.
From Lubbock's "Colonial Clippers"
(BB) BLACK BALL
LINE
(Messrs. Baines & Co.)
. A. SAIL
I. Built in the U.S.A. by Donald McKay
Champion of the Seas - w3s 2,447t 1854 slv watercolour by D.M.H. Little us
East Boston
Image No. is000895
Donald Mckay -
w3s 2,604t 1855
nla engraving from 'London
Illustrated
East Boston
Times' nla.pic-an9382008
Empress of the Seas - w3s 1647rt 1853 Engraving, P.226,. “Some Famous
East
Boston
Sailing Ships and TheirBuilder
Donald
McKay” by Richard C.
McKay (Putman
- New York,
Third Printing 1931)
.
Great Tasmania - w3s 1964t 1855 Illustrated London News
East Boston
1860.
Vol.x P.320
James Baines -
w3s 2,515t 1854
nmm coloured lithograph by T. Picken
East
Boston
PAH8547
B&W. plate 58, from the Picken lithograph
in Frank C. Bowen's "The Golden Age
of Sail" (Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.,
London 1925)
slv
watercolour by D.M.H. Little us
Image No.
b46631
slv photo of
postcard -
engraving (b&w)
Image No.
bs000160
slv photo of
illustration (b&w) us
Image No.
bs001594
slq photo of
painting by J.Spurling (b&w)
Image No. 132503
Illustrated
London News engraving
1857, Vol. 31,
P.445
Colour plate
us, oppos. P.68 , in
”Sail, The Romance of the Clipper
Ships”, Vol. I, from watercolour
by Jack Spurling
(Blue Peter
Publication London
1927, and
Grossett &
Dunlap, New
York
facsimile reprint 1972)
Lightning -
w3s 1468rt 1854
nmm coloured lithograph by
East Boston
J.R. Isaac PAD6464
B&W,
plate 55, from the Isaac's
lithograph in Frank C. Bowen's
"Golden Age of Sail", op. cit.
slv
watercolour by D.M.H. Little us
No. b46631
slv photo of painting (b&w)
('running before it')
Image No.
bs001718
slv photo am Image No. b43425
slv
photo am (burning in Corio Bay
12869) Image No. bs001526
Colour
plate us, oppos. P.64, in
“Sail, The Romance of the
Clipper
Ships", Vol. I,
from
watercolour by Jack Spurling,
publication details as above
Colour plate us, P.93, from painting
by Cornelis de
Vries, in “Classical
Sailing Ship" by Kenneth Giggal
(Webb & Bower
(Publishers) Ltd,
Exeter, 1988)
II. Other U.S. Built
Fiery Star
(ex-Comet) - w3s 1361rt
slq copy print (b&w) us
1851 New York
Image No. 9379
slv print wood engraving (ship burning)
Image
No. mp000886
Colour print by Currier & Ives
(Clipper Ship Comet in hurricane off
Bermuda, pub. 1855) Print Portfolio
Series, Sailing
Ships (Hammond, New
Jersey
1976)
Flying Cloud
w3s 1,793rtA 1851
anmm watercolour by F.S. Cozzens
Boston
Reg. No. 00009073
anmm oil painting by John Scott us
(Off Whitby 1871)
Reg. No. 00008533
nmm oil painting (American school
19th Century) us BHC
3344
B&W, plate 41, from BHC3344 in
Frank C. Bowen' "The Golden
Age of Sail", op.cit.
pem ink and watercolour by
J.C. Wade aq M5871
nlnz photo of painting (b & w)
No.1/2-014468;G
slv picture Image No.
H99.220/661
slv picture
Image No. bs001579
slv
postcard Image No. pc000883
slq photo (b&w) of Cozzens painting
above
Image No.19316
Colour plate us, oppos.
P.42, in
“Sail, the Romance of the
Clipper
Ships”, Vol. I, from
watercolour by Jack
Spurling,
publication details as
above.
Coloured print by Currier &
Ives us
(first published
1852), op.cit.
Golden City (ex-Challenge) - w3s 1,365t
slq copy print (b&w) us
1851 New York
Image No. 9379
pem oil painting by Hin Qua,
Hong Kong us M7259
Light Brigade (ex-Ocean Telegraph) - w3s slv photo
Image No. bs002816
1,214t 1854 Medford, Mass.
nmm photo am No. G.1785
Naval Reserve (ex-Meteor) - w3s 1,831t slq copy print (b&w) us
1853 Calais,
Maine
Image
No.
181360
Ocean Chief (ex-Wild Ranger) - w3s annm oil painting by
930t 1853 Medford,
Mass.
R.B. Spencer us (ca.1855)
Registration No.00006128
Oriental - w3s 1,617t 1854 Boston, Mass. nlnz photo us No.1/2-038387-F
Illustrated
London News, engraving
1850 Vol. 17, P.484?
Royal Dane (ex-Sierra Nevada) - w3s slq photo am Image No. 13741
1616rt 1854 Portsmouth, Virginia nmm photo am No.G.2275
Storm King - w3s 1,148t 1854
Chelsea,. slv photo am Image No.
b30503?
Mass
nmm photo am
No. P.6216
Young Australia - w3s 1021t 1853
slv photo am Image No. bs002777
Portsmouth, New
Hampshire
slq same photo Image
No. 1719
slv print wood engraving (wreck
at
Curdie’s Inlet, Queensland,
May
1877) Image No. b50365
nmm photo am No. G.1529
nmm photo am (Brisbane)
No. P6972
III. Canadian Built (N.B. - New Brunswick, N.S. - Nova Scotia)
Cairngorm - w3s 1,025t 1853 Quebec
slq copy print
(b&w) us
(Lloyd's Register: 1,025t om 1,161t nm)
Image no. 15500
Illustrated
London News
1853. Vol. 22, P.181
Eagle - w3s 1,065t 1851 St. John,
N.B. slv
watercolour by D.M.H. Little
am Image No. b46685
Eastern Light - w3s 1,245t 1869 St.
John, slv photo
ut Image No. bs002042
N.B.
Great Australia - w3s 1,668t 1960
nla print wood engraving us
St John, N.B.
Illustrated London News
(Dec 1860)
.
nla.pic-an9404291
Indian Queen - w3s 1,041t 1853
slv watercolour
by D.M.H. Little
us Image No. b46691?
Marco Polo - w3s 1625t 1851
nla
print wood engraving
St John, N.B.
Illustrated London
News
(Feb 1853)
nla.pic-an9455564-v
slv oil
painting by T.
Robertson
us (1859) Image No.
b28466
slv watercolour by D.M.H.
Little
am Image No.
b46690
nla coloured lithograph (c. 1860) us
(in Mersey, returning from voyage
to Melbourne) nla.pic-vn3775684
slq print of old painting (b&w) us
Image No. 63046
slv
watercolour by D.M.H. Little
(same perspective as old painting
listed immediately above)
Image No. b46672
Photo (b&w) of oil painting by
C.R. Patterson ("Running the
Easting - the 'Marco Polo'),
p.181, "Records of Canadian
Shipping 1786-1920" by
F.W. Wallace (Hodder &
Stoughton, London 1929).
Maryborough
- w3s 1,088t 1854 slq copy print (b&w) us
Granville, N.S.
Image No.
62319
Montmorency - w3s 668t 1854 Quebec
slq copy print
(b&w) us
Image No.109824?
slq copy print
(b&w) us
Image No. 10217?
Northumberland - w3bk 593t 1848 N.B.
Illustrated London News
1852, Vol. 21,
P.68
Norwood
w3s 1,233t 1853 Quebec
nmm watercolour by A.E.
Morris
PAH0635 (identity not definite)
Royal Family - w3s 1,750t 1962 Clifton,
slv print wood engraving us
N.B.
Image No.bs001563
Illustrated
London News
1862. Vol. 41, P.400
Southern Belle (1) - w3s 1,129t 1962
slq photo am Image No. 3708
Quebec (bk in
photo)
(Port Adelaide
c..1875)
Southern Belle (2) - w3bk 347t ca.
1870 slv photo am Image No. bs002899
St. Martins,
N.B.
(Port Adelaide)
slsa photo am
No. B 7719 (1870)
(same photo
wider perspective)
Star of the East - w3s 1,219t 1853
nla engraving (1857) us
St John, N.B.
nla.pic-an8007104
Sunda - w3s 1556rt 1865 Miramichi,
slq copy print (b&w) us
N.B.
Image No. 33919
Wallace - w3s 1,112t 1858 Quebec
Illustrated London News
1859, Vol.34, P.257
IV. UK Built
Allahabad i3s 1,886t 1864 Liverpool
slv photo aq Image No.
bs003899?
City of Agra i3s 1,073t 1860
slv photo am Image No. bs003517
West Hartlepool
slv photo of painting by
A.V. Gregory us
Image No. bs001633
slv photo
am Image No. a25018
slv photo by
George Schutze am
Image No. bs003200
nmm photo
(lying in port)
No. P.2163
Cornwallis i3s 1,214t 1862 Liverpool slv print wood engraving with hand
colouring us Image No.
bs001588
nla print wood engraving from
Illustrated London News 9/8/1862
nla.pic-an9347855
nlnz photo wreck of Hydrabad at
Waitarere Beach No. 1/2-075568-F
Ellen Stuart i3s 1,373t 1854 Liverpool sln photo aq (Circular Quay, Sydney)
No. GPO 1 – 19572
sln photo aq
(Circular Quay, Sydney)
No. GPO 1 - 48382
Hydrabad - i3s 1,339t 1865 Port Glasgow nla oil painting by
W. Clark us
(1865)
nla.pic-an2273849
Indus
(P&O steamer converted to sail)
slq photo am Image No. 8826
i3bk 1,319t 1847 London
slq photo am Image No. 13577
nmm photo am
No. G.1763 (1871)
Juliet -
i3s 1,243t 1869 Belfast
slv photo aq Image No.
b42373?
Montrose -
i3s 995t 1963 Glasgow
slv postcard photo
(2 images aq & am)
Image No. pc000966
Netherby w3s 944t 1858 Sunderland slq copy print (b&w) us
Image No. 169087
slv two wood engravings
(wreck on King Island 1866)
Image No.mp 001067
Image No. b49132
Odalisk
slq photo aq
(Port Adelaide, 1879)
Image No. 134171?
Rachel 3bk 563t 1857 Sunderland slq copy print (b&w) us
Image
No. 178757?
Ramsey i3s 809t 1863 Isle of Man nmm photo am No. G.1568 (1871)
slq
copy print (b&w) us
Image No. 17229?
slq photo
am Image No. 17230?
Royal Edward i3s 1,508t 1864 London slv print wood engraving us
Image
No.bs001565
slq copy print
(same image)
Image
No. 178843
Illustrated
London News
1864, Vol. 44, P.473
Sarah Grice 3s 1,071t 1865 Port Glasgow slq photo aq Image No. 65476
as Aurora (bk) ex-Sarah
Grice
slv photo aq Image
No. bs001150
(same photo)
Savernake i3s 1,284t 1869 Stockton slv photo of painting (b&w) us
Image No. bs002486
slv
postcard
photo am
Image No. pc000997
as
3bk
nmm photo am No. P. 5902
Schomberg w3s 2.600t 1855 Abedeen nmm tinted lithograph by
T.G. Dutton PAH8552
B&W,
plate 63, from the Dutton
lithograph in
Frank C. Bowen's
"The Golen Age of Sail", op. cit.
nmm photo aq (Aberdeen 1855)
No. P.598
Illustrated
London News
1856, Vol. 28, P.451
Solway w3s 946t 1860 Sunderland slv photo by George Schutze
Image No.bs003403?
Star Queen w3s 832t 1854 Sunderland slq photo am Image No. 63421?
nmm photo am
No. G.1760 (1875)
Thunderbolt i3s 1,193t Hull 1863 slv photo aq
Image No. bs001075
Underly
i3s 1,292t 1866 Lancaster
slv photo am Image No.
a25091?
nmm photo am
No. G.1759
nmm
photo
(wrecked Isle of
Wight 1871) No. P.6522
Illustrated London News
(wrecked Isle of
Wight)
1871,
Vol. 59, P.345
Vernon
3s 1,319t 1864 Liverpool
slq copy print (b&w) us
Image No. 15116?
Waverly
3s 731t 1853 Glasgow
sln watercolour by F.Garling
Digital Order No.a128212
B. SAIL AUXILIARIES
Great Victoria (ex-Jacquard) – iscs
1f3s sln
photo aq (Sydney, Circular Quay)
2398gt 1854 Nantes (1863
Frame Order No. GPO 2 -
09978
purchased/renamed)
slv photo aq (Sydney
Circular Quay)
`
Image No. b43341
slq copy print (b&w) uw
Image No. 63420
nmm photo am (Sydney)
No. P.3462
nmm copy of Illustrated London
News woodcut No. P. 10574
Ship Details from David Hollett’s “Fast Passages to
Australia: The History of
the Black Ball, Eagle and White Star Lines of
Australian Packets”, Fairplay
Publications
Limited, London 1986 and Frederick William Wallace's "Records
of Canadian Shipping 1786-1920"
(RETURN)