such assault. It left Shanghai on Jul. 30, 1867 with a cargo mainly of tea & arrived at Gravesend, London, at 3 p.m. on Dec. 14, 1867 en route to the East India Docks in London. The vessel's next voyage was particularly eventful. After loading at London, Coral Nymph, on Feb. 11, 1868, left Gravesend, for Shanghai, where it arrived on Jun. 16, 1868, to depart for London on Jul. 08, 1868. Arriving back at Dungeness, Kent, she went ashore, was got off with the help of a tug, & arrived in the London Docks on Dec. 09, 1868. To head to Sunderland for repairs. Where, exiting the drydock there on Jan. 22, 1869, she heeled over on her starboard side. Due to insufficient ballast it would appear. An extensive article, that you can read here, & this article also, cover other unfortunate events during that voyage. They tell us that 'Winchester' her captain was blinded by sunstroke for much of the voyage. And tell us that there were two captains of the vessel named 'Winchester'. The 'Winchester' who was then her captain, was the brother of her earlier commander & was, indeed, a part owner in the vessel. A. Winchester, I read. The owners took legal action against the River Wear Commissioners re the matter but the court held that they were not liable. What finally happened to Coral Nymph? On May 19, 1869, the vessel was off the entrance to the Gaspar Straits (between the Indonesian islands of Belitung & Bangka - it connects the Java Sea with the South China Sea), in company with Deerhound, a U.K. barque built at Hartlepool in 1864, 'Carlin' in command. Coral Nymph had left Sunderland on Feb. 12 or 16, 1869, John Winchester in command, with a cargo of coal bound for Shanghai. At midnight on May 19, 1869, the vessel grounded on a coral reef 1 1/2 miles W. of Pulo Leat. Deerhound tried to help but, it would seem, soon left the scene. In the next couple of days, Coral Nymph's crew manned the pumps & threw cargo overboard in an attempt to free the ship. But at midnight on May 21, 1869, the vessel slid off the reef & sank in 13 fathoms of water. The crew took to two ship's boats but those boats got separated. Captain Winchester with crew members, in one of the boats, was picked up by Wallace (built at Quebec in 1858), Joss in command, & landed at Singapore. The other ship's boat, with 1st & 2nd officers & 13 crew members aboard, reached Mintok (Mentok on Bangka, I believe) after 10 days at sea & 14 days after that were taken to Singapore by Minister von Stadt Rochusen, a Dutch steamer. An Inquiry into the vessel's loss was later held at Singapore. The Court was of the opinion that the loss was due to a miscomputation of distance by John Winchester, her master. But his certificate was returned to him. 176.6 ft. long, with an iron frame, crew lists for the vessel are available via here. It would be good to learn more of the brothers 'Winchester' & their respective periods in command of the vessel. Can you tell us more? #2712 34 Howrah 1098 (or 1097, later 1106) tons Hull 124 50033 Tourny Agostino M. 1864 An iron hulled sailing ship, later a barque. Per 1 (Wikipedia), 2 (1874 voyage to New Zealand), 3 (data), 4 (tapestry commenced 1876), 5 (Tyser history & flag), 6 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 207.7 ft. long, later 211.9 ft., signal letters WGLM, later NBQT. Lloyd's Register of 1864/65 records Tyser of London as being the vessel's initial owner. Link 6 however indicates that at that time George D. (Dorman) Tyser's company was named Tyser & Haviside (company later (1873) became G. D. Tyser & Co.) for the India trade (hence vessel name, I trust). Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1870. A London based company, it would seem. First chartered voyage London to Wellington, New Zealand, commenced Aug. 26, 1874. 96 day trip, 380 immigrants, bad weather encountered, 10 died on trip (9 of them infants). Later voyages to Wellington in 1875 (92 days, 260 immigrants, incident with a cat stabbed) & in 1876 to Nelson & Wellington (total of 286 immigrants, 2 infants died). The MNL of 1880 records William H. Tyser of London as the vessel's owner - as does the 1890 list. Voyage to Fiji in 1884 with 575 passengers. Also carried indentured labourers to West Indies in 1869, 1873 & 1874 (respectively British Guiana, Trinidad & Suriname). 449 carried on Trinidad trip - 13 died en route. Company imported meat into U.K. & later fleet vessels were refrigerated. I presume not Howrah in that regard. Owned (in 1887?) by Tyser & Co. (presumably G. D. Tyser & Co.) & registered London. I read (in LR of 1908/09) that Howrah had later (when?) been renamed Tourny & later still (when?) Agostino M., a barque, owned by L. Mortola fu A. of Genoa, Italy. Is there anything you can add? 35 Maitland 799 tons Hull 138 53441 1865 A ship, a tea clipper. Per 1 (data). 183 ft. long. Built for John R. Kelso of North Shields. Employed principally on the China run, to Foochow, Shanghai & Hong Kong. In 1866 sailed from Sunderland to Hong Kong in 87 days. It would seem (Septimus about 25% down), per Sunderland Echo in 1949, that Maitland was designed by William Pile for speed, but proved in performance to be a grave disappointment. But it is also stated (source web site gone) that Maitland 'was regarded as the best clipper built by Pile'. And Pile was noted for building fine ships, indeed. On May 25, 1874, the vessel was wrecked on a coral reef in the Huon Islands, New Caledonia, on a voyage from Brisbane, Australia to Foochow, China. I read that a longitudinal section, deck plan & sail plan are preserved in the Science Museum, in London. (Built W. Pile Hay & Co.) 36   Star of the West 387 tons Hull 133 48974 1865 Star of the West, an iron barque which was launched (in blue) on Jan. 11, 1865, and first registered, at Plymouth, Devon, on Feb. 20, 1865, is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1864/65 thru 1870/71. The vessel was built by Pile, Hay & Co. Lloyd's Register Foundation kindly makes available a number of Lloyd's Survey documents for the vessel incl. this such Survey dated Feb. 18, 1865. The vessel was owned, for her short lifetime per LR, by Pardew & Co. of Plymouth. The launch announcement states that the vessel was built for Messrs. Ellis & Pardue - of London I believe. For service initially from Sunderland to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa ('CGH'), soon (1866/67) London to CGH & from 1868/69 to Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). I note that this page tells us that from Jan. 23, 1866 thru Oct. 10, 1866, Henry Ellis Jnr. of London was Star of the West's registered owner. The 1870 Inquiry into the vessel's loss (see below) noted that the vessel was then rather owned by Henry Ellis & four others (Arthur Pardue presumably one of the four). The vessel was anchored at Table Bay, South Africa, on May 17, 1865 when the area was hit by a massive & violent storm from the NW, of an intensity never before witnessed at the Cape. 18 vessels, including Star of the West, were stated to have been driven aground or ashore & wrecked, while 9 other vessels survived the storm, some of them badly damaged. See here ex here for the history of that storm with its reference to this vessel. It would seem, however, that Star of the West, under the command of Captain Ellery, with a cargo of coal was not, in fact, wrecked. This Lloyd's Survey seems to relate to the necessary repairs. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1865 thru 1870 all list the vessel as Plymouth registered & owned by Arthur Pardew of Plymouth. A puzzle, surely, is that all of such MNL lists also record Arthur Pardew as owning another vessel of the identical name, of 177 tons, ON #6794, built at Plymouth in 1835. 149.0 ft. long, crew lists are available via this page. LR of 1870/71 notes that vessel had been 'Wrecked'. I learn that on Mar. 31, 1870, with George Ellery in command, Star of the West left Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Algoa Bay, for London with a cargo of wool, sheepskins & horns - with also 11 passengers aboard & a crew of 14 all told. On Jun. 10, 1870, per line 233 of a U.K. Government wreck listing (available here), the barque foundered at the island of Ushant (French, Channel Islands, off Brest) while en route from Algoa Bay to London. The vessel, in fact, ran aground at 7.40 a.m. on Jun. 10, 1870, on one of the Kella rocks, off Ushant, in thick fog, but immediately came off in a badly leaky condition. 3 hours after grounding she had 4 ft. of water in her holds, 10 ft. by 4 p.m. that day. Soon after 4 p.m. the vessel sank. Sherburn, a steamship built in Sunderland in 1866, then en route from Sunderland to Bordeaux, France, came upon Star of the West as she was in process of sinking. And rescued her crew & passengers & landed them at Brest on the next morning. The U.K. Government page states that Star of the West was owned by Arthur Pardew, however the Official Inquiry established that it was, in fact, owned by Henry Ellis, of London, & four others. An Inquiry into the vessel's loss was held at Greenwich, London, on Jul. 01/02, 1870. Such Inquiry concluded that George Ellery, a most experienced captain indeed with 38 unblemished years as a captain, had taken Star of the West too close to Ushant in the then weather conditions. The Inquiry, however, did not consider his actions to be sufficient to deny him his master's certificate. These contemporary reports relate to the disaster - 1, 2 & 3. Can you tell us anything more? Or correct the above text in any way? #2903 37   Tongoy 484 later 478/493 (N/G) tons Hull 144 51114 1866 A wooden barque with an iron frame. Tongoy is a coastal town in Chile, located N. of Valparaiso. The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1865/66 thru 1869/70, owned for most of that period by Madge & Co. of Swansea, Wales. For service initially from Sunderland to Valparaiso, Chile, & then ex Swansea for South America. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1867 lists H. (Henry) J. Madge of Swansea as the vessel's then owner or managing owner. 153.6 ft. long, signal letters HJCF. On Sep. 8, 1869, 6 of the 64 shares in the vessel, shares previously owned by H. J. Madge, were sold at a public auction held at a Swansea hotel. With the notation 'Cost at sea, £9,515'. As per this auction sale notice (in red). MNL of 1870 records the vessel as then owned by Thomas Hall, of Swansea. LR of 1869/70 notes 'wrecked'. On Mar. 3, 1870, per line 93 here, the 484 ton barque was stranded (& lost) at Berhead. While en route from Liverpool to Iquique, Chile, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 16 - none lost. The vessel had left Liverpool on Mar. 2, 1870 & 13 hours later, under conditions of fog, rain & darkness, ran aground. Then owned by Henry James Bath, a name not noted in LR. It would seem that Henry James Bath, his father Henry Bath before him, & generations of the Bath family were involved in the world wide copper trade & in the smelting of copper in Swansea. Over the years the business owned an extensive fleet of some 60 vessels that travelled overseas with coal bringing back copper ore, most particularly from Chile. Do read Mike Jackson's truly extensive 'pdf' about the family's history & businesses here. Berhead (a name I cannot track) is apparently located on the Irish coast close to Balbriggan Harbour maybe between Craytown & Irishtown. A Board of Trade Inquiry held that the loss was caused by the navigational errors of William Pemberthy her captain - his licence was suspended for a year. End of story? Certainly not. In Apl. 1870 the vessel, clearly thought to have been a total loss, was got off & taken to Ardrossan, Scotland, where I presume it was repaired. The vessel is not LR listed in 1870/71 but it is listed again from 1871/72, now owned by McCormick of Dublin for service ex the Clyde. MNL's of 1880 & 1890 clarify that the new owner's name was William Ormsby McCormick of Kingstown, Co. Dublin. The vessel, it would seem, remained Dublin registered for the rest of its lifetime. LR of 1894/95 lists the vessel as owned by J. W. Hiles, with G. Tyndall her captain, replacing J. Kenwood. LRs of 1896/97 & 1897/98 both list G. Mills, of Dover, I read) as the vessel's then owner with S. C. Arnold her captain. MNL advises that the register for the vessel was closed in 1897. On Dec. 15, 1897 it was reported that the vessel was ashore at Dane’s Dyke, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Having stranded there, I understand, on Dec. 14, 1897. The vessel was expected to float - a tug had arrived to assist. I read that the vessel was indeed re-floated but rather than being repaired was condemned. It later was broken up at Sunderland. It would appear that artist John Fannen painted the vessel in 1897 - in full sail off a coastline - but, alas, no image of the painting is WWW available. Can anybody provide an image of that painting? Many crew lists are available here. (Built W. Pile Hay & Co.) #1917 38 Carnatic 871 tons Hull 151 56482 1867 A fully rigged clipper ship, carrying passengers & cargo, later a barque. Was launched on Jan. 22, 1867. Per 1 (extensive data), 2 (text from 'White Wings'), 3 (arrival at Picton, New Zealand, on Jan. 10, 1875), 4 & 5 (ex 6) (both re 1883 Alumbagh rescue), 7 (Miramar, limited data, you now must be registered to access). 177.3 ft. long perpendicular to perpendicular, signal letters HNDG. The webmaster has a number of editions of Lloyd's Register ('LR') available to him ex 'Google' books - see left. The vessel was built for J. & J. Wait, or J. & J. Wait & Co., of North Shields ('NS'). The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of both 1870 & 1880 however, James Wait of NS as the vessel's owner. Intended, it would seem, for trade with India, hence, presumably, the name Carnatic (a coastal region in southern India). References to India continue until 1873/74. A fine clipper, but perhaps not the fastest. The vessel made five voyages to New Zealand ('NZ'), the first, under the command of Captain Edward M. Moon, being with 250 passengers, from Plymouth (left Dec. 6 or 8, 1873) to Port Chalmers (Dunedin, SE coast of S. Island) arriving on Feb. 27, 1874. The ship made its return journey to U.K. in a creditable 69 1/2 days. In 1874/5, the ship left Plymouth on Sep. 28, 1874 with 298 passengers for Picton, NZ, (N. tip of S. Island), where she arrived on Jan. 10, 1875, then onwards, across the Cook Strait to Wellington, (S. tip of N. Island), arriving on Jan. 16, 1875. A passenger list for such voyage. James W. (William) Nichols, a 22 year old fitter, a passenger on that voyage, wrote an account of his experiences, which account  was published in 1975, edited by Joyce Neill, his granddaughter, with the title 'Plum Duff and Cake - The Journal of James Nichols 1874-5' (1 & 2). The next voyage, under the command of Captain William Chapman, was from Gravesend (left Sep. 24, 1875) to Auckland, NZ, (arrived Jan. 21, 1876) where she stayed 6 months awaiting a return cargo. During that trip, on Oct. 9, 1875, when the ship was NZ bound & NE of the Falkland Islands, two crewmen unfortunately fell from the upper rigging & died from their injuries. After returning to London, she sailed for San Francisco, &, while I have read no detail, had a narrow escape of being totally wrecked before reaching her destination. In 1876/77, & again in 1877/78, the vessel sailed to Lyttelton (Christchurch, S. Island) & onwards to Wellington. During some (or maybe all) of the above voyages, the vessel was under charter to 'New Zealand Shipping Company Limited', of London. The next year, the vessel, stated to be a barque, sailed from London (left Gravesend on Oct. 24, 1878) under the command of Captain J. Rhind, to Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, & arrived there on Feb. 7, 1879 after a voyage of 96 days. The last Lloyd's Register edition I have available which lists the vessel was re 1882/83 & in that register the ship is recorded as being re-rigged as a barque, registered at Aberdeen & owned by J. F. Gibb. Such ownership is confirmed by MNL of 1882 which lists Jas. F. Gibb, of London, as her then owner. But it would seem to have been a barque much earlier than that (see 2nd prior link). In 'Plum Duff and Cake', Joyce Neill advises us that Lloyds records state that on Aug. 2, 1883, Carnatic, under the command of A. McPhail, foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. During a heavy gale. en route from Tayanfoo (Formosa) to New York with a cargo of sugar. At 35.34S/21.51E. It would seem, however, that Aug. 2, 1883 was when she encountered the storm, not when she foundered (see link 5). The vessel encountered the hard gale when off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, At 35S/25E or 35.34S/25E. On Aug. 4, 1883, the vessel was in the process of sinking, with 3 ft. of water in her holds & failed pumps. Alumbagh, (a 1137 ton ship built in 1863 by James Laing of Sunderland), under the command of Dugald McDonald, saw Carnatic's distress signals. Effecting an immediate rescue proved to be impossible due to the weather conditions & Alumbagh stood by. At 8 a.m. on Aug. 5, 1883, an Alumbagh ship's lifeboat was launched, commanded by J. Gunning, Alumbagh's Chief Officer with a crew of 5. In 3 trips the boat saved all persons aboard Carnatic - 19 lives in all including the captain's wife. Carnatic sank soon thereafter; her survivors were landed 21 days later at St. Helena in the South Atlantic. A further word:- LR of 1883/84, as it is WWW available, omits the page which would contain any listing for Carnatic. So I cannot tell you what it says. Joyce Neill, however, tells us that at the time of her loss the vessel was owned by F. R. Fisher of London. The 'Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society' granted awards to, it would seem, all members of Alumbagh's boat's crew. The Board of Trade awarded a piece of plate to Alumbagh's captain, Captain McDonald. I understand that a photograph of the ship does exist, held in a private U.S. collection. I understand also that a model of the vessel is in the Sunderland Museum's model collection. Can you add to or correct the above? (Built W. Pile Hay & Co.) 39 Poonah 1199, later 1254 tons Hull 157 56889 Leif 1867 An iron fully rigged, 3 masted, passenger/cargo ship. Per 1 (data), 2 & 3 (both Tyser), 4 ('shipsnostalgia', (thanks!) ownership history & image, Leif, do scroll to low on page), 5 (image, Lief. Drammen), 6 (Miramar, link, limited data, you now must be registered to access). This vessel, which was launched on Oct. 28, 1867, seems to be Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1867/68 thru 1899/1900 at least. The webmaster does not have LRs available for every year in such period & particularly none into the early 1900s. The vessel was always registered at London thru 1899/1900 & thru 1892/93 at least was owned by 'Tyser' of London - G. D. (George Dorman) Tyser thru 1875/76, G. D. Tyser & Co. thru 1885/86 & Tyser & Co. from 1886/87 thru 1892/93 at least. George D. Tyser's 'Tyser & Haviside' certainly traded to India, Australia & New Zealand. Poonah (now Pune) is a large city near, SE of, Bombay (now Mumbai), India. G. D. Tyser (recorded in error as 'Tyson' in Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1870 & 1871) is confirmed by MNLs of 1872 thru 1876. MNLs of 1878 thru 1894 record William H. Tyser (one of G. D. Tyser's two sons in the business) as the vessel's then presumably managing owner. Now LR lists proposed service only thru 1873/74. It lists her service as being to India a) ex Sunderland (thru 1869/70) & b) ex London (from 1870/71 thru 1872/73). And from London to Australia in 1873/74. With, per LR, a number of captains during the overall period - D. Napier thru 1870/71, Rickaby, maybe T. W. Rickaby, thru 1874/75 (& possibly in 1886/87 & 1891/93), F. Stacey thru 1880/81, W. or D. Meyler thru 1883/84, Bastard in 1885/86, & Richards thru 1889/90. Some of her voyages in date sequence. i) I read that the vessel carried Indian immigrants to the West Indies - 387 passengers to Trinidad where she arrived on Feb. 22, 1869. ii) On Nov. 19, 1873, the vessel left Gravesend, London, for Melbourne, Australia, with a general cargo & 15 passengers. It went on to Newcastle, New South Wales, in ballast, & on May 6, 1874 left Newcastle for San Francisco with 1,535 tons of coal. For such voyage the vessel was under the command of J. E. (John Eilbeck) Hillman, a name not LR referenced. The vessel was held up for 5 weeks at Newcastle as Hillman advised in a letter published in the 'Newcastle Chronicle' on Sep. 29, 1874. iii) I read that the vessel carried indentured immigrants from India to Durban, South Africa, in 1878, to work on the sugar plantations. iv) The vessel carried indentured immigrants from India to Suva, Fiji, arriving at Suva on Sep. 17, 1882 with 459 (maybe 476) 'coolies'. I have read that during that voyage the vessel encountered a severe storm & the lascar crew refused to go on deck, with the result that the ship was almost lost (could not spot that matter at Trove). v) A 2nd voyage to Suva arrived at Fiji ex Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, on Jun. 19, 1883 with 495 'coolies'. The vessel went into quarantine upon arrival, 26 having died en route from cholera & smallpox. vi) I read that she carried 306 Indian immigrants to St. Lucia in 1885. In or about 1895 the vessel, still registered at London, & still named Poonah, became owned by Roger N. Smith of Liverpool, as per MNL of 1895. LR of 1894/95 advises that the vessel had become owned by H. Janentzky of Rostock, Germany, replacing R. N. Smith & Co. Ltd. Note that link 4 rather refers to Hermann Jarentzky (with an 'r') as the new owner. T. Zeplien became the vessel's captain under 'Janentzky' or 'Jarentzky' ownership. Being owned in Germany, MNL no longer recorded the vessel after 1895, while I do not have available LRs after 1899/90. A long expired eBay item referred to what seems to be the Poonah being i) sold in 1902 to 'Th. Nordaas', of Norway, & renamed Leif & ii) stranded in 1905 while en route from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. And condemned in 1905. There was indeed, a Norwegian ship owner named 'Th. (Theodor) Nordaas' of Egersund (W. coast of Norway near Stavanger). Luc of Antwerp, at link 4 records that the vessel, named Leif, left Cork, Ireland, on Oct. 7, 1905 & arrived at Bridgewater on Nov. 4, 1905. It grounded in Bridgewater Harbour & capsized, on either Dec. 2 or 5, 1905, while loading for Argentina with a cargo of timber. Vessel was raised in 1906 & sold for scrapping. Can anybody help with knowledge about Bridgewater, which while close to Lunenburg seems to be as far inland up the Lehave river as is navigable & unlikely to have had a real 'harbour'? Presumably when it became Norwegian owned, the vessel was renamed, but its new name is 'confused' & absent Norwegian register data I cannot clarify the matter. But ...  Leif surely seems to be correct (rather than Lief or Lief. Drammen). LR listed at 223.5 ft. long, thru 1878/79 & 233.5 ft. long thereafter. An error somewhere? The other dimensions, i.e. 34.9 ft. (breadth) & 21.8 ft. (depth) did not change. LR first recorded the vessel at 1254 tons in 1892/93. Signal letters JQRW, later MDRB. Maybe later when Norwegian JGRS? Bob Morgan has kindly been in touch to advises that, likely in the 1930s, Douglas Waddell, Bob's grandfather, acquired Poonah's salvaged ship's bell. Douglas was then regional manager for the Purina company for the Canadian maritime provinces. We thank Bob for providing (at left), for everyone's enjoyment, a superb image of the bell, today held by others in Nova Scotia. Can you add anything? A newspaper article re her Bridgewater grounding in 1905 would be a fine addition to this modest history. (Built W. Pile Hay & Co.) 40 Undine 796 (later 818) tons Hull 152 56514 1867 A composite ship, a clipper. Per 1 (an image ex eBay, Undine. Does it possibly relate? These words were used - 'Schiffsjungen-Segelbrigg-Undine'), 2 (an 1874 voyage, London to Dunedin, New Zealand, 50% down), 3 (an Undine image, a watercolour by D. M. Little, the image can be seen at left), 4 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 182 ft. 6 in. long, 796 tons, of composite construction, signal letters HSCW later HSVF. Per Dr. György Ákos (thanks!) the vessel carried double topsails, topgallant sails, royals, “sky scrapers” and “moonrakers” on all three masts! Launched by 'W. Pile Hay & Co.' at Sunderland on Sep. 28, 1867 for John R. Kelso of North Shields (though 2, in 1874, states Kelso was of Glasgow). Likely, initially at least, employed on the China run, i.e. Foochow, Shanghai & Hong Kong to London. The ship is referred to as being famous, but that said, there seems to be very little data WWW available about her, especially where you might expect references in contemporary newspapers & books, particularly from Australia & New Zealand. And there were many vessels of the name which makes identification of the particular vessel of the name most difficult. The name would seem to be derived from the Latin 'unda' meaning 'wave'. But ... i) the vessel left Foochow on Jul. 16, 1873, 131 days to the Downs. ii) on Jan. 31, 1874, the vessel left Gravesend, River Thames, for Dunedin, New Zealand, Michael Vowell in command. It arrived at Dunedin on Apl. 23, 1874. After a voyage of 87 or so days. 'She is a China clipper and this is her first trip in any other trade.' iii) in 1877, the vessel left Sydney, New South Wales, for Yokohama, Japan, Captain Fawckner in command. iv) in 1882, Undine 'had her second mate and several sailors swept over the side, whilst her Captain (per Lubbock, Captain Bristow) was killed by a toppling sea.' As is essentially confirmed by this newspaper article but in late 1883 & not in 1882. By 1883/84 at least, the vessel was barque rigged. Dr. György Ákos of Budapest, who has researched the vessel extensively, believes that it became barque rigged in or about 1877. Soon after the 1882 (1883 in fact) tragedy, referred to both above & here in 'The China Clippers' by Basil Lubbock), the vessel was sold to M. (Michele) Ivetta ('Ivetta'), of Ragusa - not the Ragusa in Sicily, Italy, but rather Ragusa i.e. Dubrovnik, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (or Monarchy) now in Croatia. The larger area was the Republic of Ragusa. That ownership change was Lloyd's Register reported in 1883/84. By 1887/88 the vessel was of 818 tons, & 183 ft. 7 in. in length, & owned by Ivetta. In 1889/90 it was reported as being of 774 tons only, still Ivetta owned. Dr. Ákos advises that Ivetta was in fact a ship-owner from Trappano, (Trpanj), on the Sabioncello peninsula, then Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia, & that he held 20 of the 24 shares in Undine. The other 4 shares being held by Matteo Coboevich, the vessel's Captain. The vessel's homeport became Trappano. A Google 'snippet' suggested that on Nov. 14, 1890, Undine left Valparaiso, Chile, loaded with manganese ore for the U.K. The vessel's final disposition? The vessel was lost on Feb. 26, 1893 in the harbour at Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. Stephen James, of Panamerican Consultants, Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee, kindly forwarded a splendid report about the vessel's loss, prepared by Judy Wood, a report that includes many articles from the Savannah newspapers, most especially the Savannah Morning News. The report is extensive - I offer but a brief summary of the events. On Feb. 13, 1893, Undine arrived at Tybee, near the mouth of the Savannah River. She had come from Port of Spain, Trinidad, in ballast, under the command of Bartolomee Sincovich, with a crew all told of 14. Now all vessels arriving at Savannah were required to dump their ballast at the Tybee quarantine station. The vessel accordingly moored there, discharged her ballast, & on Feb. 26, 1893 Jacob Paulsen, a tug, commenced to tow Undine upriver, with ballast logs secured alongside the vessel to maintain her stability. All went well initially but in a stiff breeze the vessel took a list. It soon righted herself. The second time she listed she went over on her beam ends. Her rigging was cut away & tugs Jacob Paulsen & Cynthia attempted to right the vessel which was filling with water & settling. The vessel had to be temporarily abandoned, the crew being taken by Jacob Paulsen to Savannah where they stayed aboard Zora, (Note), a barque also owned by Ivetta. Undine lay in the middle of the channel just abreast of the upper end of Long Island, completely submerged at high tide except for her three iron masts - a major continuing danger to navigation. Plans to raise the ship soon commenced & on Mar. 10, 1893 Martin Cooley & Diver Brown were awarded the contract. After 10 or 12 days of effort, they had to admit failure. On Apl. 22, 1893 the vessel was auctioned off for $280 only (another $158 was realised from parts of the wreckage), a puny value considering that the vessel was insured for £4,000 - in the range of $12,000 to $15,000. F. M. Jones, Ship Carpenter, was the successful bidder. He too tried to raise the vessel but also failed. The vessel, a danger to shipping, had however to be removed. On Jun. 17, 1893 Johnston & Townsend, of Somers Point, New Jersey, were awarded the contract to remove her for their bid of $3,645. They sealed off all of the vessel's ports & companion ways, pumped out both water & accumulated mud & after 2 weeks Undine was afloat again to be soon towed about 2 miles to lie off Venus Point. Still on her side however, & still partially filled with mud. She eventually was not sold, nor blown up nor dismembered rather she was moved again & permanently sunk in a hole in the river bed near Fig Island - at 32.08.58N/81.02.37W. I understand that she is still there today. A major vote of thanks goes to Judy Wood for her fine research & comprehensive report from which the above account was derived. 3 refers to the vessel 'Capsized and sank [illegible] 1893'. The meaning of those words now has become clearer. John Harding, a site visitor, is searching for data & particularly for an image. Can you add anything? (Built W. Pile Hay & Co.) 41 Chacma 568 (or 608) tons Hull 168 62485 1868 An iron barque. Per 1 (Norwegian page, extensive data, image), 2 (Norwegian page (partially in English), extensive data, image), 3 (data in Norwegian, ex a 'skipet' word document difficult to link to), 4 ('uboat.net', 1917 sinking), 5 ('wrecksite.eu', 1917 sinking), 6 (Miramar, limited data, you now must be registered to access). 174.0 ft. long (have also read 174.7 ft.), signal letters HGNB, presumably later JGHF. A vessel which had quite a few owners in its lifetime (a confusing scene), but just a single name. The webmaster has a number of editions of Lloyd's Register available to him ex 'Google' books - see left. The vessel was initially owned by John Hay ('Hay'), of Sunderland. Now I hesitate in saying it was built for him since he was William Pile's partner. I suspect that the vessel was rather built on speculation & Hay held it until a buyer could be found. It would seem that the vessel was engaged in the India trade (India & Ceylon). I have read that in 1871, C. F. Ellis ('Ellis'), of Sunderland, became the owner, but it would seem that that sale was a little later. Hay is still the recorded owner in the 1872/73 edition of Lloyd's Register while Ellis becomes the listed owner in the 1873/74 edition. I read that in 1874, the vessel was sold to W. (William) Turner ('Turner'), of Slate Quay, Carnarvon, Wales, & of London, (my first available Lloyd's Register shows him the owner in 1874/75), & I read also that in 1878, the vessel was sold to Robert Jones, of London. However, in 1880/81, Turner was still the recorded owner - my first available register recording Jones the owner is re 1882/83. I read that in 1888 or 1889, the vessel was sold to W. Ross, also of London, the owner being re-styled as W. Ross & Co. in 1890. The name of Ross is not in my available registers, but in the 1889/90 edition, W. G. (Wm. Griffith) Roberts is shown following Jones as the owner. As I say, all of this is most confusing. In 1894, the vessel was sold to Jacobsen & Co. ('Jacobsen'), of Flekkefjord, SW Norway, but soon thereafter, in Jan. 1895, the vessel became owned by 'A/S Chacma Rederi', also of Flekkefjord, with Jacobsen the managers. In Apl. 1902, A/S Chacma of Horten, (N. of Tønsberg), became the owners, with A. Jørgensen the manager. In May 1910, the vessel was sold to A/S Chacma of Kristiansand, Norway, 'Langfeldt & Co.' or 'K. F. Langfeldt', the managers. All of the above with no change of vessel name. On Aug. 26, 1917, while en route from Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica, to Le Havre, France, with a cargo of logwood, the vessel was sunk by UC-62, Oberleutnant zur See Max Schmitz in command, 50 miles W. of the Casquets (a group of rocks 13 miles NW of Alderney, Channel Islands, off the coast of France). No exact location is available. I am grateful for the data at links 1 & 2 for what happened. It would seem that the submarine surfaced & shelled Chacma. The entire Chacma crew took to the one undamaged lifeboat & 27 hours later they reached Barhou, an uninhabited island, where the lifeboat was smashed, presumably in effecting a landing. The crew was picked up 2 days later by pilot boats from Alderney. Chacma? It continued sailing with nobody aboard. U-62 took the ship's papers & then sank the ship. So there were no casualties. Can you add anything? 42 Decapolis 632 tons Hull 167 60858 Nostra Madre 1868 An iron barque. Per 1 (data & image), 2 (T. B. Walker & Co. 'Blue Peter' article, Col# 2, ex an expired 'Sunderland Tugs' Facebook page, 3 & 4 (sunk in 1917), 5 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). An immigrant ship it would seem. Owned by T. B. Walker, later (1870 thru 1890) Thomas B. Walker, later (1900) Fredk. A. Edelsten, all of London. 187.5 ft. long, signal letters JVCL, registered at London. Used on the England/Australia run - 14 voyages to Brisbane, Australia, are recorded between 1868 & 1877. The vessel was later sold to Italian owners & renamed Nostra Madre. I read that Andrea Corrado, of Genoa, owned the vessel in 1917. On Jun. 17, 1917 while en route from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Swansea, Wales, with a cargo of maize, the vessel was stopped & sunk by gunnery 70 miles E. of Fastnet (SW tip of Ireland) - by U-60, Kapitänleutnant Karlgeorg Schuster in command. It would seem that there were no casualties. Can you add anything? 43 South Australian 1040 (or 1039) tons Hull 160 60837 1868 A composite clipper ship. Carrying passengers & cargo. Per 1 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 201 ft. long, signal letters HFJC. Built for Devitt & Moore, of London (Devitt & Co., & per the Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870 Joseph Moore, & of 1880 Thomas Lane Devitt). Of iron frame & wooden planking. Used on England/Australia run. A long expired website used to state that 'In 1887 she was sold to William Woodside of Belfast and operated principally as a cargo vessel, making voyages to India and New Brunswick under the command of Captain James Arthurs.' The vessel sank on Feb. 14, 1889 near Lundy, in the Bristol Channel. Circumstances not stated. But now see this Inquiry Report re her loss. A dive site today, perhaps. 44 Syria 1010 tons Hull 165 60832 1868 An iron sailing ship. Per 1 (extensive 'wikipedia' page), 2 (page re wreck, image), 3 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 207.7 ft. long, signal letters JSNR. Built for J. Nourse, later (1880 & 1890) James Nourse, both of London, i.e. the Nourse Line. Primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the Caribbean (Trinidad & Nevis) & to Fiji. On Mar. 13, 1884, the vessel left Calcutta, India, for Fiji with 497 labourers & a crew of 43 aboard. After a very fast voyage of 58 days, (the normal was 72 days), the vessel ran aground on the Nasilai Reef, Fiji, on May 11, 1884. 59 died as a result but another 11 died later from related complications. I understand that a model of the ship is in the Sunderland Museum model collection. Anything to add? 45 Berean 526 (or 514 or 537 or 542) tons Hull 186 60996 1869 A composite 3-masted barque. Per 1 (image, Gravesend 1910), 2 ('The Colonial Clippers', extensive data, many pages, 182/191), 3, 4 (paintings, Berean), 5 (data & images, Berean, in Norwegian & English), 6 & 7 (data in Norwegian, the latter ex a Word document at 'Skipet' #24), 8 & 9 (a couple of 'Trove' articles, there are many), 10 (T. B. Walker & Co. 'Blue Peter' article, Cols# 2 & 3, ex a Facebook page no longer available), 11 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). Bonhams are to be applauded for making available the magnificent Berean artwork of Derek G. M. Gardner - other sites offer but tiny thumbnails. The vessel was built for Thomas Boss Walker ('Walker), of London, per Mercantile Navy Lists of 1870, 1880 & 1890. Walker was a prominent ship owner in London, & for many years was Chairman of Lloyd's Register. The vessel was  managed by Devitt & Moore. 160.5 ft. long perpendicular to perpendicular, have also read 160.9 ft. maybe later?, registered at London, signal letters JHFK, later HQVK. Used on the England (generally London) to Tasmania run & a frequent visitor to Australian ports. Carried every conceivable form of general merchandise outwards & wool or wheat on the return voyage to London, & occasionally other cargoes also including tin. A speedy vessel, the fastest of the 'Walker' barques. Amazingly quality built. Extensive use of teak, a raised quarter deck 43 ft. long planked with New Zealand kauri pine with no butts & no knots. Kauri pine comes from the northern peninsula of the New Zealand North Island. Never ever had to be re-caulked. Originally carried skysails. Its captain, until the vessel was sold in 1896, was John Wyrill, of Scarborough, who circled the globe 36 times in his career. Berean itself circled the globe once in 76 days but more typically 80 to 85 days. On its maiden voyage to Launceston, Tasmania, the voyage was 79 days out & back in 88 days. Fastest voyage land to land, London to Launceston, in 68 days. Once ran 315 miles in 24 hours. The barque was damaged at Hobart, Tasmania, in early Oct. 1884 as you can read here ex Trove, Australia. Walker died in 1894. Berean was sold in 1896 to H. Skougaard, of Langesund, Norway, & (transferred?) in 1897 to 'A/S Berean (H. Skougaard)', also of Langesund. The vessel was used to carry ice from Norway to Regent's Canal Dock, London. And was poorly maintained, it would seem. On Apl. 8, 1910, when at anchor off Tilbury/Gravesend in the Thames estuary, loaded with a cargo of ice (but 3 links above say coal, I wonder why) ex Langesund, the vessel was run into by Julia, (probably this Julia of 1228 tons built 1890), a German steamer. Berean was towed ashore in a sinking condition, full of water, however the image at 1 shows the vessel actually sunk. The damage to the vessel was so great that she was condemned. Patched up, she was towed to ship breakers at Falmouth & was used there as a hulk. Certainly until 'a few years' before WW1. Can anybody confirm when she ceased to be a hulk? Or add anything? 46 British Empire 1499 (or 1550) tons Hull 183 63517 1869 An iron clipper, a 3-masted, fully rigged ship. Later a barque. An immigrant ship. Per 1 (New Zealand 1875 immigrant data), 2 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). Built for 'Empire Line', owned by George Duncan (maybe by George Duncan & Co.), of London. The Mercantile Navy List records (1870 thru 1890) George Duncan as the owner, later (1900) James Duncan, both of London. 1 records an Oct. 7, 1875 arrival in Auckland, New Zealand with approx. 300 immigrants, after a voyage of 87 days from Gravesend. Per an eBay item, (thanks 'scott-base'), the vessel 'was considered to be a fast ship under her master, Captain Kidd. Built for the East Indies trade. Fitted out for 'tween deck' passengers. Her figurehead, representing 'Britannia', glittered with gilt scrollwork. Saloon fitted out in bird's eye maple. Late in her life was converted to a barque.' Broken up at Rotterdam in 1906. Eleanor Wares, a site visitor, kindly advises that her husband's GG grandfather was James Mather, Captain of British Empire in 1875, & that he had earlier (in 1869) captained Roman Empire, another Empire Line vessel. Elle seeks data about Roman Empire, a vessel built by Pile Spence & Co. in 1866, not at Sunderland but rather at West Hartlepool. Anything to add? About either vessel. 47   Blyth 687/1061 (N/G) tons Hull 196 60554 1870 So far as I can see, this iron steamship was never recorded in Lloyd's Register. Was launched on Jun. 16, 1870 & registered at North Shields on Jul. 8, 1870. 215.5 ft. (65.68 metres) long perpendicular to perpendicular, signal letters JPMF, 98 HP engines of unknown (to the webmaster) manufacture. Was owned by George R. (Robinson) Dawson, of Blyth, but was registered at North Shields. Miramar advise (thanks!) that the vessel was wrecked on or about Jul. 26, 1872, 8 nautical miles N. of Cape St. Vincent while en route from the Tyne to Alexandria. Yes indeed. On Jul. 26, 1872, per line 2870 here, the vessel is stated to have stranded near Cape St. Vincent (southern Portugal), while en route from Newcastle to Alexandria, Egypt, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 21 - none lost. Then owned by G. R. Dawson. The vessel was listed in the Mercantile Navy Lists of both 1871 & 1872. Some crew lists are available here. Anything to add? #2059 48 Corisande 768/1022 tons Hull 194 62591 Primero 1870 An iron steamship, which was launched on May 2, 1870 & completed in Jun. 1870. Per 1 (data & Corisande image at Newport, Wales), 2 ('wrecksite.eu', vessel history data), 3 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 218.5 ft. (66.6 metres) long, signal letters LFCG, speed of 8 1/2 knots, 98 HP engines by George Clark Limited of Sunderland. There is a possibility that the vessel was intended to be named 'Dotterel', but the entry may have been just a clerical mistake in the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') register (scroll down to 62591). The vessel is first listed in Lloyd's Register ('LR') in 1874/75 & would seem to have been LR listed thru 1892/93 at least & probably in later years also thru to about 1900. It was initially listed at 734/989 tons, soon amended to 768/1022 tons (both net/gross). In 1874/75 & thru 1886/87, the vessel was registered at Sunderland & owned by G. J. Hay, specifically Geo. Jackson Hay, of West Bolden, County Durham, later of Sunderland. With, per LR, W. Harman serving as the vessel's captain during Hay's period of ownership. In late 1874, Lady Head of Hull, a barque that may well have been built at Sunderland in 1865, suffered considerable damage in storms off Cape Finisterre, (NW Spain). Corisande came to her assistance & towed her into Gibraltar, arriving there on Dec. 21, 1874, In late Dec. 1885, the vessel, lying at Newport, Wales, was offered for sale. In 1886/87, the vessel became owned by 'The Corisande Steamship Co. Limited' of Middlesbrough, with C. A. Jervelund & T. R. Clephan serving as her managers, as is confirmed by this 1890 MNL listing. During such ownership, it would seem that M. A. Fisher served as the vessel's captain, thru 1892/93. (An aside - in Apl. 1896, Carl Anders Jervelund was appointed the liquidator of The Corisande Steamship Co. Limited, then in bankruptcy, as per the London Gazette). Some noteworthy events in the vessel's history. i) In the evening of Nov. 27, 1875, Corisande, exiting a lock at East Bute Dock, Cardiff, collided with Rhoda, a ship, which was attempting to enter that lock. Rhoda suffered hull damage on her port side & sued for the cost of repair. Corisande kept going en route to Barcelona, & soon thereafter, would appear to have put into Plymouth 'with machinery disabled'. The Court was advised that Corisande had had all required running lights on & clearly visible. The court found in favour of the owners of Corisande. ii) On May 23, 1883, the vessel was reported in Welsh newspapers as being stranded on Kertch Breakwater but floated off without assistance. Kertch or Kerch is at the eastern end of the Kerch peninsular, Crimea, Black Sea, at the entrance to the Sea of Azov. iii) In Mar. 1885, the vessel, en route from Odessa (Black Sea, Ukraine) to Gibraltar, was at Malta, leaky. iv) On Feb. 14, 1887, the vessel, en route from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore, went ashore at Lenmarch. Link 2 records what would seem to be the same incident & describes the vessel as being ashore at Karek Hir in Brittany, France, on Feb. 18, 1887. It would seem that assistance was provided to the vessel. The vessel was not listed in MNL of 1896. Apparently because, per Miramar (thanks!), the vessel in 1895 became owned by A/S Corisande of Oslo, Norway. On Sep. 18, 1896, Corisande, en route, in ballast, from Veile (where is it?) to Middlesbrough, was abandoned in a sinking condition 25 miles NW of Lindesnaes, Norway. The 18 man crew were landed at Copenhagen, Denmark, by the Imperial Russian yacht Standart. Corisande was towed into Christiansand, Norway, with her after hold & engine room full of water. I have not read what damage resulted or where she was repaired as required. In 1899 the vessel became owned by U. de Macho, of Bilbao, Spain, who renamed it Primero. The vessel's end came on Jan. 28, 1900, while en route from Bilbao to Newport, Wales, with a cargo of iron ore. The vessel, reported as being leaky & requiring assistance, passed Razsun, near Brest, France, headed north. It was run ashore, I read, at Bec du Raz de Sein (a rugged coast (1 & 2) near Plogoff, Brittany, France), & while the crew were all saved, the vessel became a total loss. If you agree, the vessel would seem to have been considerably off course on its route from Bilbao to Newport. Can you help with other data? #1954 49 Evora 1111/1717 (N/G) Hull 185 63569 1870 An iron steamship, which was launched on Jan. 31, 1870 & first registered, at London, on Mar. 12, 1870. Per 1 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). The vessel is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1869/70 thru 1872/73 only. 275.1 ft. (83.85 metres) long perpendicular to perpendicular, signal letters JLSP, 250 HP engines by Thomas Richardson & Sons of Hartlepool. Was (always) owned by Ryde & Co. of London, as is confirmed by Mercantile Navy Lists of 1871 & 1872 & the data below. For service, per LR, initially from Sunderland to the Mediterranean, but soon from Hartlepool to India & then from Liverpool to Lisbon, Portugal. LR lists T. Jones as her initial captain thru 1870/71 & 'Raisen' thereafter. On Mar. 26, 1870, the vessel left Cardiff, Wales, for Marseilles, France, with 1700 tons of coal. On Sep. 17, 1870, the vessel left Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, landed passengers at Plymouth on Nov. 6, 1870 & proceeded to Dundee. LR of 1872/73 notes that the vessel had been wrecked. Miramar advises (thanks!) that the vessel was wrecked near Montevideo on Apl. 24, 1872. But ... on May 21, 1872, per line 2854 here, the vessel is stated to have stranded off Montevideo while en route from Buenos Ayres (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Monte Video (Montevideo, Uruguay) with a cargo of wool etc. Crew of 41 & 7 passengers - none lost. Then owned by John Ryde. What are the facts? Per these two contemporary newspaper articles, Evora, apparently carrying mails, dragged her anchors during a severe storm on either Apl. 24 or 27, 1872, was driven ashore & became a total wreck. When near Montevideo. Likely related to the vessel's voyage from London to Buenos Ayres. The detailed facts are, however, a little inconsistent. A couple of crew lists are here. Can anybody add to or correct any of the above? #2063 50   Fawn 296/460 (N/G) tons Hull 201 62592 Bayonnais 1870 An iron steamship which was launched on Aug. 17, 1870, first registered on Sep. 12, 1870, & was never listed in Lloyd's Register. Per 1 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). The vessel is briefly referenced (scroll to 62592) in the Mercantile Navy List, recorded at 295 tons (net), with a notation which possibly tells us it was sold 'foreign' prior to Jan. 16, 1871 which would be a notice date - the writing is quite difficult to read. Miramar advise (thanks!) that the vessel was initially owned by Stamp & Co., of Sunderland (Stamp, Mann & Co. of Newcastle per this 'wrecksite.eu' page). 169.5 ft. long (51.66 metres) perpendicular to perpendicular, with 52 HP engines of unknown (to the webmaster) manufacture. On Oct. 23, 1870, between 9 & 10 a.m., the vessel, en route from Cronstadt (St. Petersburg, Russia) to London, with 'Preston' in command, tried to enter Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk, to take on coal. Fawn was on the return leg of her maiden voyage & was carrying a cargo of oats. At the time of her arrival a major gale from the SSW was in progress. The vessel went aground close to the Lowestoft north pier in a most dangerous location. The crew were safely landed by means of a rocket apparatus & cradle. At the time of the grounding, per this newspaper account, the vessel was owned by Thomas Greenwell. Now Bill Greenwell advises (thanks!) i) that Thomas Greenwell means Thomas George Greenwell ('TGG') Bill's GG grandfather & ii) further that TGG's brother in law was Thomas Collie Stamp. It would seem that TGG was a major shareholder owner within 'Stamp & Co.'. Alas, I cannot tell you how badly the vessel was damaged at Lowestoft.  Certainly it was thought possible that the vessel would have ended up a total wreck. (A second brief newspaper account). Clearly the vessel was not lost rather soon sold - in 1871 to, per Miramar, J. Lafonte & Cie, of Bayonne, SW France, who renamed her Bayonnais. On Mar. 9, 1873, Bayonnais, en route from Sunderland to Bayonne, most likely with a cargo of coal, was wrecked near Bayonne, in the entrance to the River Adour. As is essentially confirmed by this 1872/1874 steamer wreck list which does not, however, specify the exact date of loss. A couple of crew lists are available here. Can you add anything additional? #2065 51 Laira 492 tons Hull 189 62152 Connie Craig Laira 1870 A 3 masted iron barque, 'carrying royals over single topgallant sails and double topsails'. A cargo ship. Per 1 (data & image), 2 (data & fine image), 3 (data & image), 4 (brief ref. halfway down), 5 (Wakatipu at page bottom), 6 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 156.10 ft. (47.6 metres) long, signal letters KLHD. Built for Richard Hill, of Cattedown, Plymouth, & registered at Plymouth. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1880 records Fredk. N. Hill, of London, as her then owner. Chartered by the Shaw Savill & Co. The vessel was, I read, sold (Oct. 26, 1882 perhaps) to Stone Brothers of Auckland, New Zealand ('NZ'), however the MNLs of 1890 & 1900 record Henry Guthrie & 'The Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand Ltd.' ('Union'), both of Dunedin, NZ, as the respective owners. Was later chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company. On Apl. 2, 1898, while alongside Victoria Wharf at Dunedin, the vessel was run into by Union’s steamer Wakatipu, 1796 tons, which refused to answer her helm. Laira sank in 6 minutes, was afterwards re-floated & repaired & 'again entered the inter colonial trade'. Became Connie Craig in 1908 or 1909 - Joseph T. Craig of Auckland, was the owner per the 1910 MNL. The name reverted to Laira. From 1915 to 1940, Laira was owned by 'Huddart Parker, Lim.' of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The vessel would appear to have become a hulk at Melbourne, late in her life (1910?). Broken up there in 1958. A portion of the above data is thanks to Mori Flapan of Sydney, Australia. Can you help with other data? 52 Great Western 1541 (or 1542) tons Hull 214 65313 1872 An iron single screw passenger ship. Per 1 (data, Great Western 1872), 2 (same data), 3 (Great Western Steamship (II), Great Western), 4 (Board of Trade inquiry into Mar. 1876 wreck, ex 'Accounts and Papers', published 1876, a 'Google' book), 5 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 276.0 ft. long, 979 net tons, speed of 10 knots, signal letters LDBT. The webmaster has a number of editions of Lloyd's Register available to him ex 'Google' books - see left. I read that the vessel was built for the Great Western Steamship Line ('Steamship'). That would seem to be the business name under which 'Mark Whitwell & Son' ('Whitwell') of Bristol, operated, certainly the vessel was not registered in the name of Steamship, rather in the name of Whitwell. Accommodation for 24 1st class & 252 3rd class passengers. Placed on the Bristol to New York service - the vessel's maiden & last runs on that service were Jun. 5, 1872 & Sep. 14, 1875, respectively. The vessel was then placed on the Valencia, Spain, to New York service. On her 2nd such voyage the vessel was wrecked, on Mar. 25, 1876, on Long Island, New York. No lives were lost. The Board of Trade inquiry indicates that at that time the vessel was owned by 'Mark Whitwell, Joseph H. Nash and Philip J. Worsley', of Bristol, & that Samuel Windham was her captain. On Mar. 2, 1876, the vessel had left Palermo, Sicily, for New York. No passengers, a crew of 37 men & one stewardess aboard. She re-coaled at Gibraltar & on Mar. 24, 1876, was in a 'slight' collision with Daphne, a Norwegian barque. No damage to Great Western. 3 men from Daphne jumped aboard Great Western. The weather rose to a gale as the vessel approached Long Island. At about 7 p.m. on Mar. 25, 1876, the vessel ran aground on Long Island, 5 miles to the E. of Fire Island Light. The ship's engines could not free her, the rudder carried away, her hull came broadside to the breakers & the seas washed completely over her. The vessel ended up breaking her back - a total loss. One of the ship's boats was lowered with difficulty & everyone aboard was in due course safely landed. The ship's log was lost. While the Court found that the Captain had committed an error of judgement, it also found that he had taken every precaution for the safe navigation of the vessel & returned to him his certificate of competency. Anything that you can add? 53   Newbiggin 1366 tons Hull 223 65442 1872 A cargo ship. Per 1 (wreck data & site), 2 (ref. to Newbiggen, wrecked in 1879 at Atherfield Point, Isle of Wight), 3 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 229.0 ft. (69.80 metres) long, signal letters LKSW, 120 HP engines by W. Pile & Co. of Sunderland. Built for 'Geoffrey Robinson Dawson', of Blyth, Northumberland, but registered at North Shields. Thanks to 'White Spirit Diving Charters' & other sources too, I can advise that in Apl. 1880, (Apl. 3, 1880, I understand), while en route from Odessa, Ukraine, to Dunkirk, France, with a cargo of grain, rape seed & wool, Newbiggin ran aground in thick fog at Atherfield Ledge, Isle of Wight. The vessel became a total loss. Wreck lies in 6/8 metres of water at 50.36.4N/01.22.1W. Atherfield Ledge? A treacherous reef that has claimed many vessels over the years, located close off the S. coast of the Isle of Wight (near Brighstone). Can you add anything? An image? 54 Pedro J. Pidal 1843 tons Hull 227 Gijon 68877 1873 A wooden single screw passenger ship, barque rigged. Per 1 (extensive data in French re the loss of Gijon, image Gijon), 2 (extensive data in Spanish re the loss of Gijon), 3 (English translation of link 2), 4 (text in Spanish & image) & 5 (2 pages of same Spanish site), 6 (Compañía Trasatlántica Española), 7 (New York Times, sinking report), 8 (an extensive article at Trove Australia - there are 14 more articles there re the sinkings), 9 (Miramar, you now must be registered to access). 279.5 ft. long (90.6 metres). Capacity for 114 passengers in three classes, crew of 80. Notable, apparently, because it featured a bathroom. So far I have spotted only a few references to the vessel in Lloyd's Registers. Miramar refers to Pedro J. Pidal becoming Gijon in 1875, but that change was advised in Lloyds Register of 1879/80 (& also in 82/83). 4 refers to Pedro F. Pidal, Gijón & Coruña. Built for 'Oscar de Olavarria & Cia', (or 'Olavarría y Lozano', perhaps?), of Gijon, Spain. In 1875, the vessel was owned by 'Antonio López and Cia', of Cadiz & Barcelona, Spain. In 1879/80, possibly earlier, the vessel was renamed Gijon. In 1881, the vessel was owned by 'Delegation de la Cia Trasatlántica', i.e. 'Compañía Trasatlántica' of Barcelona, ('CTE'), which became 'Compañía Trasatlántica Española' very much later, in 1953. However, the vessel is not included in the partial lists of CTE vessels at 3, or here or here. Maybe later renamed Coruña but I think not. I earlier stated in this listing that the vessel would seem to have ceased to be a CTE vessel in 1885. Used as a troopship, maybe in 1898, returning Spanish troops from Santiago, Cuba, to Spain (Spanish-American War). But that data clearly could not have been correct - read on. In Jul. 1884, Gijon was en route from Corunna (La Coruña, Galicia, Spain) to Havana, Cuba, with 113 passengers & a crew of 78 (Hocking states a crew of 100). At or about 7 p.m. on Jul. 21, 1884, when about 35 miles off Cape Finisterre & in dense fog, Gijon was in collision with Laxham, a 1295 ton cargo ship en route from Taganrog, Crimea, to Rotterdam with a cargo of wheat. Both ships were sounding their whistles. Laxham was under the command of Captain Lothian or Lethman with a crew of 20 - the captain's wife & 11 month old child were also aboard as were two passengers. Laxham was cut in two by the force of the collision & all of her boats were destroyed. All aboard Laxham, excepting 3 crewmen who could not make it in time, scrambled aboard Gijon in the few moments the ships were entangled while the captain & his family were towed through the water to Gijon. I read that the Captain of Gijon, the name eludes me, shot himself immediately after the collision (He reports that immediately after the collision the captain of the Gijon shot himself). Meanwhile a boat left Gijon to try & find Laxham. They found her, almost under water, rescued the 3 remaining Laxham crew & soon thereafter, within 20 minutes of the collision, Laxham sank. Returning to Gijon, they found that it had also sunk - sunk bow first. They found only two boatloads of people (three boats were apparently launched). 7 advises that there were only enough boats on Gijon for half of the people who needed them - those who found a spot in one of the boats fought off others with knives. Per Hocking, 45 Gijon passengers & 11 Laxham crew, the only survivors, were picked up by Spanish steamship Santo Domingo. However Hocking also advises, re Laxham, that Nelson Hevertson, a schooner, picked up 15 crew & passengers of Gijon & 1 Laxham passenger. And that another 15 crew & passengers from both ships landed in boats at Muros, Galicia, Spain. Later City of Valencia arrived at London with 'eight of the crew of the steamer Gijon and that of Laxham'. Zoe & Vespertina Wilson were also involved in the rescue of survivors. About 127 in total from the two vessels would seem to have lost their lives. But links 2 & 3 state that the correct number was 116. The above text may well contain unintentional errors. I would welcome corrections to the above, or additional data. 55 Olive 885 (or 847 or 878 or 886) tons Hull 235 68907 1874 A 3-masted steel barque. Per 1 (data in Norwegian, ex a Word document at 'Skipet'), 2 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 197.6 ft. (60.23 metres) long, signal letters NFRT later KDBP. Built for H. (Henry) Ellis, & registered at Sunderland. Per the Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') of 1875, H. Ellis was of Leamington, Warwickshire. MNL of 1880 states that the vessel's then owner was Edward Davies of Plymouth. In 1884 the vessel was sold to C. M. Matzen (or Christian M. Matzen & Co.) of Hamburg, Germany. It was sold again, in 1902, to 'J. Jeremiassen in Porsgrund' & 'could still be verified in 1910' (means still registered then?). It would seem that the words mean that the vessel was sold to A/S Olive of Porsgrund (now Porsgrunn), Norway with H. Jeremiassen the manager. Miramar indicate that the vessel was wrecked 'on Runo, Gulf of Riga' on Nov. 10, 1908. 'Skipet' indicates 'Grunnstøtte på Runö i Rigabukta på reise Riga – Kristiania med tømmer' which in a webmaster modified Yandex translation from the Norwegian means that on that day 'The ship ran aground on the Runö in Rigabukta travelling from Riga to Oslo with timber'. Anything that you can add? 56 Plassey 1633/1764 (N/G) tons Hull 236 70579 1874 A 3-masted iron ship which was launched on May 14, 1874 & first registered, at London, on Jul. 1, 1874 (scroll to #70579). Per 1 ('pdf', report of the Court of Inquiry into the vessel's loss, thanks to Southampton City Council/Plimsoll, ignore the final page), 2 (Plassey on the beach), 3 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 258.5 ft. (78.79 metres) long, signal letters NWVB. The vessel is Lloyd's Register )'LR') listed from 1873/74 thru 1882/83 only. The vessel was built for & always owned by 'Tyser' of London, from 1876/77, per LR, G. D. Tyser & Co. The Mercantile Navy Lists ('MNL') of 1875 & 1876 list Geo. Dorman Tyser, of London, as her owner or managing owner, while MNLs of 1878 thru 1883 (1880) list William H. (Haviside) Tyser.  Per LR, 'Rickaby' was the vessel's sole captain. On what would prove to be the vessel's last return voyage from the U.K., the vessel left for Calcutta (now Kolkata) India. At Calcutta she took on board 600 coolie emigrants to be transported to Demerera (now Guyana, N. coast of S. America). At Demerera she loaded 1,200 or 1,300 tons of sugar & rum, & on Dec. 25, 1882 left for London, with 6 passengers & a crew of 50, almost entirely lascars. Her captain was not 'Rickaby' rather John Kelly, a most experienced captain with about 20 years of service as a captain. It is worthy of comment that the ship's officers were not 'up to standard' so far as their experience & qualifications for their respective roles were concerned. On Jan. 27, 1883 the vessel was off the Lizard. The vessel proceeded up the Channel in thick & hazy conditions & went close to the coast near the Dungeness Light & into shallow waters hoping to be able to take on a pilot. Excessively close to the coast it would seem, especially in the then gale conditions. Between 5 & 6 p.m. on Jan. 29, 1883, the vessel struck the sands aft, in a position held by the vessel's port anchor. At a point on the Kentish coast between the coastguard stations of Sandgate & Hythe. (I have seen a couple of references to it rather coming ashore at Seabrook). At 8 a.m. the next morning, the Sandgate coastguard arrived with a rocket & breeches buoy apparatus & landing the passengers & crew commenced. Interrupted when the anchor gave way & Plassey ended up broadside to the sea, her bow to the east. The rocket rescue continued & everyone aboard was safely landed. I should note that Lady Vita, a Dover Harbour Commissioners steam tug, arrived on the scene, & got a line aboard Plassey. However, John Kelly ordered the line to be let go, believing the tug to be insufficiently powered to pull his ship off. It would seem that it was expected that the vessel would be got off uninjured. On Jan. 31, 1883 about 80 men commenced to unload the cargo & on that & the following day about 200 tons of sugar worth about £6,000 were landed, a small fraction of the total cargo valued at about £30,000. 4 people stayed on the nearly upright vessel overnight believing it was safe in the weather conditions to do so & early the next morning two more men went aboard with pumping apparatus. The weather conditions changed after noon on Feb. 2, 1883. High seas broke over the vessel & soon the main topmast fell to the deck to be followed by the masts. At about 5.30 p.m. that day, the ship fell over in a seaward direction & broke into 3 pieces. The 6 men aboard tried to evacuate the ship but two of them did not make it - Mr. Baker, a customs house officer, & a lascar. The beach was strewn with wreckage & the air smelled of rum & sugar for miles around. The report of the Court on Inquiry (link above) makes interesting reading. The loss of the £30,000 ship was considered by the Court to be due to the negligent navigation of John Kelly, whose certificate was suspended for a 3 month period. Amongst the Court's findings they concluded that Kelly should not have refused the offer of assistance from Lady Vita. I read that the vessel was Lloyd's insured, & that the wreck was later acquired by a Mr. Richardson. A number of crew lists are available - here. Anything that you can add? Or correct? Was the print in 'The Graphic' (at left) accompanied by an article, I wonder? #2248 57 Rodney 1519 (or 1447) tons Hull 234 68905 Gipsy 1874 An iron hulled clipper (full-rigged), with a lion figurehead. Per A (e-Bay image, Gypsy), 1 (extensive data, they state Gypsy), 2 & 3 (images), 4 (extensive data, also states Gypsy), 5 (Miramar, link, you now must be registered to access). 235 ft. 6 in. long. Accommodation for 60 1st class passengers plus about 500 in steerage. A popular ship. Had a piano aboard. And a smoking room (then unusual). Signal letters JLSV. Launched for Devitt & Moore, of London. I have read that the ship sailed out of Newcastle but the many voyages at 1 are all ex London. Engaged in the Australian immigration trade (mainly Melbourne thru 1887 & then Sydney thru 1897, but also a trip to Adelaide). And also to New Zealand. In one voyage in 1887, the vessel reached Sydney ex London in 71 days. Have read described, at 4, as the 'most successful, fastest and most famous iron ship he (Pile) built. Devitt and Moore always spoke of her as the fastest ship in their fleet'. In Nov. 1895, Rodney lost her figurehead in a gale in the English Channel, while en route from Gravesend to Sydney. The figurehead washed ashore at Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, 6 months later. In 1897, (Miramar states 1896), the ship was sold to F. Boissière, of Nantes, France, & renamed Gipsy (the cross-over year, per Lloyd's, is 1896/97). Re-rigged then as a barque. On Dec. 7, 1901, the vessel was wrecked, a total loss, at Downderry, Looe, on the coast of Cornwall, on voyage from Iquique (Chile) to France with a cargo of nitrate. Most of my earlier links have had to be removed since they no longer work. Can you add anything? More when we have more! There would seem to be lots to cover. PILE and SMART 1851/1857 I know nothing about Pile and Smart, alas. They built, I read, 14 vessels between 1851 & 1857. 1   Delaware 355, later 352 & 353 tons 14925 1857 A barque. Delaware is Lloyd's Register ('LR') listed from 1858/59 thru 1877/78 & not thereafter. LR lists 'Hewson' of North Shields as the vessel's owner thru 1869/70 - A. Hewson thru 1863/64, & D. A. Hewson from 1864/65 thru 1869/70. While Christie's Shipping Register of 1858 tells us that the vessel was then owned by David Hewson & John Scott, respectively of North & South Shields. David Alfred Hewson it would appear. The vessel's service while 'Hewson' owned? For service from Shields to Spain in 1858/59, Sunderland to Spain in 1859/60 & 1860/61, & thereafter from Shields to the Mediterranean. With, again per LR, J. Scott serving as her captain thru 1863/64 & J. Bergen from 1863/64 thru 1870/71. A Sunderland shipping website, which website requests no links or recognition, tells us that on Dec. 30, 1863 Delaware was owned by Elizabeth Hewson, John Robert Kelso & John Scott. And a little later, on Mar. 07, 1864, was owned by Elizabeth Hewson & John Robert Kelso. We thank such site for that information. A Delaware operational matter that the webmaster happened to spot. On Dec. 06, 1864, Delaware left Shields for Barcelona, Spain, with a cargo of coal & 'Bergen' in command. When close to the Newarp Lightship (located off the coast of Norfolk near Yarmouth) the vessel collided with the brig Light and Sign of Whitby (ON #2989, built at Sunderland in 1845), en route from Shields to London, with Robinson in command. I believe on Dec. 13, 1864. Both vessels put into Yarmouth on Dec. 14, 1864, Light and Sign with bow damage & Delaware with damage to her hull, rigging etc. Temporary repairs to Delaware were undertaken in Yarmouth Roads & the vessel then continued its voyage, putting into Falmouth, Cornwall, on Jan. 19, 1864 - there noted to be rather en route to Alexandria, Egypt. Light and Sign was towed by a tug from Yarmouth to Shields to effect repairs. A couple of contemporary news reports - http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images23/delaware1.jpg" target="_top">1 & 2. The Mercantile Navy List ('MNL') records the vessel from 1858 thru 1875, always registered at Shields. From 1865 thru 1869, MNL lists its owner, likely its managing owner, as being J. R. Kelso of North Shields. While from 1870 thru 1875, MNL lists John Davison Fairless, of Sunderland. LR advises that in 1870/71 & 1871/72, Pile & Co. of Sunderland owned the now Sunderland registered vessel for service from Swansea, Wales, to the Mediterranean. With A. Smith her captain. LR advises that from 1872/73, J. D. Fairless of Sunderland became the Sunderland registered vessel's owner - thru 1875/76. For service ex Sunderland in 1873/74. With A. Smith continuing to serve as Delaware's captain. It seems likely that LR got the registration wrong. Turnbull's Shipping Register of 1874 has the vessel as then registered at North Shields & owned by John D. Fairless of Sunderland.  116.5 ft. long, signal letters LQDW, many crew lists thru 1874 are available via this page. It seems clear that along the way the vessel was sold to Norwegian owners. LRs of 1876/77 & 1877/78 record that Delaware was then Norway registered, The sale may well have been rather earlier - since MNL last recorded the vessel in 1875 & the Sunderland shipping website referred to above says that the vessel was transferred to the Norwegian flag in Nov. 1875. So far at least, the webmaster has found no data as to the name of the Norwegian purchaser of the vessel. It is quite possible that the vessel's name was changed. Can you tell us more? #2860 CITY OF ADELAIDE In creating these pages, I see little purpose in reinventing the wheel. There is lots of fine data available on the WWW about the City of Adelaide & its long and distinguished history. So I will give a quick summation, hopefully in a few paragraphs, & then direct you elsewhere for a selection of sites with more data and/or more complete data. Do drop by the links below, the top four being links current in May. 2010, as efforts intensify to have the vessel preserved in the City where she was built - at Sunderland in 1864. Where do matters now sit? This is how I understand it to be, as this is revised on July 2, 2010:- But ... forgive me. The data below is now, in Oct. 2012, way out of date. But I cannot describe, even in summary form, the many events of the intervening months. My apologies for that. I am just too distant from the scene. Should some kind visitor chose to summarise those developments, do be in touch & I will be happy to modify the page accordingly. I have left the earlier content below, intact, since it may be of asssiatnce to vistors. The ship was some years ago acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum ('SMM'), who raised her from her then sunk position, towed her to Irvine, Scotland, & put her on public display. SMM are unable to support the cost of her maintenance & restoration & applied for permission to break up the vessel. Permission was denied, related I believe to the vessel being a 'Grade A Listed Building', a category of the very greatest importance. SMM plan a 'scientific deconstruction' but funds are not available for that either. They would need financial support to do it, which support seems at present not likely. Ayrshire Metal Products, the owner of the land upon which the ship lies, wanted vacant possession of the land in order to redevelop it. They wanted the land vacant by Mar. 31, 2010 though that date must have had some flexibility left in it - since the ship is still at Irvine today. It is not clear what will happen if the vessel is not moved soon. A court case may well be needed. To chart a way forward. Probably it would be bad news for the ship. To move the ship to Sunderland will currently cost an estimated £400,000, a lower than previous price due to the recession. Sunderland City of Adelaide Recovery Foundation ('SCARF') has £200,000 pledged towards the project. A deepwater protected dock area is ready in Sunderland, I am advised, where the clipper, resting on a barge, could be stored, pending further restoration plans. Once in Sunderland, however, the vessel would be an attraction in its own right. To move the ship to Sunderland would be a first step only, though a major step. To restore the ship once it were moved to Sunderland would be a GIANT project. SCARF at the link just provided indicate that £2,000,000 is sought. Some funds towards the restoration might be provided by 'Heritage Lottery Fund' but the road ahead is long & hard. National Heritage Memorial Fund might help also. 'National Historic Ships' is deeply involved in the whole matter. Any restoration project will be MOST expensive. The Preservation Trust in Australia also wants the ship to be preserved. At Adelaide in South Australia. An incredibly large portion of the present population of Australia traces their ancestry to immigration via this single ship. So Australia has a giant interest in having the ship preserved. And being returned 'down-under'. While the support of individual contributors is probably critical to get the ship on the first step towards preservation, i.e. physically to Sunderland, it may be that the later restoration of the ship will only be possible should someone with very deep pockets 'step up to bat'. Government support or support by a strong commercial organisation may well be necessary to ensure that the vessel is preserved for future generations. Peter Maddison, previously Councillor for Millfield Ward in the City of Sunderland, is spearheading Sunderland's efforts in this most important matter. On Apl. 28, 2010, by Fiona Hyslop, the Scottish Minister of Culture and External Affairs, made an announcement. She announced that 'Historic Scotland', an executive agency of the Scottish Government charged with safeguarding the nation’s historic environment, has commissioned 'DTZ', a private firm, to appraise the current options for the ship, including its possible relocation to Sunderland, South Australia or indeed elsewhere in Scotland. I think that this is the website of DTZ, a global firm of real estate advisers, though I can find no references on their website to this 'City of Adelaide' commission. DTZ appointed Sir Neil Cossons, the former Director of the Maritime Museum in Greenwich & a former Chair of English Heritage, to provide technical expertise for the project. This site indicated that, per Fiona Hyslop, the report was to be delivered to 'Historic Scotland' on May 31, 2010. I now know a little more! The DTZ draft report was indeed delivered on May 31, 2010, and is under review, which will lead to a final report very soon. Advice will be provided to Minister Hyslop & it is hoped that the Minister will then be in a position to make a further announcement, expected later in the month of July 2010. Living in Canada, as I do, I was particularly interested to learn that Nova Scotia, Canada, may play a giant role in the future of the ship at Sunderland. Timber from a vast forested area in the Province of Nova Scotia is to be made available, free of charge, to permit the replacement of 'City of Adelaide' decks & planking. Thanks go to Alan S. Platt of Isle of Wight TV and Media for that most wonderful offer of assistance. Leading the efforts to have 'Carrick / City of Adelaide' preserved at Sunderland is Councillor Peter Maddison. Shown here, 'waving the flag', at Irvine, Scotland, in Jun. 2009. The fine image appears here thanks to Alistair Neil, of the 'Cumnock Chronicle' newspaper & previously of the  'Irvine Times'. A passenger & cargo clipper ship, the City of Adelaide was launched on May 7, 1864 at the North Sands, Sunderland yard of 'William Pile, Hay & Co.' Of composite construction, I read, which means that it was built with iron frames & wooden hull, at a period when ship designs were in transit from wood to iron. Teak planking I have read. There are only 2 composite ships left in the world, I read (City of Adelaide is 5 years older & a bit smaller than the Cutty Sark, also of composite construction). She (City of Adelaide) was built for Devitt & Moore, of London, (Lloyd's Register of 1864/65 states Devitt & Co.) for the Australia trade & for 23 years travelled the seas with cargoes & passengers. 176 ft. 8 in. long, signal letters WGLQ. The Mercantile Navy List of 1870 & 1880 records Joseph Moore of Surrey as the vessel's owner while the 1890 list records Thomas S. Dixon of Belfast. For a long time she held the record of 65 days for the passage from London to Adelaide. But was beaten out by Torrens, a Laing vessel built in Sunderland, that did the voyage in just 64 days. I read that it is estimated that more than 60 per cent of the current population of the state of South Australia can trace their families' arrival to the City of Adelaide. For a while she worked as a collier & in the lumber trade with North America. In 1893 she was purchased by Southampton Corporation for use as a sanatorium & floating isolation hospital - until 1923. Then she was bought by the Admiralty, towed to Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, (SW of Glasgow) renamed HMS Carrick, & used as a Drill Ship for the Clyde Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve ('RNVR'). She served as an administration centre during WW2 and, scheduled to be broken up, became instead a clubhouse for RNVR. She would seem to have had an unfortunate history in Glasgow, & was flooded twice. Glasgow City Council applied for 'Listed Building' status for the ship to facilitate preservation of the ship, & she was listed as Category A (i.e. of the highest importance). Later she was acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum ('SMM'), who raised her from her sunk position, towed her to Irvine, & put her on display. Alas, that is not the end of the story. SMM were unable to support the costs of maintenance & restoration & applied for permission to break up the vessel, which request was denied. Major efforts were made to have the vessel returned to Sunderland & put on display - at a very high cost alas - & that effort, it would seem, has also, so far at least, failed. A further proposal was made to break up the ship. In the late summer of 2006, Somerset commercial property developer, Tim Roper, of Isle Abbots, near Taunton, stepped in to save the ship - hoping to transform her into a floating visitor attraction at Falmouth, Cornwall. He was reported to have reached agreement with SMM to buy the vessel for only £1, 'subject to him pouring in millions to secure her restoration on the River Fal.' There the matter stood in late 2006. The vessel was then in very poor condition indeed. And restoration costs will surely be astronomical. Sunderland is sad that the vessel may not ultimately return to the river from which she was launched 145 years ago. But glad, I am sure, to see her preserved somewhere since she is a most famous vessel indeed not only in the history of Sunderland shipbuilding but in the very history of shipbuilding itself. And in the history of Australia. Sorry! That is rather a big summary paragraph! But is by no means the end of the story. In late Jul. 2007, I received a kind message from Peter J. Roberts of the 'Save the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship Action Group' of Kent Town (a suburb of Adelaide), South Australia. Which indicates that efforts were in progress to have the City of Adelaide moved from Scotland to South Australia & put on display there. Particularly the group's mission is 'Protecting and securing the ship under cover, and on land, in Port Adelaide' The website is here & I encourage you to drop by. I have tried, upon receipt of Peter's message, to find, on the WWW, an update re the status of Tim Roper's plans as stated above. But I have had no success in that regard. It does not, however, seem to have succeeded. Corrections? Do advise me. Even re small detail. This page used to contain a reference that there were very few images available of such a very famous ship! And I was grateful for what I was able to find. But now, in late 2009, a series of 59 images of the ship in its location at Irvine, Scotland, are available. Some very fine images indeed. That show her current condition in a way I have not seen before. My first image below, a composite image, shows just 3 of those images - to show where she lies on the river bank, a fine bow image so you might see her exterior condition & a brilliant interior shot. I did intend to make my image into an image map so you might click each portion of the image to go to the original complete image. But that would not do justice to all of the other 56 images which have been made available, accessible here. Do visit that site & view the whole sequence of images which are very fine indeed. But first, a most interesting photograph of 'Carrick' arriving at Irvine in 1949. Presumably when owned by the Admiralty & soon to be used as a Drill Ship for the Clyde Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The fine image, courtesy of Robert Jeffrey & Ian Watson, appears in their volume, 'The Herald Book Of the Clyde', published by Black and White Publishing in 2000 - ISBN 1902927141. Robert & Ian, we thank you both! I trust that the use of such images (and the images which follow) on this non-profit & informational site is in order & I thank all the sources. Keeping this site up to date is not a particularly easy task. An article in 'London Times on Line' on Dec. 15, 2009 brought us almost up to date. But also raised new questions. (You can find the article still, I think, but at a fee, since, I can only presume, Rupert Murdoch's wallet needs to be topped up.) Such as what was decided that day. If anyone can bring me 'up to date' on all of these situations (Peter Maddison's Sunderland efforts, Tim Roper's efforts from Falmouth & 'Kent Town' of Adelaide, Australia), I would love to hear from you. The composite 'before & after' image that next follows shows an image ex the then website of the 'Ilfracombe and North Devon Sub-Aqua Club'. And at right are two images of the vessel as it was relatively recently. One, I believe was from iExplore, & the other from here.  I should add that a recent artwork of the vessel by E. D. Walker is here. And this page has, low on the page, an image of the City of Adelaide, flooded & on its side in Glasgow in 1978. Also, below, with the kind permission of Peter Roberts of the South Australian website I referred to above, I can present, below, a splendid large image of the vessel, believed to be of a 'Thomas Dutton' print. I have not seen a reference to a date of publication of the print but did see another 'Dutton' print stated to date from c. 1870. I wonder if anybody can advise me of its original publication date? Some City of Adelaide links. A selection. A great many WWW pages are available. The top four links below are current, i.e. Mar. 2010 links, as efforts intensify to have the vessel moved to Sunderland & preserved for all time. And avoid the vessel's sad destruction. 1 'Peter Maddison & the preservation of 'City of Adelaide' - on 'YouTube'. Videos featuring Sunderland Councillor Peter Maddison, of 'SCARF', who is trying to have the 'City of Adelaide' return to Sunderland, where she was built in 1864. 2 'City of Adelaide set sail for home' - Pete Dodds & Paul Jackson The inspiring 'City of Adelaide' song, written & performed by Pete Dodds & Paul Jackson. 3 'Save our Ship' - Sunderland City of Adelaide Recovery Foundation Access to all the things you should know about activities to have the 'City of Adelaide' preserved at Sunderland. 4 'YouTube' & the campaign to preserve the 'City of Adelaide' More about the 'City of Adelaide' from 'YouTube'. 5 'A Sunderland City of Adelaide Recovery Foundation Page' It says most things you would wish to know. 6 The Sunderland proposal The Sunderland application, which alas, failed. And the link is now gone. 7 'The SMM application to demolish' A 'pdf' file. The demolition application of The Scottish Maritime Museum of May 2006. Needs to be rotated to raed! 8 News article re Tim Roper's plans. Some limited words about Tim Roper's proposals. But the site is long gone. 9 'The Wikipedia page via Answers.com' The Wikipedia page about City of Adelaide. 10 'The 'Adelaide, S.A., 'City of Adelaide' website' The 'Save the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship Action Group' website. TO END THE PAGE For your pleasure and amusement. An extraordinary image of a German truck advertising what would appear to be a bookseller. Actually is is not a bookseller but rather a marketing academy in Frankfurt, Germany. Which I tracked via the telephone number. The academy is entitled 'Akademie für Marketing-Kommunikation E. V.' & their website is here' How brilliant! A similar & most dramatic item features a non-alcoholic drink. Here May I suggest that you navigate the site via the index on page 001.PRIOR PAGE / NEXT PAGE To Thomas M. M. Hemy Data Page 41. 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