The Colonial Clippers

by Basil Lubbock

APPENDIX B.—Later American-built Passenger Ships to Australia.

Name of Ship	Original Name if Name changed	Reg. Tonnage	Builders	Where Built	Date Built	Last Owners
Southern Empire	Jacob A. Westervelt	1418		New York	1849	Black Ball Line
Tornado		1801A	Williams	Williamsburg, N.Y.	1851	„
Flying Cloud		1793A	Don. Mackay	Boston	„	„
Invincible		1767A	W. H. Webb	New York	„	White Star Line
Queen of the Colonies	Wizard	1346	Hall	Boston	1852	Black Ball Line
Chariot of Fame		1640	Don. Mackay	„	1853	White Star Line
Empress of the Seas, No. 1		1647	„	„	„	„
Neptune’s Car		1616		Portsmouth, Va.	„	„
Young Australia		1020		„	„	Black Ball Line
Landsborough		1066		United States	„	„
Golden Age		1241		St. John’s	„	Tyson & Co.
Whirlwind		1003	J. O. Curtis	Medford, Mass.	„	Black Ball Line
Saldanha		1257		Quebec	„	„
Fiery Star	Comet	1361	Webb	New York	1851	„
Morning Star		1534		St. John	1854	Fernie Bros.
Light Brigade	Ocean Telegraph	1495		Medford, U.S.	„	Black Ball Line
Royal Dane	Sierra Nevada	1616		Portsmouth, U.S.	„	„
Florence Nightingale		1362		New Brunswick	1855	Brocklebank
Elizabeth Ann Bright	Tam o’ Shanter	1920		St. John	1856	Black Ball Line
Sovereign of the Seas, No. 2		1226	Don. Mackay	Boston		„
Blue Jacket, No. 2		986	McLachlan	St. John	1858	White Star Line
Prince of the Seas		1316			„	„
Dawn of Hope		1215	Nevins	New Brunswick	1859	Wright & Co.
Mistress of the Seas		1740	Gass	„	1861	„
Empress of the Seas, No. 2		1243	Hilyard	„	1863	Black Ball Line
Legion of Honour		1219	McDonald	„	1863	White Star Line
Southern Empire, No. 2		1142	Baldwin	Quebec	„	Cannon & S.
Palm Tree		1473	Smith	New Brunswick	1865	J. Smith
Sunda		1556	Desmond	Miramichi	„	Black Ball Line

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APPENDIX C.—Iron Wool Clippers.

Date Built	Name of Ship	Best known Commander	Ton.	L’th	Bre’th	Depth	Builders	Owners
1852	Darling Downs	Wakeham	1634	258.6	40	29.9	Built on the Thames	Taylor, Bethell & Roberts
1860	City of Agra	T. Young	1074	213.6	34.7	20.6	Pile, W. Hartlepool	Blyth & Co.
1861	Sam Mendel	Steele	1034	215.6	35	20.6	„	Coupland Bros.
1864	Dharwar	T. Frebody	1300	226.2	37.2	23.3	Harland & Wolf	J. Willis
1866	Marpesia	T. Storey	1443	234.2	38.4	23.9	Reid, Glasgow	J. Heap & Sons
„	Antiope	Black	1443	242.3	38.4	23.7	„	„
1868	Theophane	Follett	1525	248.4	38.9	23.7	„	„
	Ivanhoe	Burgess	1383	235.2	37.4	23.7	„	Williamson, Milligan
	Loch Rannoch	Ross	1185	217.8	35.5	21	Thomson, Glasgow	Glasgow Shipping Co.
	Ben Nevis	Mackie	1061	218	34.6	21	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Watson Bros.
1869	Patriarch	Pile	1339	222.1	38.1	22.3	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson & Co.
	Loch Awe	Weir	1053	217.7	34.5	21	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	J. & R. Wilson
	Hoghton Tower	Trimble	1598	247	40.1	23.7	Clover, Birkenhead	Ismay, Imrie
	Thomas Stephens	Richards	1507	263	38.2	23.1	Potter, Liverpool	T. Stephens & Sons
	Loch Katrine	J. Burton	1200	226	35.8	21.5	Lowrie, Glasgow	Glasgow Shipping Co.
	Loch Ness	Foreshaw	1190	225.5	35.6	21.6	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	„
	Loch Tay	Bennett	1191	225.4	35.5	21.6	„	„
1870	Loch Lomond	J. Strachan	1200	226.3	35.8	21.5	Lowrie, Glasgow	„
	Loch Leven	Branscombe	1200	226.3	35.8	21.5	„	„
1871	Miltiades	Perrett	1452	240.5	39.3	23.3	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson Co.
1872	Mermerus	Fife	1671	264.2	39.8	23.7	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Carmichael
	Collingwood	Forbes	1011	211.1	34.8	21	Hood, Aberdeen	Devitt & Moore
1873	Hesperus	Legoe	1777	262.2	39.7	23.5	Steele, Glasgow	Anderson, Anderson
	Ben Cruachan	W. Martin	1468	255.5	37	21.7	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Watson Bros.
	Ben Voirlich	W. Ovenstone	1474	255.6	37.1	21.8	„	„
	Samuel Plimsoll	R. Boaden	1444	241.3	39	23.1	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson & Co.
	Loch Maree	A. Scott	1581	255.8	38.6	22.9	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Glasgow Shipping Co.
	Loch Ard	G. Gibbs	1624	262.7	38.3	23	Connell, Glasgow	„
	Gladstone	J. Jackson	1159	248.2	34.2	20.9	McMillan, Dumbarton	F. H. Dangar
1874	Rodney	A. Loutitt	1447	235.6	38.4	22.6	Pile, Sunderland	Devitt & Moore
	Romanoff	W. Shepherd	1226	222.1	36.3	22.2	Hood, Aberdeen	A. Nicol
	Cairnbulg	Birnie	1567	261.3	39	23	Duthie, Aberdeen	Wm. Duthie, Jun.
	Thessalus	E. C. Bennett	1782	269	41.1	23.6	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Carmichael
	Carpathian	Pennecuik	1444	240.1	36.6	22.6	Humphreys, Hull	McDiarmid, Greenshields
	Old Kensington	Underwood	1777	262	42.1	23.8	Potter, Liverpool	Smith, Bilbrough & Co.
1875	Loch Garry	Horne	1493	250.5	38.4	22.6	Thomson, Glasgow	Glasgow Shipping Co.
	Loch Vennachar	Ozanne	1485	250.1	38.3	22.4	„	„
	Salamis	Phillip, Sen.	1079	221.6	36	21.7	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson & Co.
	Trafalgar	Muir	1429	242	38.4	22	E. I. Scott, Greenock	D. Rose & Co.
	Woollahra	Barneson	942	202.4	33.6	20.4	Osburne, Sunderland	Cowlislaw Bros.
	Cassiope	Withers	1559	253	40	23.6	Whitehaven S. Co.	J. Heap & Sons
	Parthenope	Goody	1563	250.6	39.9	23.6	Evans, Liverpool	„
1876	Sir Walter Raleigh	Purvis	1492	243.4	38.9	21.9	Thomson, Glasgow	D. Rose & Co.
	Anglo-Norman	Davidson	822	192.4	32.2	18.9	Russell, Glasgow	Frost, Cook & Co.
	Loch Fyne	Martin	1213	228.5	36	21.3	Thomson, Glasgow	General Shipping Co.(Aitken, Lilburn & Co.)
	Loch Long	McCallum	1203	228.5	35.8	21.3	„	„
	Aristides	Kemball	1661	260	39.5	24.5	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson & Co.
	Smyrna	Spalding	1305	232.3	38.5	22.2	„	„
	Harbinger	Bolt	1506	253.5	37.6	22.4	Steele, Greenock	Anderson, Anderson
	Argonaut	Hunter	1488	254.4	38.6	23.2	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	Carmichael
1877	Brilliant	Davidson	1613	254.8	39.7	24.2	Duthie, Aberdeen	J. Duthie, Sons & Co.
	Pericles	Largie	1598	259.6	39.4	23.6	Hood, Aberdeen	Thompson & Co.
	Loch Ryan	Black	1207	228.5	35.8	21.3	Thomson, Glasgow	General Shipping Co.
	Loch Etive	Stuart	1235	226.5	35.9	21.6	Inglis, Glasgow	„
	Loch Sloy	Horne	1225	225.3	35.6	21.2	Henderson, Glasgow	„
	Loch Shiel	Erskine	1218	225.3	35.6	21.1	„	„
	Nebo	Coleman	1383	246.9	37.1	21.1	Dobie, Glasgow	J. Smith
1878	Cimba	J. W. Holmes	1174	223	34.6	21.7	Hood, Aberdeen	A. Nicol & Co.
	Loch Sunart	G. Weir	1231	223.4	34.7	21.7	Inglis, Glasgow	Glasgow Shipping Co.
1879	Sophocles	Smith	1138	223.4	34.7	21.7	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thomson & Sons
1881	Illawarra	Corvasso	1887	269.1	40.6	24	Dobie, Glasgow	Devitt & Moore
	Orontes	Bain	1383	234.8	36.1	22.5	Hood, Aberdeen	G. Thompson & Co.
	Loch Moidart		2000	287.4	42.6	24	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	General Shipping Co. (Aitken, Lilburn & Co.)
	Loch Torridon	R. Pattman	2000	287.4	42.6	24	„	General Shipping Co.
1882	Port Jackson	A. S. Cutler	2132	286.2	41.1	25.2	Hall, Aberdeen	Devitt & Moore
1884	Derwent	Andrew	1890	275	40.2	23.7	McMillan, Dumbarton	„
1885	Torridon	Shepherd	1564	246	38.1	22	Hall, Aberdeen	A. Nicol & Co.
	Yallaroi	J. Brown	1565	245.8	38.1	22	„	„
	Loch Carron	S. Clarke	2075	287.7	42.5	24.1	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	General Shipping Co.
	Loch Broom	W. Martin	2075	287.7	42.5	24.1	„	„
	Strathdon	J. Paterson	2093	282.8	40.5	23.6	Harland & Wolf	G. Thompson &Co.
1891	Mount Stewart	Green	1903	271.6	40.1	23.4	Barclay, Curle, Gl’gow	D. Rose & Co.
	Cromdale	Andrew	1903	271.6	40.1	23.4	„	„

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APPENDIX D.
Log of Ship “Theophane,” 1868—Maiden Passage.

	Lat.		Long.	Miles.	Winds.
Oct.	19	Left. Liverpool in tow.
„	20	Tug left ship off Tusk. 6 p.m.
„	21	49° 20′ N.	8° 30′ W.	215	N.W.
„	22	45° 54′	10° 46′	224	W.N.W.
„	23	42° 42′	10° 53′	199	W.N.W.
„	24	39° 32′	11° 11′	202	N.
„	25	37° 35′	13° 11′	160	N.N.E.
„	26	35° 15′	15° 31′	182	E.N.E.
„	27	33° 00′	17° 12′	162	Variable.
„	28	30° 38′	19° 50′	200	N.E.
„	29	26° 44′	21° 20′	243	E.
„	30	23° 29′	23° 55′	254	E.N.E.
„	31	20° 7′	25° 52′	230	E.N.E.
Nov.	1	16° 17′	26° 30′	234	E.S.E.
„	2	13° 47′	25° 45′	158	S.E.
„	3	11° 4′	25° 6′	172	E.
„	4	9° 26′	24° 20′	110	E.
„	5	8° 47′	25° 10′	40	Variable.
„	6	8° 10′	25° 29′	44	Variable.
„	7	7° 6′	24° 19′	91	S.S.E.
„	8	5° 50′	24° 6′	79	S.S.E.
„	9	4° 55′	23° 43′	63	S.
„	10	4° 13′	23° 19′	50	S.
„	11	2° 37′	24° 50′	133	Variable.
„	12	00° 19′	26° 30′	180	S.S.E.
„	13	2° 60′ S.	28° 50′	203	S.S.E.
„	14	5° 29′	30° 39′	235	S.E.
„	15	9° 15′	31° 49′	242	S.E.
„	16	12° 51′	31° 48′	220	S.E.
„	17	16° 27′	31° 58′	269	E.S.E.
„	18	18° 15′	31° 34′	113	E.S.E.
„	19	19° 44′	31° 38′	108	E.S.E.
„	20	21° 50′	29° 2′	150	S.E.
„	21	24° 2′	27° 4′	176	N.E.
„	22	26° 24′	24° 34′	185	N.E.
„	23	28° 24′	22° 42′	174	N.E.
„	24	30° 6′	21° 22′	125	N.W.
„	25	32° 10′	19° 50′	160	W.
„	26	34° 24′	15° 48′	240	N.N.W.
„	27	37° 6′	12° 11′	246	N.N.W.
„	28	39° 14′	8° 5′	241	N.N.W.
„	29	39° 88′	2° 6′	306	W.
„	30	42° 00′	2° 18′ E.	252	W.
Dec.	1	43° 36′	8° 26′	254	N.
„	2	44° 22′	15° 20′	296	N.
„	3	44° 40′	21° 6′	286	N.W.
„	4	44° 4′	27° 9′	270	N.W.
„	5	44° 32′	33° 24′	276	W.N.W.
„	6	44° 53′	40° 3′	280	W.
„	7	44° 41′	45° 00′	214	W.
„	8	44° 30′	51° 40′	218	W.
„	9	45° 00′	38° 00′	277	N.
„	10	45° 9′	65° 37′	294	N.
„	11	44° 57′	71° 39′	295	N.
„	12	44° 59′	79° 10′	320	N.N.E.
„	13	45° 28′	86° 00′ E.	304	N.N.E.
„	14	45° 29′	93° 40′	328	N.
„	15	46° 19′	100° 10′	260	N.N.E.
„	16	46° 45′	105° 53′	250	N.N.E.
„	17	47° 25′	110° 40′	212	E.N.E.
„	18	47° 50′	115° 40′	230	E.N.E.
„	19	48° 50′	122° 26′	210	E.N.E.
„	20	47° 28′	127° 11′	208	N.E.
„	21	44° 53′	134° 11′	316	N.N.E.
„	22	41° 45′	138° 11′	276	N.N.E.
„	23	39° 57′	140° 13′	115	N.E. by N.
„	24	Passed Cape Otway		100	N.E.
	Liverpool to Melbourne 66 days