Index to Dickson Gregory Collection of Drawings and Photographs of Wrecked Or Disabled Ships, 1853-1973
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Index to Dickson Gregory collection of drawings and photographs of wrecked or disabled ships, 1853-1973 Ship Name Vol. and page Classification Year TonnageAdditional Information from volumes Other Names Abertaye 18.36 steam ship Wrecked at Land's End, South America. Abertaye 18.25 steam ship A double wreck "South America" and "Abertaye" on the Cornish Coast. Admella 1.49 steam ship 1858 400 Built 1858. Wrecked near Cape Northumberland SA 6th August 1859, 70 lives lost. Admella 15.26* steam ship 1858 400 Wreck in 1859. Admella 12.27* steam ship 1858 400 Wrecked on Carpenter Rocks near Cape Northumberland 6 August 1859. Over 70 lives lost. Admella 1.49 steam ship 1858 400 Wreck of near Cape Northumberland SA 6th August 1859 70 lives lost. Admella 18.52a steam ship 1858 400 Wreck near Cape Northumberland, 6 August 1859. Over 70 lives lost. Admella 19.54 steam ship 1858 400 Wrecked near Cape Northumberland, SA, 6 August 1859. Admiral Cecile 3.77 ship 1902 2695 Built at Rouen 1902. Burnt 25th January 1925 in the canal de la Martiniere while out of commission. Photograped at Capetown Docks. Admiral Karpfanger 23.152c 4 mast 2754 The ship feared to be missing at this time. She had Ex "L'Avenir". barque on board a cargo of wheat from South Australia to Falmouth, Plymouth. Admiral Karpfanger 23.132c 4 mast Went missing off Cape Horn with a cargo of wheat. Ex "L'Avenir". barque Adolf Vinnen 18.14 5 mast Wrecked near The Lizard 1923. schooner Adolph 18.34 4 mast Wrecks of four masted "Adolph" near masts of barque barque "Regent Murray". SS Manuka entering port. Possible spelling "Adolphe ". Adolph 22.79c* 4 mast Possible spelling "Adolphe". barque Wreck on the Oyster Bank, Newcastle Heads. Adolph 18.60 4 mast Wrecked Stockton Breakwater, Newcastle. barque Index to Dickson Gregory collection of drawings and photographs of wrecked or disabled ships,1853-1973 Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW PXD 519 Page 1 of 99 Ship Name Vol. and page Classification Year TonnageAdditional Information from volumes Other Names Adriatic 14.11 steam ship 1872 3888 White Star Liner. Broken up 1899. Adriatic 13.30 twin screw 1906 24541 Built in 1906. schooner White Star Line. Scrapped in 1934. Sistership to "Baltic". Aeon 2.35 steam ship 1905 4221 Built in 1905. Howard Smith and Co. Wrecked Christmas Island July 1908. Aeon 23.82c steam ship 1905 4221 A Howard Smith Liner. She was wrecked 4 years after she was built. It had a valuable cargo was plundered and broken up. Afric 13.38 steam ship 1898 11948 Sistership to "Persic". White Star Line. Sunk during war. Aida Lauro 23.158c steam ship Ran ashore near St. Just West Cornwall, 400 people fully dressed strugled to launch St. Ives lifeboat. 31 people were rescued. Airedale 9.55 steam ship 1857 286 Wrecked on NZ Coast, 15 Feb 1871. Airedale 1.46 steam ship 1857 286 Wrecked on NZ coast 15 Feb 1871. Airlie 9.35 steam ship 1884 23J7 E.& A. Line. Sistership to "Guthrie". Later sold to Burns Philp & Co. Airlie 10.8 steam ship 1884 2337 Sistership to "Guthrie". Built at Sunderland in 1884 for the E & A. Line. Later acquired by Burns Philp & Co. Aksai 18.19 steam ship Wreck of. Alaska 16.24 steam ship 1881 7142 Built by John Elder & Co Glasgow Guion Line. Sold 1898 and broken up in 1925. Alaunia 16.12 steam ship 1916 13404 Built 1916 Cunard Line Torpedoed in English Channel 19th October 1916. Albany 1.59 steam ship 1862 878 Photo showing transforming a steamer at Port Ex "Claud Hamilton ". Adelaide in 1885. Orignally "Claud Hamilton". With the transformation renamed "Albany". Wrecked Nambucca Heads 26th March 1905. Albany 1.59 steam ship 1862 878 Built in 1862. Ex "Claud Hamilton". Wrecked at Nambucca Heads NSW 1905. Albany 2.53 steam ship 1862 878 Wrecked March 1905. Ex "Claud Hamilton ". Albert William 12.54 barque (hulk) Hulk of. Came to the rescue of SS Dandenong in 1876. Index to Dickson Gregory collection of drawings and photographs of wrecked or disabled ships,1853-1973 Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW PXD 519 Page 2 of 99 Ship Name Vol. and page Classification Year TonnageAdditional Information from volumes Other Names Albert William 19.52 barque (hulk) Formerly a barque. Went to the rescue of crew and passengers of SS "Dandenong". Albion 2.40 steam ship 1863 806 Built in 1863. Renamed "Centennial ". McMeikan Blackwood & Co. Later renamed "Centennial" and sunk in Sydney Harbour 23rd August 1889. Albion 12.58* steam ship 1863 806 Union SS Co. Renamed and sunk as Sold and renamed. "Centennial". Sunk in collision with SS Kanahooka 23 August 1889. Albion 2.26 steam ship 1863 806 Built in 1863 McMeikan Blackwood & Co & later USS Renamed "Centennial ". Co. Sold and renamed "Centennial". Sunk in Sydney Harbour by "Kanahooka" 23rd August 1889. Albion 1.40* steam ship 1863 806 McMeikan Blackwood & Co. Renamed "Centennial". Sunk in Sydney Harbour 1889. Albion 12.44* steam ship 1863 806 Sunk as "Centennial". Renamed "Centennial". Aldinga 1.9a steam ship 1860 466 Built by McMekan Blackwood & Co. Wrecked on Bellambi Reef NSW, 22nd January 1896. Aldinga 2.40 steam ship 1860 466 Built in 1860. McMeikan Blackwood & Co. Wrecked on Bellambi Reef, NSW, 22nd January 1896. Aldinga 12.27 steam ship 1860 466 Built by McMeckan Blackwood & Co. Afterwards sold and wrecked on Bellambi Reef NSW 22 January 1896. Aldinga 1.57 steam ship 1860 466 Built in 1860 for the ASSCo. Wrecked off Belambi Reef NSW 22nd January 1896. Aldinga 2.4 steam ship 1860 466 Built by McMeikan Blackwood & Co. Wrecked on Bellambi Reef , 22nd Jan 1896. Alert 2.75 steam ship 1877 243 In Mitchell River Bairnsdale. Foundered off Cape Schank, 28 December 1893. Alert 1.43 steam ship 1877 243 Foundering of. Alert 2.26* steam ship 1877 243 Foundering of on 28th December, 1893. Only one survivor Built in 1877. Alert 2.63 steam ship 1877 243 Foundered near Cape Schank 28/12/93. Alert 2.50 steam ship 1877 243 Huddart Parker & Co. Foundered near Cape Shank, 28 December 1893. Index to Dickson Gregory collection of drawings and photographs of wrecked or disabled ships,1853-1973 Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW PXD 519 Page 3 of 99 Ship Name Vol. and page Classification Year TonnageAdditional Information from volumes Other Names Alert 17.5 steam ship 1877 243 Foundered of on 28th December, 1893. Only one survivor. Built in 1877. Alert 18.46 steam ship 1877 243 Foundering near Cape Schank, 28th December 1893. Alexander Yeats 18.55 ship Wreck of. Alexandra 22.51c steam ship 1863 681 Blown on the rocks. Alexandra 22.51 steam ship 1863 681 Aground with rocks through her bottom. Alhambra 1.2* steam ship 1855 642 Built London McMeikan Blackwood & Co. Foundered off Port Stephens NSW July 1888. Alhambra 2.4* steam ship 1862 766 Built on Thames. Formerly of P & O Co. Sunk off Port Stephens after striking a derelict July 1888. Alhambra 12.44* steam ship 1862 766 Foundered July 1888. Amaranth 24.82c 4 mast The American vessel was wrecked on Jarvis Island barquentine laden with coal bound from Newcastle (Australia) to San Francisco. The captain, his wife and child and a crew of 12 embarked in 2 boats one of which reached Apia and the other Pago Pago, Samoa. This photo shows the vessel leaving Auckland. Amazon 9.37 steam ship 10037Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ex "Glenapp". Torpedoed and sunk , 15 March 1918. American 22.92 steam ship Union company mail ship sinking and showing crew in lifeboats. Amra 26.50c steam ship Built by Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited for the British India Steam Navigation Co's Calcutta-Rangoon Mail service. Fitted with Babock high pressure marine boilers and Babock-Erith mechanical strokers to burn Calcutta coal. Andes 16.39 steam ship 1913 15620 Built by Harland & Wolff. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Mined and sunk near Dover 27th February 1916, 22 lives lost. Andola 18.58 ship Wrecked near The Lizard 1895. Andromeda 4.56 barque 1890 1928 Wreck of. Andromeda 18.57 barque 1890 1928 Wrecked near Pothscatho Cornwall. Anglian 12.54 steam ship 1873 2159 Hulk in Kerosene Bay, Sydney Harbour awaiting to be scuttled. Index to Dickson Gregory collection of drawings and photographs of wrecked or disabled ships,1853-1973 Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW PXD 519 Page 4 of 99 Ship Name Vol. and page Classification Year TonnageAdditional Information from volumes Other Names Anglian 2.56 steam ship 1873 2159 Built at Whiteinch for Union Steamship Co (South Africa). Purchased by Huddart Parker and dismantled in Sydney 1930. Anglian 2.75 steam ship 1873 2159 Hulk in Berrys Bay, Sydney. Anglian 1.13 steam ship 1873 2159 Waiting to be scuttled off Sydney Heads. Anglian 3.84 steam ship 1873 2159 Hulk at Berry's Bay, Sydney. Ansgir 18.61 steam ship Wreck. Aorangi 5.26 steam ship 1883 4268 Sistership to "Ruapehu" and "Tongariro". Sunk at Scappa Flow during war. Aorangi 15.30 1883 4268 NZS CO, later Union SS Co. Sunk at Scapa Flow during great War to block entrance. Aparima 2.35 steam ship 1902 5704 Built in 1902. USS Co's Cadet Ship. Torpedoed and sunk 19th November 1917. 57 lives lost. Appam 23.172c* steam ship 1913 7781 Lost 200 passengers and 132 crew including Sir E M Merewether. Many people from Sierra Leone. Aquitania 26.10c steam ship 1914 45647 Liner aground Southampton. Water Ten tugs were required to refloat her the next day.