The Colonial ClippersThis book shall give some account of the beautiful sailing ships which played so great a part in the development of the British dominions under the Southern Cross. The so called colonial clippers were fast sailing ships of the British Mercantile Marine that also prooved to be very seaworthy. Their special design is still much admired. This Book (2nd edition) was originally printed in 1921. |
Contents
Steerage Conditions in 1844 | 3 |
Liverpool Shipowners in the Australian Trade | 22 |
Marco Polos First Voyage to Australia | 32 |
The Miles Barton | 43 |
Extraordinary 24hour Runs | 57 |
Red Jackets First Voyage to Australia | 66 |
The James Baines | 77 |
Blue Jacket White Star and Shalimar | 85 |
Ben Cruachan and Ben Voivlich | 235 |
Samuel Plimsoll | 240 |
Tragedy of the Loch Ard | 247 |
Devitt Moores Crack Passenger Ship Rodney | 251 |
The Speedy Thessalus | 255 |
Loch Vennachar | 262 |
The Colonial Barque Woollahra | 270 |
Loch Fyne and Loch Long | 274 |
Best Homeward Passages 18556 | 103 |
James Baines Champion of the Seas and Lightning race out | 110 |
Black Ballers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade i 15 | 115 |
Some Famous Coal Hulks | 120 |
The Aberdeen White Star Line | 129 |
Captain Mark Breachs First Encounter with his Owner | 136 |
Passages of Aberdeen Ships to Sydney 18723 | 142 |
The Orient and Her Best Outward Passages | 148 |
The Little Heather Bell | 152 |
Yatala | 155 |
Torrens Outward Passages | 161 |
Messrs Devitt Moore | 176 |
Pekina and Hawesbury | 180 |
Captain John Wyrill | 185 |
Loss of the Corinth | 191 |
The Ironsides First Iron Sailing Ship | 200 |
The Darling Downs | 204 |
Theophane | 208 |
PatriarchFirst Iron Ship of Aberdeen White Star Line | 212 |
First Six Ships of the Loch Line | 219 |
Miltiades | 225 |
Hesperus and AuroraThe First Iron Ships of the Orient Line | 231 |
Argonaut | 280 |
Loch Ryan | 284 |
The Loss of Lochs Shiel and Sunart | 287 |
Sophocles | 296 |
Passages under 80 days to Sydney in 1881 | 299 |
Loch Torridons Voyages 18921908 316 | 310 |
Port Jackson | 323 |
Passages to Australia in 1884 | 328 |
Passages to Australia in 1885 | 334 |
Hines Clipper Barques | 339 |
The Loss of Lanoma | 342 |
Shaw Savill Co | 348 |
The Loss of the Avalanche | 354 |
Peter Denny 862 | 358 |
Origin of the Albion Houseflag | 365 |
Robert Duncans Six Beautiful Sister Ships | 376 |
Wellington and Captain Cowan | 380 |
Marlborough Hermione and Pleions | 384 |
The Pretty Little Ben Venue | 387 |
FThe Wool Fleet 18761800 | 417 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
80 days Aberdeen Adelaide anchor April arrived Australia barque Ben Cruachan Berean boat breeze built cabin Calcutta Captain cargo carried Channel Cimba command crew crossed Cutty Sark Devitt & Moore Distance emigrants feet Forbes fore Frisco gale Glasgow heavy Hobson’s Bay homeward bound Horn iron ship James Baines July June knots launched light Liverpool Lizard loaded Loch Carron Loch Garry Loch Maree Loch Torridon London Marco Polo mast mate Melbourne Mermerus miles Miltiades mizen Norwegians Otway outward passage passengers poop Port Phillip Red Jacket rigging royal sailing ship Salamis saloon Samuel Plimsoll Sept skipper skysail Sobraon sold spars squalls starboard stunsails Sydney Thermopylae Thessalus Thomas Stephens tonnage tons took topgallant sails topgallant yard topmast topsail trade Tuskar tween decks vessel Voirlich voyage weather whilst White Star White Star Line Wild Deer wind wool Zealand