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The History of the Loch Sloy 1877 – 1899 The History of the Loch Sloy 1877 – 1899 In the mid 1870’s the owners and share holders of Aitken, Lilburn and Co, were looking to expand their fleet of clippers. They had just finished the 1500 tonners Loch Vennachar and Loch Garry, but they were proving expensive with their unusual rigging and design features. The investors wanted a cheaper but no less capable version and approached David and William Henderson to fulfil their company’s needs. They wanted their new vessels to have the same level of luxury and safety as their premier liners, but not the expense of their construction. Thus James Lilburn and William Aitken placed an order for 2 nearly identical clippers in the 1200 ton range, the full rigged ships Loch Sloy and Loch Shiel. Other yards along the Clyde also produced 1200 ton clippers for the rapidly expanding Glasgow Shipping Company. The order was placed for the ships in late 1876 and the Loch Sloys’ keel was laid down soon after when space became available on one of the Henderson slipways. By August of 1877 the construction of the hull and deck fittings had been completed. After her first marine survey, the masts were stepped in and the rigging attached. By the end of October the Loch Sloy was all but complete. With her three masts towering high above the workers in the dry dock the final touches being applied to her interior preparations were made for her official launch. Lloyds marine surveyors conducted their second to last inspection of the hull and pronounced her 100 A1 and ready for launch. The ships owners, local dignitaries and their wives gathered the occasion at D&W Henderson’s Yard No 178, at their Meadowside Shipyard in Govan on the 6th of November 1877. Amongst those in attendance was a Mrs McFarlane of Partick Glasow, she was wife of one of the ship’s owners and had the privilege of naming Kilmore Free Press, Thursday 7 February 1878. and launching the Loch Sloy. The day came off perfectly and Lloyds conducted their final survey of the clipper a few days later. Accompanying the inspectors were James Lilburn and the ships new captain, James Horne who was happy to receive the ships certificate of seaworthiness. The ship was pronounced 100% A1 and soon after her owners had placed advertisements scheduling their intention to send the new ship to Australia at the end of the month. As was often the case it took longer to load the ships hold that had been anticipated and the vessel finally left the Tail-‘o-the Bank anchorage on the 4th of December bound for Melbourne loaded to the gunnels with passengers, cargo and crew. After a relatively slow journey, Captain Horne managed to bring his ship through the Heads and into Port Phillip Bay on the 8th of March 1878. The Loch Sloy sailed up through the south channel and reached the anchorage on the evening of the 9th. Her passengers were not lightered off until early the next morning. After the passengers had left the ships load of gunpowder was unloaded as she sat at the outer mooring in Hobson’s Bay. By the The Argus, Monday 11 March 1878 afternoon of the 11th of March the Loch Sloy had been towed into the bay and was soon after tied up to the Railway Pier at Williamstown. After clearing customs and paying harbour fees Captain Horne ordered his crew to being unloading the vessel and consigning her cargo to the dockside warehouses. Such was the impression made by Captain Horne upon his passengers that they took out an advertisement in the Argus, complimenting him on his skill as a sailor and his treatment of those under his care. The first cargo carried by the Loch Sloy on her maiden voyage was a truly varied affair; 370 tons of pig iron, 1136 cast-iron pipes, 1300 drain pipes, 350 gutters and 130 bundles of gutters, 794 camp ovens, 72 boilers, 21 furnaces, 5 cases of galvanised iron, a variety of pots, pans and iron kitchen ware, 54000 fire bricks, 567 sewing machines, 6400 slates, 206 casks of red lead, casks of bleach, soda, grease and oil, 106 cases of coffee essence, 200 cases of brandy, 76 hogs heads of ale, 1200 casks of bottled beer, 1800 cases of whisky, packages of tinned fish, clothing sail cloth, haberdashery, books, paper, stationary, 10 bales of woolpacks, packets of bibles, electroplate, paraffin lamps and other miscellaneous items. This cargo was quickly unloaded and the ships crew given shore leave. The crew were contracted to return to London aboard the vessel and would be glad of it once they had thrown away most of the £18 they had earned on the trip out. It wouldn’t be long before the crimpers had managed to spirit away a few of the less experienced or less canny sailors of the Loch Sloy. The Loch Sloy’s voyage was without major mishap, a sign which augured well for her future in the eyes of her superstitious crew. The ship was delayed in leaving the Clyde by adverse winds for almost a week, finally departing via the North Channel on the 10th of December. She passed Rothesay Bay where again she was delayed by headwinds and from there until Hobsons Bay it was another 84 days. The Loch Sloy passed the island of Madeira on the 2nd of January and soon after the N.E. trade winds were picked up as she cracked on south towards the equator. Fair winds were encountered for the next few weeks as the equator was crossed on the 14th of January and the line of Greenwich on the 2nd of February. Just 5 days later as she picked up the sou’easterly trades the Loch Sloy slipped by the Cape of Good Hope and headed into the Southern Ocean. The normally ferocious winds held off for much of her trip across the vast icy seas. Captain Horne kept the ship in the upper Roaring 40’s for much of this part of the trip not wanting to risk the vessel until he had a full measure of her capabilities. The ship made slow progress against variable winds until she sighted the Otway light on the 7th of March, finally passing through Port Phillip Heads on the following day. The Loch Sloy arrived at the height of the worst drought in colonial history. As each Loch liner arrived and the crews unloaded their precious cargos the captains learned that the current wheat crop and wool clip was not going to be enough to fill the holds for most clippers return trips to Britain. Despite this James Horne was determined that he would try to fill the ships hold with a viable cargo. In the interim he made sure the crew was kept busy painting and maintaining the ship in readiness for an early departure. On the 13th of April 2 days after the Loch Ness had left for India, Captain Horne and most of his crew attended the funeral of one of the Loch Ness apprentices, John Stewart, who had fallen into the Loch Ness’ hold while loading supplies. Young Stewart was killed in the fall and the coroner pronounced his death as accidental. The Loch Sloy’s crew and many others from the other Loch liners in harbour at the time followed the funeral cortege as it made its way to Williamstown Cemetery where John Stewart was laid to rest. The boys death and the lack of meaningful activity saw many of the crew of the Loch Sloy saw a number of the crew abandon their duties to the lure of the shore side taverns, pubs and brothels. Captain Horne settled his ships accounts at the Railway Good Shed in Spencer street on the 18th of April having received word from the ships managers that in the absence of viable cargoes coming out of Melbourne, the Loch Sloy and the other ships of the Loch line were to proceed to India to pick up a cargo of wheat and barley, both much in demand and commanding premium prices back in London at the Grain Exchange. However the crew’s lackadaisical attention to duty cost James Horne a morning at the portside magistrate’s court in Williamstown when he was summonsed to appear. Earlier in the days immediately after John Stewarts funeral portside inspectors had discovered that no watch was being kept aboard the ship in the early hours. At his court appearance on the 16th of April James Horne was fined the princely sum of £5 2s 6d for failing to keep a proper watch aboard ship while tied up at the Railway Pier. In his defence Captain Horne stated that it was his crewman who was at fault but the responsibility still lay with him. After a fruitless and frustrating time ashore Captain Horne was happy to way anchor on the 23rd of April 1878, when the Loch Sloy was hauled out to the inner anchorage in Hobson’s Bay. After a day ss Resolute, Hobson's Bay. making final preparations Victorian State Library. to get underway, the vessel was towed out her hold filled with ballast, bound for the port city of Calcutta. Early on the morning of the 25th the steam tug Resolute towed the Loch Sloy to the heads where she met the pilot who then guided her out through the treacherous channel and out into Bass Strait. From there Captain Horne and his crew guided the ship onwards to India.
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