CONTENTS
PART I. THE EMIGRANT SHIPSPAGEThe Power of Gold1Steerage Conditions in 18443Discovery of Gold in Australia5Melbourne and its Shipping in 1851-26First Gold Cargoes Home10Great Rush to the Gold Regions in 185211Maury’s Improvements on Old Route to the Colonies13Early Fast Passages Outward14Rules and Customs aboard theEaglein 185315Liverpool Shipowners in the Australian Trade22James Baines, of the Black Ball Line23TheMarco Polo26Captain James Nicol Forbes29Marco Polo’sFirst Voyage to Australia32Marco Polo’sSecond Voyage to Australia36After Life ofMarco Polo40Most Notable Clippers of 185341Ben Nevis42TheStar of the East42TheMiles Barton43TheGuiding Star44TheIndian Queen44The FamousSovereign of the Seas48Best Outward Passages for 1853-4, Anchorage to Anchorage521854—The Year of the Big Ships52Extraordinary 24-hour Runs57TheLightning60TheRed Jacket62Race across the Atlantic betweenLightningandRed Jacket63Red Jacket’sFirst Voyage to Australia66TheLightning’sFirst Voyage to Australia71Champion of the Seas73TheJames Baines77Record Voyage ofJames Bainesto Australia81TheDonald Mackay83Blue Jacket,White Star, andShalimar85The Wreck of theSchomberg87Best Outward Passages—Liverpool to Melbourne, 1854-5901855-1857—Captain Anthony Enright and theLightning91Best Homeward Passages, 1855-6103Best Outward Passages, 1855-6, Liverpool to Melbourne104James BainesOverdue105James Baines,Champion of the Seas, andLightningrace out to India with Troops in the Time of the Mutiny110Burning of theJames Baines112America Sells her Clippers to Great Britain113Notes on the Later American-built Passenger Ships114Black Ballers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade115SundaandEmpress of the SeasCarry Sheep to New Zealand115After Life and End of the Liverpool Emigrant Clippers116The Burning of theLightning117Blue Jacket’sFigure-head118The Loss of theFiery Star118Some Famous Coal Hulks120Loss of theYoung Australia120The Fate ofMarco Polo121PART II.—THE WOOL CLIPPERSThe Carriers of the Golden Fleece122The Aberdeen White Star Line129Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet131ThePhoenician132The LuckyNineveh134TheJerusalem134Captain Mark Breach’s First Encounter with his Owner136TheThermopylae137TheCenturion137TheAviemore137The Fate of the Early White Star Clippers138Duthie’s Ships140Passages of Aberdeen Ships to Sydney, 1872-3142The South Australian Trade143The Orient Line146TheOrientand Her Best Outward Passages148Orientnearly Destroyed by Fire149OrientDelivers her Carpenter’s Chest to theLammermuirin Mid-Ocean151The LittleHeather Bell152TheMurray153The Orient Composite Clippers154Yatala155TheBeltana, and Captain Richard Angel156The WonderfulTorrens157Torrens’Outward Passages161The GreatSobraon163Messrs. Devitt & Moore176City of AdelaideandSouth Australian178The Speedy LittleSt. Vincent179PekinaandHawkesbury180Mr. T. B. Walker180Walker’s Clipper Barques181The Beautiful LittleBerean183Captain John Wyrill185TheBerean’sRaces187Bereanas an Ice Carrier190Loss of theCorinth191The LittleEthel192The Hobart BarqueHarriet McGregor192The Fremantle BarquesCharlotte PadburyandHelena Mena193PART III.—THE IRON CLIPPERSIntroduction of Iron in Shipbuilding195TheIronsides, First Iron Sailing Ship200TheMartaban200The Builders of the Iron Wool Clippers202TheDarling Downs204City of AgraandSam Mendel204Dharwar205Strange Career of theAntiope206Theophane208Messrs. Aitken & Lilburn, and the Loch Line of Glasgow208Clan Ranald,Ben NevisandLoch Awe209Patriarch—First Iron Ship of Aberdeen White Star Line212Thomas Stephens214First Six Ships of the Loch Line219King’s Island—A Death Trap for Ships224Miltiades225Carmichael’s Superb Wool ClipperMermerus227Devitt & Moore’sCollingwood230HesperusandAurora—The First Iron Ships of the Orient Line231Brassey Cadet Training Scheme232Ben CruachanandBen Voirlich235Samuel Plimsoll240Loch Maree—The Fastest of the Lochs245Tragedy of theLoch Ard247Devitt & Moore’s Crack Passenger ShipRodney251Nichol’sRomanoff254Duthie’sCairnbulg254The SpeedyThessalus255Passages to Australia in 1874257Loch Garry259Loch Vennachar262Salamis—An IronThermopylae265The Colonial BarqueWoollahra270CassiopeandParthenope270Trafalgar270Passages to Australia in 1875271Sir Walter Raleigh273Loch FyneandLoch Long274Aristides—The Aberdeen White Star Flagship274Smyrna275Harbinger276Argonaut280Passages to Australia in 1876282BrilliantandPericles282Loch Ryan284Loch Etive, of Captain William Stuart and Joseph Conrad fame284The Wreck ofLoch Sloy286The Loss of LochsShielandSunart287Passages to Australia in 1877287Passages to Australia in 1878295Sophocles296Passages to Australia in 1879296Passages to Australia in 1880297Passages under 80 days to Sydney in 1881300Passages to Australia in 1881301The BigIllawarra301Orontes302Loch Torridon302Loch Torridon’sVoyages, 1892-1908316Port Jackson323Passages to Australia in 1882 and 1883324Derwent326Passages to Australia in 1884328TorridonandYallaroi328Loch CarronandLoch Broom329Passages to Australia in 1885334Mount StewartandCromdale—The Last of the Wool Clippers335Perforated Sails337Hine’s Clipper Barques339Iron Barques of Walker and Trinder, Anderson341The Loss ofLanoma342Occasional Visitors in Australian Waters344PART IV.—THE NEW ZEALAND TRADETheMayflowersof New Zealand346Edwin Fox347Wild Duck347Shaw, Savill & Co.348Crusader349Helen DennyandMargaret Galbraith349End of Some of Shaw, Savill’s Earlier Ships350The Loss of theCospatrick351The Loss of theAvalanche354Patrick Henderson’s Albion Shipping Company354Wild Deer355Peter Denny362Albion Shipping Company, 1869 Ships362Christian McCauslandLoses her Wheel363Origin of the Albion House-flag365New Zealand Shipping Company365Otaki’sRecord Passage Home369Turakina, ex-City of Perth370Robert Duncan’s Six Beautiful Sister Ships376Wellingtonand Captain Cowan380WellingtonCollides with an Iceberg382OamaruandTimaru383Marlborough,HermioneandPleione384Taranaki,LytteltonandWestland384LutterworthandLady Jocelyn385Outsiders in the New Zealand Trade386The Pretty LittleBen Venue387Hinemoa387APPENDIX.AppendixA—Extracts fromLightning Gazette, 1855-1857391„B—Later American-built Passenger Ships to Australia410„C—Iron Wool Clippers411„D—Log of ShipTheophane, 1868—Maiden Passage414„E—List of Clipper Ships Still Afloat and Trading at the Outbreak of War, August, 1914416„F—The Wool Fleet, 1876-1890417
The Power of Gold
Steerage Conditions in 1844
Discovery of Gold in Australia
Melbourne and its Shipping in 1851-2
First Gold Cargoes Home
Great Rush to the Gold Regions in 1852
Maury’s Improvements on Old Route to the Colonies
Early Fast Passages Outward
Rules and Customs aboard theEaglein 1853
Liverpool Shipowners in the Australian Trade
James Baines, of the Black Ball Line
TheMarco Polo
Captain James Nicol Forbes
Marco Polo’sFirst Voyage to Australia
Marco Polo’sSecond Voyage to Australia
After Life ofMarco Polo
Most Notable Clippers of 1853
Ben Nevis
TheStar of the East
TheMiles Barton
TheGuiding Star
TheIndian Queen
The FamousSovereign of the Seas
Best Outward Passages for 1853-4, Anchorage to Anchorage
1854—The Year of the Big Ships
Extraordinary 24-hour Runs
TheLightning
TheRed Jacket
Race across the Atlantic betweenLightningandRed Jacket
Red Jacket’sFirst Voyage to Australia
TheLightning’sFirst Voyage to Australia
Champion of the Seas
TheJames Baines
Record Voyage ofJames Bainesto Australia
TheDonald Mackay
Blue Jacket,White Star, andShalimar
The Wreck of theSchomberg
Best Outward Passages—Liverpool to Melbourne, 1854-5
1855-1857—Captain Anthony Enright and theLightning
Best Homeward Passages, 1855-6
Best Outward Passages, 1855-6, Liverpool to Melbourne
James BainesOverdue
James Baines,Champion of the Seas, andLightningrace out to India with Troops in the Time of the Mutiny
Burning of theJames Baines
America Sells her Clippers to Great Britain
Notes on the Later American-built Passenger Ships
Black Ballers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade
SundaandEmpress of the SeasCarry Sheep to New Zealand
After Life and End of the Liverpool Emigrant Clippers
The Burning of theLightning
Blue Jacket’sFigure-head
The Loss of theFiery Star
Some Famous Coal Hulks
Loss of theYoung Australia
The Fate ofMarco Polo
The Carriers of the Golden Fleece
The Aberdeen White Star Line
Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet
ThePhoenician
The LuckyNineveh
TheJerusalem
Captain Mark Breach’s First Encounter with his Owner
TheThermopylae
TheCenturion
TheAviemore
The Fate of the Early White Star Clippers
Duthie’s Ships
Passages of Aberdeen Ships to Sydney, 1872-3
The South Australian Trade
The Orient Line
TheOrientand Her Best Outward Passages
Orientnearly Destroyed by Fire
OrientDelivers her Carpenter’s Chest to theLammermuirin Mid-Ocean
The LittleHeather Bell
TheMurray
The Orient Composite Clippers
Yatala
TheBeltana, and Captain Richard Angel
The WonderfulTorrens
Torrens’Outward Passages
The GreatSobraon
Messrs. Devitt & Moore
City of AdelaideandSouth Australian
The Speedy LittleSt. Vincent
PekinaandHawkesbury
Mr. T. B. Walker
Walker’s Clipper Barques
The Beautiful LittleBerean
Captain John Wyrill
TheBerean’sRaces
Bereanas an Ice Carrier
Loss of theCorinth
The LittleEthel
The Hobart BarqueHarriet McGregor
The Fremantle BarquesCharlotte PadburyandHelena Mena
Introduction of Iron in Shipbuilding
TheIronsides, First Iron Sailing Ship
TheMartaban
The Builders of the Iron Wool Clippers
TheDarling Downs
City of AgraandSam Mendel
Dharwar
Strange Career of theAntiope
Theophane
Messrs. Aitken & Lilburn, and the Loch Line of Glasgow
Clan Ranald,Ben NevisandLoch Awe
Patriarch—First Iron Ship of Aberdeen White Star Line
Thomas Stephens
First Six Ships of the Loch Line
King’s Island—A Death Trap for Ships
Miltiades
Carmichael’s Superb Wool ClipperMermerus
Devitt & Moore’sCollingwood
HesperusandAurora—The First Iron Ships of the Orient Line
Brassey Cadet Training Scheme
Ben CruachanandBen Voirlich
Samuel Plimsoll
Loch Maree—The Fastest of the Lochs
Tragedy of theLoch Ard
Devitt & Moore’s Crack Passenger ShipRodney
Nichol’sRomanoff
Duthie’sCairnbulg
The SpeedyThessalus
Passages to Australia in 1874
Loch Garry
Loch Vennachar
Salamis—An IronThermopylae
The Colonial BarqueWoollahra
CassiopeandParthenope
Trafalgar
Passages to Australia in 1875
Sir Walter Raleigh
Loch FyneandLoch Long
Aristides—The Aberdeen White Star Flagship
Smyrna
Harbinger
Argonaut
Passages to Australia in 1876
BrilliantandPericles
Loch Ryan
Loch Etive, of Captain William Stuart and Joseph Conrad fame
The Wreck ofLoch Sloy
The Loss of LochsShielandSunart
Passages to Australia in 1877
Passages to Australia in 1878
Sophocles
Passages to Australia in 1879
Passages to Australia in 1880
Passages under 80 days to Sydney in 1881
Passages to Australia in 1881
The BigIllawarra
Orontes
Loch Torridon
Loch Torridon’sVoyages, 1892-1908
Port Jackson
Passages to Australia in 1882 and 1883
Derwent
Passages to Australia in 1884
TorridonandYallaroi
Loch CarronandLoch Broom
Passages to Australia in 1885
Mount StewartandCromdale—The Last of the Wool Clippers
Perforated Sails
Hine’s Clipper Barques
Iron Barques of Walker and Trinder, Anderson
The Loss ofLanoma
Occasional Visitors in Australian Waters
TheMayflowersof New Zealand
Edwin Fox
Wild Duck
Shaw, Savill & Co.
Crusader
Helen DennyandMargaret Galbraith
End of Some of Shaw, Savill’s Earlier Ships
The Loss of theCospatrick
The Loss of theAvalanche
Patrick Henderson’s Albion Shipping Company
Wild Deer
Peter Denny
Albion Shipping Company, 1869 Ships
Christian McCauslandLoses her Wheel
Origin of the Albion House-flag
New Zealand Shipping Company
Otaki’sRecord Passage Home
Turakina, ex-City of Perth
Robert Duncan’s Six Beautiful Sister Ships
Wellingtonand Captain Cowan
WellingtonCollides with an Iceberg
OamaruandTimaru
Marlborough,HermioneandPleione
Taranaki,LytteltonandWestland
LutterworthandLady Jocelyn
Outsiders in the New Zealand Trade
The Pretty LittleBen Venue
Hinemoa
A—Extracts fromLightning Gazette, 1855-1857
B—Later American-built Passenger Ships to Australia
C—Iron Wool Clippers
D—Log of ShipTheophane, 1868—Maiden Passage
E—List of Clipper Ships Still Afloat and Trading at the Outbreak of War, August, 1914
F—The Wool Fleet, 1876-1890