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BLACK BALL
LINE
(Messrs. Baines & Co.)
I. BUILT IN THE U.S.A. BY DONALD MCKAY
CHAMPION OF THE SEAS - w3s 2,447t 1854 East Boston
David R.
MacGregor's "British and American Clippers"
DONALD MCKAY -
w3s 2,604t 1855 East Boston
From a painting. Entering Port Phillip Heads 20th December 1866. Basi Lubbocks' "Colonial Clippers"
EMPRESS OF THE SEAS - w3s 1647rt 1853 East Boston
From a
drawing by Clarles E. Bateman
O.T. Howe &
F.C. Matthews "American Clipper
Ships 1833-1858" , Vol. I
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GREAT TASMANIA - w3s 1964t 1855 East Boston
Engraving
Illustrated London News 1860.
Vol.x P.320
JAMES BAINES -
w3s 2,515t 1854 East Boston
Watercolour by Jack Spurling
"SAIL; The
Romance of the Clipper Ship", Vol. I,
pictured by J. Spurling, storied by Basil Lubbock
LIGHTNING -
w3s 1468rt 1854 East Boston
Lithograph
by N.Currier after C. Parsons
"Clipper Ship Prints by Currier and Ives'"
compiled by Fred
J. Peters
II. OTHER U.S.A. BUILT
FIERY STAR
(as ex-COMET) - w3s 1361rt 1851 New York
State Library of Queensland (Negative No. 9379)
FLYING CLOUD
w3s 1,793rtA 1851 Boston
Lithograph by N. Currier after E.Brown, Jr.
"Clipper Ship Prints by Currier and Ives"compiled by
Fred J. Peters
GOLDEN CITY (earlier-as -CHALLENGE) - w3s 365t 1851 New York
Lithograph by N.Currier
"Clipper Ship Prints by Currier and Ives" compiled by Fred J. Peters
LIGHT BRIGADE (ex-OCEAN TELEGRAPH) - w3s 1,214t 1854 Medford, Mass.
Artist not identified
Michael K. Stammers "The Passage
Makers"
NAVAL RESERVE (ex-METEOR) - w3s 1,831t 1853 Calais,
Maine
Artist not identified
Michael K. Stammers' "The Passage Makers"
WILD RANGER - w3s 1044t 1853 Medford, Mass.
O.T. Howe & F.C. Matthews' "American Clipper Ships 1833-1958", Vol. II
EASTERN LIGHT - w3s 1,245t 1869 St. John, N.B.
As a barque not a ship
State Library of Victoria (Image No. H99.220/1187)
possibly after sale in1871
GREAT AUSTRALIA - w3s 1,668t 1860 St John, N.B.
Engraving
Illustrated London News 1860, Vol 37, P.635
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INDIAN QUEEN - w3s 1,041t 1853
Watercolour
by D.M.H. Little
State Library of Victoria (Accession No.
H20911)
MARCO POLO - w3s 1625t 1851 St John, N.B.
Engraving. Australian Clipper Ship "Marco Polo"
Illustrated London
News 1853, Vol.22, P.139
MARYBOROUGH
- w3s 1,088t 1854 Granville, N.S
Copy
print b&w
State Library of Queensland (Negative No.
62319)
MONTMORENCY - w3s 668t 1854 Quebec .
Copy print (b&w)
State Library of Queensland (Negative No.109824)
NORTHUMBERLAND - w3bk 593t 1848 New Brunswick
Northumberland Meets iceberg
Illustrated London News , 1852, Vol. 21, P.
68
ROYAL FAMILY - w3s 1,750t 1962 Clifton, N.B.
Engraving
Illustrated
London News 1862. Vol. 41, P.400
SOUTHERN BELLE (1) - w3s 1,129t 1862 Quebec
As
a barque at Port Adelaide (ca. 1875)
State Library of Queensland (Negative No.3708)
SOUTHERN BELLE (2) - w3bk 347t ca.
1870 St. Martins, N.B.
In
the stream, Port Adelaide, South Australia (1870)
State Library of South Australia (No. B7719)
STAR OF THE EAST - w3s 1,219t 1853 St John, N.B.
Engraving (1857)
National Library of Australia (nla.pic-an8007104)
SUNDA - w3s 1556rt 1865 Miramichi, N.B.
Copy print (b&w) State Library of Queensland
(Negative No. 33919)
IV. UNITED KINGDOM BUILT
ALLAHABAD - i3s 1,886t 1864 Liverpool
In an unidentified port (1870)
State Library of South Australia (PRG 1373/2/88)
CITY OF AGRA - i3s 1,073t 1860 West Hartlepool
In
unidentified port
State Library of Victoria (Accession No.H99.220/2751)
CORNWALLIS - i3s 1,214t 1862 Liverpool
Engraving
Illustrated London News 1862 Vol. 41 P.152
ELLEN STUART - i3s 1,373t 1854 Liverpool
In an
unidentified port (1870)
State Library of South Australia (PRG
1373/24/62)
HYDRABAD - i3s 1,339t 1865 Port Glasgow
Oil
painting by W. Clark
(1865)
National Library of Australia (nla.pic-an2273849)
INDUS
(P&O steamer converted to sail) - i3bk 1,319t 1847 London
In an unidentified port
State Library of Queensland (Negative No.13577)
JUlLIET-
i3s 1,243t 1869 Belfast
In
an unidentified port (1879)
State Library of South Australia (PRG
1373/24/48)
MONTROSE (as MONTROSA ex-MONTRUSE) -
i3s 995t 1963 Glasgow
In an
unidentified port
State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H93.8/183)
NETHERBY - w3s 944t 1858 Sunderland
State Libraryof Victoria (Accession No.H99.220/4045)
ODALISK -
Port
Adelaide, South Australia (April 1879)
State Library of Queensland (Negative No. 134171)
RACHEL 3bk 563t 1857 Sunderland
Copy
print (b&w)
State Library of Queensland (Negative No.. 178757)
RAMSEY - i3s 809t 1863 Isle of Man
At an unidentified port
State Library of South Australia (PRG 1373/24/78)
ROYAL EDWARD - i3s 1,508t 1864 London
Engraving
Illustrated London News 1864, Vol. 44, P.473
SARAH GRICE - 3s 1,071t 1865 Port Glasgow
An unidentified port (1887)
State Library of South Australia (PRG
1372/22/124)
SAVERNAKE - i3s 1,284t 1869 Stockton
As a barque an unidentified port
State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H93.8/210)
SCHOMBERG - w3s 2.600t 1855 Abedeen
Lithograph by T.G. Dutton
National Maritme Museum, Greenwich, UK (PAH8552)
SOLWAY - w3s 946t 1860 Sunderland
Photographer George Schutze State Library of Victoria
(Accession No. H99.220/2616)
STAR QUEEN - w3s 832t 1854 Sunderland
At an unidentified port (1875)
State Library of South Australia (PRG
1373/1/24)
THUNDEBOLT - i3s 1,193t Hull 1863
Unidentified port
State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H99.220/131)
UNDERLEY -
i3s 1,292t 1866 Lancaster
In
unidentified port(ca. 1875)
State Library of South Australia (PRG 1373/24/20)
Black Ball Line ships for which no images were found:_
1. NORTHUMBERLAND - w3bk 593t 1848 New Brunswick
2. NORWOOD - w3s 1,233t 1853 Quebec
3. WAVERLEY - w2s 721t 1853 Glasgow
4. VERNON -
i3s 1319t 1864 Liverpool
5. WALLACE - w3s 1112t 1858 Quebec
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,
- Michael K. Stammers' "The Passage Makers" (The
history of the Black Ball Line of Australian Pacets1852-1871)
Toredo Books Ltd., Brighton, Sussex, 1978.
- Frederick William Wallace's "Records of
Canadian Shipping 1786-1920". Hodder and Stoughton, London., 1929.
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