THE MADDEN LIST
 

Ron Parsons is a maritime historian and author who contributed greatly to the Encyclopedia of Australia Shipwrecks. The following list of corrections and  additions were kindly provided by Ron on disk. It is the intention to include these in the update entries above when time permits. 

A.H.Badger,  typo 3rd line  æheÆ   shd be the 
First they had to   me vessel. 
ARAB stm launch typo Rivberà 
Arabian 278t W ship, b.1830 Montreal, acquired 1850 by Robert Towns, reg. closed sunk in Balmain *Waterview Bay; to form a wharf. 
ARABIAN,  reg as cutter, but also noted as Dandy rig, 24 ton,b.1857 at Vasse, WA,  reg/2/1857 Fremantle, Press  Sept. 1862 said owner of æarabianÆ commonly known as æWhy NotÆ to sell it. Which is last recorded official comment, but reg closed 1902 with comment no trans since 1860. 
ARAKOON  ps, æconverted to 2 m schooner 1880Æ   ALWAYS registered as steamer rigged as schooner as was normal in those days, but considered a full powered steamer. 
ARAKOON s ss,  Oct. 1855 sold and renamed GLEBE BREEZE 1957 renamed  San Ricardo, in 1962 reported broken up a Hong Kong 
ARAMAC AUSN built for Melbourne-North Qld service, scuttled off Sydney 1929/30  see æAust.Coasal Pass ShipsÆ 
ARAWA 11 TONS, LOST IN New Zealand, as per my publication, not Western Australia 
ARAWATA OF 1875 SPELT WRONGLY û ONLY ONE r THIS UNIT, Built 1875 Wingate & Co, laid up in Auckland 1890 and then hulked see Aust.Coastal Pas.ships, 
Arcadia, 2ND OF THAT NAME FOR p&o WAS BUILT IN 1954 û NOT 1943  Unable to identify your 1943 entry. 
Archer iss built 1882, purchased on the stocks for Qld Stm Shipping Co, reg.London and used in Qld waters to fight ASN. Which went to form AUSN in 1887. sold 1893 to HendersonÆs Circular Saw Line and Dec.1901 to N& H R S S CO for sydney-Newcastle svc thence hulked etc ., never owned by Howard Smith û see Aust.Coastal Pass Ships 
ARCHER lost 1853, ownership place of build from Lloyds reg. 
ARGENTI W sch, 102t, ON40930 68.0 long, Built 1847,Stockton, England arrived Pt.Phillp August 6 1853 and sold to J,U. Russell, who sold in 1856 to æHer MajestyÆs Colonial GovernmentÆ Register closed 1876 with general clean up Melbourne custom office,with the remarks æHulkedÆ date unknown. 
ARGO 137 TONS, TYPOS .. SLIP AWAY WITH   BRIBED MISHIT 
ARGO 33 tons, Built FREMANTLE 1867 vide customs folio 2/1887 68 
Argus Press boat, the Invincible was wooden ship that name 1509t, arriving Dec. 18 from Liverpool, and it was not involved with PLUTO, that small steamer arriving Port Phillip in 1854, NOT 1855 and the barque Invincible 296t was enroute back to Auckland. In 1854 Where it was owned having been recently purchased from Melbourne owners atg the time the alleged collision took pace 
ARGYLE  iss ON68632  was built for work between North West Tasmania and Melbourne, and sold to Nipper & See in 1880 for work along west Victorian coast and trans to NSW North coast 1881  Originally reg 191g  but by 1874  with new deck house now  218 gross 
Wss Argyle history confused with the  vessel above. This one in New Zealand until 1897- 1898 sold to Port Adelaide and worked on the Western district runs from Pt.Adelaide toward Ceduna etc If in Gippsland trade, was on charter from NZ owners. 
ARIEL listed as pearling vessel lost 1868, identical details for lower entry no place of loss named 
ARIEL  LOST 1883, TWO TYPOS WHEREIN  83 IT PRINTED 63 
ARIEL  W ss  7 tons, ON88929, 42,0 x 9.8 x 4.5, B.1885 S.Eriksen, Bairnsdale, high pressure steam engine 8nhp, McCAll,Anderson & CO, Melbourne, Lakes Carrying Co.Ltd first reg owners. Later J.C.Dahlsen, register closed 1917 when Customs advised by last owner  æ vessel long since destroyedÆ 
ARIEL    blackbird sch; next entry and subsequent two entries the same ship 
ARK  my measurements after vessel lengthened 1874 
ARTHUR. Typo Benjamin 
ASHBURTON,  1897 =  W 2m f&a sch, 24t, b 1883 fremantle 
ASHUN.  Typo, for ANSHUN which is included in correct place in encyl  more poor editorial work 
ASIA bq 525 tons typo twent?  Full detail see æMigrant Ships for SouthAustralia, Parsons, convict transport from 1827 thence migrant ship for some years. 
ASIA  1st pg.68,  same ship as Asia above typo built 1918???? 
ASIE  typo rouen 
Asterian,  typo built 
Astrea   entered twice,  once after each other. 
ATALANTA.   words omitted æ æwrecked Entrance Islands, Hobart æÆ   the loss took place  Macquarie Harbour on the West coast 
Atalina,  typo  rescue 
ATHLETIC. Iss  43t.  Built for use as river steamer northern rivers NSW sold to Macmeiken May 1875. After loss Capt.Miles told Hobart paper it had been on second trip of service between Launceston and Hobart 
Entry immediately after, completely confused and unbelievable - claims made by some hopeless  unreliable party 
Athol Steam Launch, my loss date from official marine board enquiry 
ATLANNTIC schooner  2nd pg.71, already described reported etc. two entries before 
AUCHMOU TAIN,  Tail oæBank, is NOT a wharf but an anchorage outside the mouth of the river Clyde where vessels usually anchored while awaiting a fair wind, or they dismiss the tug bringing them out of the river 
AUCKLAND. No mentionof Pawlet on London register Argus in 1863 picked up report of its launch as PAULET and said it was unsuitable, but it was renamed before registration First owners were Intercolonial RoyaL Mail Company, operating between Australia and New Zealand, owners in 1866  became Panama,N Z & Aust R.M cmpany. Sold in 1869 to Australasian S.N.Co. tonnage when built  698/533 altered in 1871 when refitted, engine compounded. and accommodation increased. First compound engine made in Aust in 1871.  see Aust. Coastal Pass Ships 
Augustus 1814, first reg Australia in 1844, remained whaling etc, till hulked 1850s, reg closed with Melbourne Harbour trust advising broken up on  Coode Is, Jan. 1920 
AU  REVOIR, confirming built in Scotland. 
AURIGA  539G, 518 N, AS COMMRCIAL VESSEL, HULKED REDUCED TO  476 
HULKED BY Howard Smith to use as coal hulk in Pt.Adelaide. 
AURORA 2nd & 3rd listing identical ships 
Aurora 3rd  16th loaded with steel? Not manufactured then, loaded with shell 
Aurora  505, Stettin not in POLAND when this vessel built, but was an independent part of the world and one of the Hanseatic states and vessel was not attempting to enter the harbour, but enter Moreton Bay where migrants for Brisbane could be discharged into small craft for the town up the river Brisbane did not have a harbour. 
Aurora Antarctic visitor listed twice 
AUSTRALIA  1016 tons tytpo September 
Australia  ON89928, tonnage I quoted is after alterations in 1893 vide register 
AUSTRALIA HMAS iron?  You must  be joking. 
AUSTRALIA PACKET was registered as AUSTRALASIAN PACKET. 
AUSTRALIAN BQ 306 TONS. ENTRY COMPLETELY WRONG.  The vessel involved was the paddle steam ferry AUSTRALIA and on her voyage from Circular quay to MilsonÆs point which struck a rock and settled Oct. 4, and refloating commenced Oct. 8.   the vessel you list was said to have been at sea whaling since mid 1843 at the beginning of 1845 
AUSTRALIAN I ss 363 t, was  conveying wheat from one part of south australia to another û it was only employed in South Australian coastal trades, and just happened to be registered in Melbourne at the time 
Australian ss escorted Helen Nicoll was the ship that was finally wrecked Wardang Is, as above. 
Australian, Wrecked North territory,  typo peninsula 
AUSTRALIND, iss  1018t BUILT FOR Fremantle-Singapore trade, 
AVALANCHE  American ship set out for æSandy Hook Nova ScotiaÆ     Sandy Hook is the usual landfall for NEW YORK 
AVENGER. HMS not a single screw steamer, I said screw steamer as  no official 
Detail available but USS Co said they had ordered a twin screw turbine engine steamer 
AVOCA, 279 of Sydney was a sailing vessel her entire life and hardly involved with P&O in any way. The P&O  steamer involved being I ss 1480 tons, B.1866 Wm.Denny & Bros, Dumbarton and in her old age placed on the Melbourne-sydney feeder service, as the mail contract terminated in Melbourne, sold to Zanibar in 1882, and is in fact your next entry. Just how ANYONE would imagine P&O or any serious consignor would ship bullion Sydney to Melb in 1877 by sail is beyond belief.  Just another unchecked fairytale by someone unable or unwilling to check into anything nautical. 
AVON  mentioned twice probably wood vessel built 1826 Whitby, UK. nd in Australia at least from 1835  and under Joseph Underwood was reported at the whale fishiery in 1839 
AVON  ex paddler, wrecked 1891, salvaged and refitted as lighter by Foster & Minty Sydney and sold to Adelaide SS who reg. Sydney 22/1896 and sell to Cleghorn Hopkins,and reg trans to Brisbane now measuring 109 tons and reg closed 1956 æabandonded datte unknownÆ and probably your unit abandoned in 1914. 
AVON DHU, bq, 390 tons arrival Melbourne August 5, 1857 from Leith, DILGENCE  w sch 26 tons, working on the bay later but arrived from Circular Head August 8 so the accident reported - if it happened - took place  in August sometime 
AYYFIELD  was built and named CORRIMAL.a place in the Illawarra district, fo G.S.Yuill and until sold to others in 1926 was constantly in the Illawarra coal trade.  Sold to Patricks in 1927 became general cargo carrier on the east coast of Australia, and only became a 60-miler when renamed ayrfield 
AYSHIRE tss  Scottish Shire Line first appeared in 1884. 
AYSHIRE LASS 15 tons, no date or place of building in register, but first registered in 1866, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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BALCLUTHA   NOT TRUE SISTER TO ALDINGA, AND LATER OWNED B Australasian S.N C, Not Australian, Intended to replace Admella when ordered,, and competed with ASN  until they purchased to avoid competition. 
BALD ROCK, built as Balmain ferry with Bald Rock an important stop. When chartered for service to Eastern suburbs renamed VAUCLUSE  1907  Port Phillip 1911 Sold to Victorian Ports & Harb. Dept for use as tug, sold 1922 and converted into a lighter  by Victorian Lighterage Co  - Garnsworthy only owner 1907 û 1911 
BALDINA OWNED BY Adelaide SS Co who chartered it to overseas people and it was returned to ASS in 1934 who without work sold to Japan 
BALGOWLAH SEE Prescott 
BALLARAT  sunk Ipswich was the vessel immediately listed above 
And it as sold to NZ in 1864, not 1862 leaving Newcastle Feb 27 
BALLARAT  P&O lost 1911, two entries same ship almost same detailÆ 
Ballengara  why?? because sold and renamed in 1925??? 
BALLINA  dredge, scuttled not lost  scuttle notice from MSB in our files 
 BALMAIN  collision with May queen, not mary, ss Balmain Howard Smith iss  B.1882 
BALMORAL  built Peterhead, to USA  why?? no aust.ref 
BANCOORA  built  1880 arrived in Melbourne in1876?? Difficult 
BANDICOOT  b.1838 and owned in Tasmania until  sold to Pt.Adelaide 1852 
BANKFIELDS,  PRESS 1956, SUNK BY Raaf IN TARGET PRACTICE  hulk. 1924 
Banks Peninsula, RENAMED Waitangi in 1896 
BANNOCKBURN the rigs I quote are from official records,  rest of presentation from press or others who have not checked, The profusion of vessels this name was because they were chosen by former Scot residents to celebrate famous battle nd probably to also make some form of political statement or their allegiance to the lost cause. 
Banshee  lost 1853, see typo 
Banshee Burns Philp shipping?  Burns,Philp ltd, shipowners and general merchants  etc.etc.  Dugong in rescue, not built until 1878 
BANTA ?? SEEMS LIKE A MISSHIT AND RETRY WITH CORRECT NAME NEXT ENTRY\ 
BANTAM  when scuttled the gas was poison mustard gas 
BAR EA MUL. Scuttled dec.19 
BARALABA  as KIRIROM sold  for breaking up in 1972 
Baratta û actually BARRATTA  Iss  113/68, 107.0 x 20.2 x 6.6, B. 1884 J.Smellie & CO, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, first reg. 1892, by Burns,Philp & Co. Ltd, reg. Sydney and employed as powered lighter in Townsville. Comp.engne  30hp.,  Stranded Ross Creek, Townsville March 10, 1903 as per Marine Board report. 
Raised, and ultimately sold to Singapore in 1918 
BARBARA & Jane.  Sunk in Ross Creek when owned by Burns,Philp and registered at Maryborough 
BARCOO,  sunk when used as target by RAN vessels off Sydney 
BAROSSA . renamed CRONULLA  1964 and broken up Hong kong 1969 
BARRABOOL,  iron ss, built Palmers S.B. & E. Co, Jarrow. 
BARRATTA    see Baratta above 
BARUNGA  never known as æBarunga of TrinderÆ but well known as Barunga,   , managed by Trinders. 
BARUNGA, s SS 4342g,2598, B.1918 see æThe Adelaide LineÆ 
BARWON, I SS   B.1863 for  LITTLE & co., Scottish business with an interest in Australian shipping  who were owners when it was stranded in 1866. and when salvaged, acquired by S.G.Henty for the western districts trade until sold to Bulli Coal  March 1868, after refitted 1868 tonnages now  419/366 tns additional see Aust.Coastal Pass.Sips 
BARWON   Loney probably grabbed 2969t b.1901  which was sold to Greeks in 1930 and was wrecked the following year that had few tonnage changes. 
BAT  194 tons, was iron hulled 
BATHURST  Syd Gaz  Feb.10.1821  Colonial Govt has purchased the HALDANE, and it is to be renamed for Earl Bathurst. 
BAYONET, HMAS patrol boat, mv, built 1968 Walkers Maryborough 146 tons displ. 107Æ oa 
HMS BEAGLE, MAJOR TYPO  making it work IN1942.  HMS Beagle, sch  83 tons built 1873 John Cuthbert Sydney for RN to employ patrol duties re blackbirders. Sold out of the svc in 1883 
BEAGLE, supposed lost Hervey Bay, was only stranded and was BEAGLE wss  229t, B. 1877 Richmond river, NSW, and owned at this time by Brydon,Jones & C, reg. Brisbane 
Beagle said to rescue Mary in 1946???? 
BEATRICE, sch, lst line, entry dated 1921, saying the vessel was lost in 1924????? 
Beautiful star,  1st line Broomfield & Whittaker, and Terry Callen not correct, CORIO was a steam collier sometime before these two arrived. 
BEAUTRICE, LOSt 1921, WAS Beatrice as above 
BEAVER tug, built for Webster Bris,   Brisbane tug co formed 1903 
BEE   7 tons, reg. 77/1843, made into a lighter in 1858 and register closed. The added lost in1872 actually refers to another vessel same name 
BEE arrived Geelong April 17 1857 from Liverpool with 465 migrants 
BEE iron steam barge abandoned Pt.Douglas second entry no more info why dupld??? 
BEESWING, sss 1119g. B.1883 Grangemouth, Jan. 1886 Owners: Melbourne Coal,Shipping & Enginering Co,reg. Melbourne 1903- name now Melbourne SS.Co.,   renamed  March 1897 Brisbane 
BEGA built to order of Illawarra S.N.co.,  who changed name in 1904 to  Illawarra & SOuth Coast. S.N.Co. 
BELINDA, registered as Berlinda  NOT A TOTAL LOSS IN 1884 SALVAGED AND RE-REG. 
Bell flower, on voyage to Sydney for registration,stranded in heavy gale July 8, 1904, refloated August 23. see loss when owned in N Z 
Bellarine, COMPOSITE HULL, 
BELLBIRD small wooden steamer,  entered  a few  entries lower more correctly. 
BELLE five entries all for the same vessel, but not mentioned as such 
BELLE OF THE WEST, W ss 14g, built 1872 White Williamstown, last reg. owners, Melbourne SS Co, reg. closed 1913. broken p. 
BELLINGER.   225 tons,listed above this entry no proper identification 
BELLS, see my publication 
BELMORE  TUG, LOST 1908 two entries same vessel, one after the other 
BELMORE W tss two identical entries one after the other.   Beginning to frequently happen 
BELTANA, æcompletely destroyed Lyttelton 1889Æ yet then reported lost 1899?????????? 
BEN BOLT,   wps Sydney 1854   for more see Australian Coastal Pass Ships\ 
BEN NEVIS. Never owned by White Star Line but sometimes sailed on that berth. Ben Nevis. Ship 1347/1420 arrived Melbourne first Jan. 3,1853 û 564 passengers 
Bencleugh.   Enrolled at customs Bencleuch 
BENDIGO, b.1853. sold to Victorian govt.  Dec. reg. closed 1899 æbroken up ,in  1878 sold as  a lighter to James Deanne 
BENGAL my tonnage, the 9 typo for g. 
Bengal bq 428 already reported above and not en route UK but on the way to Sydney for repairs 
Bengal  bq struck reef  NT  same vessel wrecked Barrier reef  1886 and at the tme owned in Port Adelaide 
BENGAL,  WAS NOT AUST. But Indian, and therefore H M I S and only connection with aust it was built there. 
BENOWA  converted from paddle and renamed Benowa in 1885.as screw  steamer built as ps Ipswich for Australasian S.N.Co., (AUSN did not form till 1887) 
BEREAN C bq 542/526  B.1869 Sunderland Owner T.B.Walker, reg.London, master  J.Wyrell 
BERING  Liberty ship built 1920?? Impossible û Liberty ships only built during WW2 
BERLINDA, RE.-REG Sydney folio 131/1884 Oct.1891, fitted with screw and steam eng reg Newcastle, which is also the next entry 
BERMAGUI, first two pg.99 same ship 
BERRMA was never AMC  war  list by British govt. confirms attacked Feb. 17 
BETHA  1st pg.100 same vessel  prev. page 32 tons, confusion officially over ON numbers  and actually the number was 61038, but sometimes the 8 was shown as 6 
BERTHA DOLBEER.  Lost with all hands, but there were 4 survivors????? 
BERTAM RIGBY  former name AEOLUS (delete I) 
Bertreaux,   entered previously under correct name of  Berteaux 
BESSY follo 76 confirmed.tis correction 
BIDDIE lost WA discussion of which beach pointless, the Fremantle Customs unlikely to be confused.. 
BIDELIA, Sss  1354g. stranded 1942, not 1944 owner John Burke Ltd 
BINBURR   was named BINBURRA and operated by ANL when in this incident 
BIRCH GROVE, bq 543  built 1856 Sunderland, reg.Melbourne 1871, hulked  1888 now measures 243 
BIRKENHEAD, ferry , struck wharf circular quay, and foundered off Dawes Point û confused report, as so frequently herein 
BIRKSGATE, incident 1985, or should that be 1895????????? 
Bittern ctr.  41 tons, typo, 1968 in lieu 1868 
BLACKBIRD.  Full details of owners and trade see Aust.Coastal Pass Ships,  place of stranding as per contemp  press 
BLACKKBURN, typo owners name 
BLACK DOG  1st reg Sydney 1850 Rbt Towns when re-reg Sydney 1871 131 tons 
BLACK EAGLE. Acq Jas.Deane 1876 previously owned by other tug props 
BLACK HAWK, 2nd entry detail incorrect 
3rd Black Hawk obviously error for the 2884 vessel 
all Black Hawk entries same vessel.  Stationed in NT from 1871 
Black Swan cutter wreck Murray river mouth, suggest West Aust should be included 
BLACK SWAN. ISS, sold to Australasian SN not Australian û a very frequent mistake 
BLACK SWAN, I SS see Aust Coast Pas ships, tonnage = orig. 257/146: 1864 û 283g,  1867 û 276/214,  1874 309g. 1st reg Launceston, Melb. 1867 
Black Swan, built for Sydney-Manly trade no -  see  ps above 
BLACKWALL  t/s sch 55 tons 1878 û was the former screw steamer earlier reported. When salvaged    engine removed 
BLACKWELL, was actually BLACKWALL, which was sold to New Zealand in 1883 and became coal lighter in NZ.  see  Melb. folio  22/1883 &  Lyt.1/1883, at time of Waratah Bay probably owned by  C.West, reg London 268/1866 
BLOOMER, ship   950t  Melb. July 15, 1853 285 migrants from Lpl March 19 
Blue bell,  1st pg.109 also listed 3 down, identical ship facts 
BLUE BELL, 66 tons top of page, by 1870s was sometimes called Blue Belle 
BOADICEA,  vessel this name arrived Melbourne May 26, 1851 -  w bq 346 tons, from Glasgow,  Capt. A.Mackay. Left July. 
BOBBY BURNS, was built Brisbane, why is it listed??? 
BOBYCITO not built Sydney but Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island. first in Australia at Brisbane 1873  original name BISMARK. in 1873 purchased by Jas.Mills of Dunedin, at Bribane, trans to Dunedin, employed as collier, until sold in 1880 to H Perdriau and reg.Sydney as hulk in 1881 
BOGONG 3/79 confirmed 
BOIELDIEU  ??? 
Boindee. Error  reg as BOINDIE, came to Australia in 1853. arrivind Geelong Sept. 1854 name in press mutilated, sold and reg Geelong   as shown,  folio 10/1855 
BOKO was registered at Liverpool for the voyage out to Brisbane Brisbane Courier Oct. 8, 1877 said it arrived the day before with cargo of 100 tons of pig iron rgiged as a schooner, for Bright Bros., Aug, 1903 to Brisbane Tug company in 1881 press said is usually tug tender but now being used to take cargo and mail to Rockhampton for the homeward mail steamer.  held a river certificate to carry 471 passengers soon after completion. 
BOLWARRA, built as a droger for the Hunter & tributaries, upon completion towed to Newcastle by ps Coonanbarra, and described in the press as stern wheeler to work on the Paterson and Williams rivers. Register closed in 1930 with æ broken up some years ago, date unknownÆ  said to have been designed by Mr.MÆArther, the ASN superintendent engineer. 
BOMBALA, Steel ss, triple expansion 4 cylinder steam eng. 746 nhp.  Built for Howard Smith who formed Australian Steamships p/l in 1913, sold 1929 to Greek owners and the managers trans reg to London until 1935. 
BONALBO - last name IMPALA (from 1962). Sunk dec 19 1965 off s Vietnam 21 lives lost. 
BONPARTE,  reg  as Buonaparte 
BONITO, wss built for ASN,     sold by AUSN april 1887 
BONITO   reg not trans to Brisbane, but Sydney file closed 1931 æ supposed broken up years agoÆ, - with the butchery company in liquidation in 1897, hull probably sold for dismantling 
BONNIE DOON,  Banks Group, probably that group north of  Vanuatu 
BONNIE DUNDEE  lost June 20 1897 from Marine enquiry report 
BONTHORPE,  not reg. Fremantle, but remained Fleetwood  5/1926. Sold W.A. Trawling Co Perth, c.1930/1  reg. Fremantle  3/1949,  by pearler, sold Apl.1951 Cairns, and described as tug, 94 tons. 
BOOMERANG, ex pilot sch,  two entries same vessel. Was NOT BUILT by Girvan, but at Girvan, a town in county Ayr,Scotland (just how mad can people get???) Ayr Qld, some distance from Burdekin river which could present some problem in launching a large ship. Never a pilot vessel except Melbounre, the two entries hopelessly confused. 
BOOMERANG  Iss built 1854 Wingate, Whiteinch,Glasgow.   Owned by ASN yes but why be told twice? See Aust.Coastal Pass Ships 
Boomerang Pearling lugger? 
BOONAH,  ex German,  having avoided sinking by torps first ww, was torpedoed having been sold back go Germany in 1925, by UK Sub off Norway May 1, 1940 
BOORARA.  Why break up into two entries 
BORDER MAIL,   ACTUALLY Border MAID registered Border Maidn 
BOREALIS. TWO ENTRIES SAME SHIP 
Bortonius, only stranded refloated and renamed Lawrence Sept. 1885, Iss 399g, B. 1884 Sunderland. Lawrence lost in New Zealand 1891 
BOSCARNE,  TWO ENTRIES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 
BOURNEUF.  1129 old meas.  1415 new meas tons arrived Geelong  Sept 2 1852 with 537 migrants   why two entries???? 
BOVERIC  stmr you say built 1906 and left Sydney 1902?? You have some very peculiar ships which frequently have something happen before built. Boveric,  3987g, S ss  ON108706, Built 1898, Rusell & Co, Pt.Glasgow.,chartered and then purchased by Howard Smith  Feb. 1899 reg. Melb., renamed CYCLE 1906  Sold Swedish 1919. another very confused tale 
BOYD, long boat lost in 1812,  sydney Gazette 1812 reporting its loss calls it Boyd.  Your main contrib..Madden, has missed earlier reports with greater detail 
Brabloch,  typo clipper, no date for anything. 
BRAESIDE,  very confused report and misleading. 
BREADALBANE  ips  161/102, arrived Melbourne Apl.7 1854, having left Gls May 14, 1853, never officially recorded as being lengthened 
BRIDE     W 3m q, built T.W.Ellis, reg.Sydney 1880 
Brier Holme, my typo 9 should be g û my printer  apparently malfunctioning, unnoticed 
BRIGAND, æout of SydneyÆ none listed in arrivals dept. 
MANLY FERRY BRIGHTON, iron & steelö? not reg. so. And another famous reversal, you say arrived sydney in 1885,  worked on the harour from 1883 
BRISBANE  ps lost on delivery voyage Australasian SN    another wrong  name for this famous shipowner. 
BritainÆs Pride,  two identical entries 
BRITON    lighter owned Howard Smith, filled and sunk 1890, raised ad used as landing stage for ss Edina passengers at Pont Henry 
BRITONÆs PRIDE,should be BRITAINÆS PRIDE 
BritonÆs Queen, all that chatter about whaler Marion etc, concerns story previously told see Bona vista entry 
Bronslow hulk 17 tons,  wrong see later and earlier 
BRONZEWING, 26 tons lost 1872,- no 1861 see elsewhere - Such as 2 entries lower 
BRONZEWING 94 tons, actually next enry which had a composite hull, and  the 1944 date wrong 
BROTHERS. Towns û Shineberg, not correct û never found her good on boats. Names plenty but usually the wrong one û never seemed to check for actual vessel û the name will do! The vessel Brothers arriving Sydney was convict transport in Feb.1827 Capt Morlay (Morley) see later for arrival Hobart. When Towns arrived in sydney in 1827 it was in the brig BONA VISTA. His Brothers was only built in 1831, and first arrived sydney the next year. 
BROTHERS  ps  built sydney by Chowne 1847 for Gerrard Brothers,  later 23 gross tons, and described as double ended and it would seem a flat bottomed double ended vessel would not be much use at sea. Reg closed 1891. æbroken up   date unknown, Port Stephens 
BROUSLOW, NAME WRONG SEE  Bronlas 
BUCEPHALES -- as so often in this work, too much æSö  no ess in the French name of this vessel 
BUCEPHALUS I ss B.1884 for Archibald Currie, and sold foreign in 1901, reg.Melburne 
BUDGAREE  built  at Longnose Point not as printed 
HMS  BUFFALO.  Book written by Robert, not Ron Sexton. 
BULIBA   Newcastle Pilot steamer, no no no,  BIRRUBI 
Bulimba, BUILT FOR Qld Royal Mall Line conducted by British India associates, when transferred to AUSN became quite popular in the Melbourne-Fremantle trade until sold - see Australian Coastal Passenger Ships 
BULLARRA, Adelaide Company used this vessel in almost every route they serviced from West Australia to Queensland. See The Adelaide Line, or Aust.Coastal Pass.ships 
BUNGAREE I ps tug, built for Australasian S.N.co, 0 AUSN not formed till 1887 and the BHP steelworks no longer exists. 
BUNGAREE   Adelaide company not engaged in the iron ore trade which BHP retained exclusively for their own fleet. Whyalla a typo 
BUNINYONG. Built for Howard Smith, who formed Australian Steamships in 1913 
BUNYIP  lost 1889 same vessel as second entry 
BUNYIP. Iron hulled Dredger b.1879 Renfrew for Melbourne Harbour Trust , converted into barge, and owned by Victorian Lighterage, broke adrift from Princes Pier,Melbourne Nov. 1954, and broke her back when struck sea wall,  remains scuttled  April 13, 1955. First dredger entry identical with second, and third described as wooden hull, was in fact, the dredger hull 
BUON0 VISTA,   actually reported Bona Vista, q.v, and  there is no call for speculation about the existence of the vessel û it did not exist. 
BURANDA, became NALPA, of Adelaide company not as printed Naipa 
BURKE, scuttled Sept 23, vide register 
BURRA BURRA 122 tons, built 1852, non event  and did not exist a vessel of that name was built in 1854 and arrived for the Melbourne-Pt.Adelaide run in 1855, but being far to slow  was sold to Batavia late 1859 and Pt.Adelaide reg closed 1860 
Burra Burra wood schooner -  two entries for this 
BURRABRA.  Was former Manly ferry named Burra-bra, acquired by RAN in 1943 458g, B 1908 MortÆs Dock. 
BURROWA    fatuous observation end this entry/ 
BURWAH  S s First ship built for Howard Smith?????  See Aust Coastal Pass Ships.  Rescued passengers from wreck of Cahors in 1885 û claimed to be very fast. 
BUSTER tug, should be BUSTLER   Next entry 
Bustler entry entirely wrong.TUG Bustler built by Cockatoo Dock 1917 and measured 74 tons,  which was withdrawn from service in 1962, and remains welded to the old dredger Hercules and scuttled off sydney July 18, 1972. and had nothing to do with HEROIC which was, indeed built South Stockton and originally named EPIC.  SECOND ENTRY FOR BUSTLER JUST AS WRONG AS ORIGINAL 
Buttermere  , BUILT WHEN? 

[as mentioned no notice taken of frequent typos, lack of capital letters, or other poor typesetting errors unless make for more confusion than already on offer] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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CACIQUE arrived Sydney from Calcutta, Oct. 4, 1840 and left for Calcutta Dec.9. B.1831 Isle of Man, owned in Sydney,reg. folio  83/1840, trans to Singapore 1847 returns to Hobart 1849 and by 1856, probably hulked at Melbourne rwg. Closed 1896  æBroken upÆ 
CAGOU  previously HARRATON,, not as printed 
CAHORS  my ON confirmed, by sydney customs 
CAIRNHILL, Was not torpedoed but sunk by bombsand the mastger taken prisoner160 miles n.w. of Fastnet 
CAIRO Wood SS not ketch, which was salvaged and renamed 
CALEDONIA   seized in 1825 unlikely to be the vessel allegedly lost in 1848,  1848 because == 
Caledonia, sloop, built in 1825, Hobart, was returned to original owners March 1826 not 1836, (as evidenced by contemp. Press retports) having been captured by Duke of York and was last at Dalrymple (Georgetown) when it left for the Ladrones to collect beche de mer, no further record and in no way could it be connected with the unsupported report of 1848.  Dr.Thompson arrived Williamstown Feb 24 1836 in the Brig Caledonia 189 tons, from Launceston registered at the time in Calcutta but trading in Aust from 1834 and sold to Sydney owners in 1839 -- Yet another mishmash of unrelated information gathered by people ready to grab at anything to meet their lack of detailed research. The Thompson vessel being the next entry  on page  138 - The Sydney reg of this vessel closed Nov. 1841, upon trans of reg to London. After calling Pt.Adelaide Mar 16, 1840 dept for sydney and Melb. April 6 arriving sydney april 30 . Left March 13,1841 for London returning from London Jan. 4, 1843, with cargo and passengers, and left for London May 12,   Another case of  confused use of secondary unreliable research reporting. And according to Nicholson, in Jan. 1839 took 18 prisoners to Albany, having visited that port on her way from India to Sydney August 20, 1838. All detail readily available to any careful researcher/historian. 
CALEDONIAN 58 tons blackbirder, registered as CALEDONIA, AND SOLD TO JAMES Proctor, an American and Auckland reg closed March 1883, vessel f&a sch built 1878 Auckland. 
CALYPSO.  NZ û Ldn. In Australian shipwreck records???????????? 
CAMBRIDGE, My quote from log of Pinguin, copy in our files 
CAMEL  w lighter, first reg. 1897 in Melbourne by McIlwraith,McEacharn, who transfer reg to Fremantle 1908 and alter her for use as water lighter,sold to Armstrong & Waters, Albany, and in Feb. 1915 sold to James Ball, lighterman North Fremantle,  register closed in 1971 when  Ball & Son P/L advise the remains scuttled in shipÆs graveyard some years ago. 
CANOWIE if lost in 1915 made some remarkably fast trips for a sailing ship, Newcastle NSW, to South America, UK and back to South America in under six months, phew!!! 
CANTON US whaler, lost 1854, two entries identical 
CAPE LEEUWIN ????????? Pilbarra  LAUNCED AS Cape Otway     and renamed  before commissioning see also few entries lower for Cape Otway and Aust.Coastal Pass ships ot æBurketown round o DerbyÆ McKellar 
CAPERA, was actually named CAPRERA 
Captin HMS  WHY INCLUDED, NOTHING TO DO WITH AUST.   but get details right anyway, built by Laird in 1869 as a turret ship and was not an aux,screw steamer but full powered  reportedly capsized in a storm, and had different guns installed,and the vessel was not built by the admiralty but for Coles trying to impress the RN. 
CAPTAIN COOK 120 tons, Pixley, no trace, and apparently in error for 1878 event 
CAPTAIN COOK  ON55967   tonnage  is Seven, not 71, according to Customs 
The second sydney pilot steamer  Captain Cook, handed over to the 3rd in 1939 and the second was renamed CAPTAIN PHILLIP AND WAS SCUTTLED OUTSIDE SYDNEY Heads  Oct. 3, 1947 
The Capt.Cook, which sank in 1903 was the first pilot vessel of that name which was salvaged and repaired   Was in use dumping night sewerage(night soil) at sea and filled and sank feb. 3, 1903 and was sold to Brisbane about 1897 and reg. trans in 1907 
Captain Phillip see above re 2nd Capt.Cook 
CARDINIA, Govt steamer Ranandi ? surely the Fijian govt stmer 
CARDROSS  Loney had mistakenly taken an earlier Cardross which had been sold in 1935 and became Bidelia. Of 1896 tons 
CARIBOU, Albion Liner to New Zealand, lost 1869 why??? 
CARIN,  damaged by fire in Hobart in 1908,    And see next entry, again two of the same 
CARL. The Sandwich Islands, associated with blackbirding were another name for the islands near New Hebrides, 
CARELTON  lost Browse island was built at Beaver river, Nova Scotia, not New England USA 
CARMEN reg 1911 109.5 x 25.5 x 14.0 first in Melbourne as French flag Carmen 
CARNARVON CASTLE  first entry all wrong, see second entry which is correct. 
CARNATIC, a sailing ship touched ground in 1980 ??? typo?? 
CARNATION,   TYPO Port Macquarie 
CAROLINE, top of page 150 on lengthy discourse   in the 1830s a typo gives us1 1939 
CAROLINE . 127, collier, details of loss from contemporary press. 
CAROLINE 29 Tons, comment about Macdonald River being Brisbane Water completely wrong, it flows into Broken Bay, Brisbane Water being an arm of Broken Bay into which the Macdonald river DOES NOT FLOW. 
CAROLINE 59 of 1863 Sydney û that folio is for vessel named CUMBRIA 
Caroline  WRECKED FORTH RIVER, SEE BEFORE, THIS WAS SALVAGED AND REPAIRED. 
Caroline     WILD DEER TO NZ NO CONNECTION AUST. 
Carrie 6 TONS, ON PG 151   YOU COMMENT I MADE A MISTAKE ABOUT LOSS, THEN YOU GIVE ALMOST SAME INFO NEXT PAGE????????? 
Cassiope   why?????????/ 
COSSIPORE NOT  Cassipore,  SHIP 834 TON, Capt.A.B.Dundas left Geelong Dec 1 1852 for Calcutta and grounded Prince George Shoal  Dec. 1852, not 1850, and refloated 
CASTLE ROCK two entries same ship same incident, why? 
CASTLEBANK,  from NSW Parliamentary report 
CASURINA, Qld Govt. b.1896 reg. closed 1954 æbroken upÆ 
CATADALE, in collision  1937 was CARADALE 
Catherine CTR BUILT 1835, WHCH YOU WRECK IN 1936 ??? TYPO and correct with the next entry, why two? 
CATHERINE  188 tons, typo, was built PICTOU, not picton. 
CATHERINE BQ  414 tons, lost 1871 involved in collision in 1877  ??? 
Next entry, built Newcastle, MAINE, USA, OMITTED. And original name was æTwo BrothersÆ my place of build from register. 
Catherine Jamieson, reg. Kirkcaldy not as shown . 
CATHKIT when built by Geo.Niccol, in Auckland 1912 was named 
ARRAH NA POGUE which was changed in 1916 to Cathkit, for which you have two entries??? In 1975 it was offered for sale as æit has ceased to carry limestoneÆ and is  surplus to the ownerÆs requirements. 
CATO  94 tons, actually named Cairo which you list on pg. 136 as a ketch. 
CAVAN originally ps on the UK-Dublin route, built 1876 Laird,Birkenhead (not Scotland), engine removed and made 4 mast barkentine, acquired in 1904 by Newcastle NSW owners.  731 g. 657 n tons Scuttled Dec. 2, 1932 ENE  south Head signal station, 
CAWARRA. As so frequently the case, name of owners is wrong 
CECILIA SCH 44 T CAPT.Powell listed as arriving from Port ALBERT Nov. 27, 1850 no mention of accident and she sailed Dec 4 again for Pt.Albert. 
Capt.Hy Noon was in TYNE  sch 94 tons from Wbol Oct 8/10, Portland 9/1.Port Fairyi etc. no mention of Cecilia 
CECIL RHODES,  S tss b.1894 London,  ON 90134, Last owners Maritime Svcs Bd, sydney, scuttled Sept. 17, 1951,  first in Aust. 1909 Townsville Harbour board 
CEDUNA, owned Adelaide S.S.co. 
CELTIC GEM, what connection with Aust????????? 
CEMENTCO, RENAMED  1949 EX Crusdaer,   owners Qld Cement built 1945 Melbourne Harbour trust, Williamstown 197.0 x 50.0 x 15.0, 
CENTAUR,  the full and proper name of the owner was Liver  ship Co,  (Many things, places, buildings etc in Liverpool called æLIVERÆ without the pool 
CENTENNIAL WSS lost 1906, why two entries?? 
CENTIPEDE, B. 1913, as tug, scuttled Curtin Reef, Moreton bay Feb.2, 1990. 
CENTURIAN  lost 11871?  Was built in New Hampshire, USA, no UK 
Centurion 13 t B.Fremantle 1913, burnt to avoid capture at Broome by RAN 1942 
No trace anything built Geelong 1907, 
CERATODUS LoneyÆs dredge was built for Bundaberg  Harbour Trust  reg. closed 1936 ænow a gravel barge,Fraser Island which was amended  to read abandoned on Fraser Island. 
CERES, ps, nothing left because the timbers from her hull were salvaged and used to build another vessel ROVERS BRIDE,  see my entry for detail 
Never registered with customs. 
CERES  I ss   86  tons  sold by South Australian owners 1907 and went to Hobart June 1909 and acquired by Geelong Harbour trust May 1910 and  register closed 1933Æ Broken upÆ 
CERES  scuttled off Sydney Nov. 3, 1949 was former NSW  govt stm tug of unknown dimensions, that had been in use as a lighter for some years in sydney 
Loney confusing the two 
CHALLENGE, wps tug, Built London 1856 80t arrived Pt.Phillip from London Nov. 1865. sunk Sydney near Bradleys Head April 30 1876 collision with ss New England, raised  May 19, In January 1875 was working for a spell in Brisbane, tonnage 1874 -  77/23 
Next entry as screw steamer û which it wasnÆt 
CHALLENGER  b.1863 orig.  299 tons, when reg.Melb. May 1865 by C.E.Bright.  official owners when foundered in 1870, raised, rebuilt re-reg april 1871 as  256 ton owners Tope & Holten. Orig. bgn, when re reg described as brig 
CHAMPION, Capt.Helpman was W.A.Govt sch.115t,B.1830 New Shoreham, Sussex, 75Æ long, purchased by W A govt Nov.1836, for ú1500 from  Kerr,Alexander & Co, Hobart, folio 14/1836  laid up in 1851 and sold for scrap in 18452 
CHAMPION ketch 42 tons, sunk in 1877 above, now sunk in 1879???????? 
CHAMPION, tug of 1895 was not built London but at South Shields arrived from UK  Feb. 1896, 
CHANDPARA. Towed the  former BP stmr Marella now LIGURA into Fremantle 
CHANGSA was SS 2269/1463 B1886  Owners Cina Nav 
CHARLES EDWARD  built for Otago S.N.co,Dundedin, but that company dissolved  while on delivery voyage and when put into Melbourne July 1864 due to stress of weather and found owners out of business sold to Gippsland Lakes SN C. which when taken over by Gippsland SN Co these owners had to sell and sent it to NZ in 1867 when it was stranded and Melb. reg closed,   re-reg Nelson  1868 after repair. Lengthened and converted to screw in 1876 at Nelson now 185 gross. 
CHARLOTTE  bq lost  Apl 1842, typo you have it lost Madeline REES  instead of reefs 
CHARLOTTE .Capt.Farrington, was built Melbourne 1840 meas. 12 tons 26 feet long, clinker built, 2 m sch, reg. Jan. 1840 by Farrington, no further information after dec. 1840 folio 1 of 1840 Melbourne û vessel  33 tons of Loney built in 1847 
CHARON  ss B.1903 WAS BUILT BY Caledon S.B. & E, at Dundee. Official owners Ocean S.S.Co, reg.Fremantle 1903 -1920 then returned UK register 
Chase Sch 40 tons lost 1851/2 only an incident, see full details  two entries below. 
Chateaubriand  only stranded. 
CHAUDIERE  never enrolled customs Pt.Adelaide. 
CHESTERFORD, SS TUG, BUILT BY AUSN Kangaroo Pt, Brisbane was salvaged after collision 1912 and after long employment in Brisbane sold to J. & J. Daley sydney, and reg transferred in 1935, Trans to Pt.Adelaide in 1948. and broken up pt Adelaide 1958 
CHILDE HAROLD ashore   bq 463   b1825 ipswich, 
CHILDERS  allegedly wrecked 1840, no trace ever in Tasmania, and only vessel that name was in Melbourne 1841 and left for overseas and supposedly confused with CHILDREN on 1839 
Chile  comment   I find no reference of steamships from east coast of USA, coming to australia via the horn. Seems pointless effort to include matters no ref to australia û these gratuitous; sometimes erroneous and or fatuous comments hardly suitable in a work claiming to be an encyclopedia. 
CHINA, emigrant ship arrived Melbourne May 2, 1841,  from London 219  migrants., left for sydney may 31 ship 618 tons built New Brunswick 1835 left Sydney for London Sept. 1841, never traded on the coast. 
Chittoor ON63906  227/tons 1890-94 owned Melbourne 
CHRISHNA,  REGISTERD AS CRISHNA   w bq, first reg.sydney in 1851 to Hobart 1863; = 1865  Belbin & Dowdell till stranded Twofold Bay Nov. 1867 =1877  Jas.Deanne, reg. Melbourne and hulked broken up and reg closed 1917 
CHUSAN,P&O ss only made one trip from UK to Australia, and then in the Australia-Singapore branch service until that ceased Minor incident Albany 1883???? 
Loney  Chusan = w bq 817/786 b.1865 liverpool purchased vic govt 1855 as hulk, 1904 melb harb trust bu 1934. loney/stone in Aust. trade in 1850 built 1865?? Odd!! 
Which more or less agrees with the next entry 
CIGARETE. A CANIN cruiser??? 
CINTRA  I ss  built for Australasian S.N.Co., which became AUSN in 188 
CIRCASSIAN 543/64 CONFIRMED,  63/1864 Melbourne is JOHN WILLIAM DARE 
CIRCE, last official name HMAS MEDEA, b.1912, AND SCUTTLED  jan. 23, repeat 23, vide official docket, 
CITY OF ADELAIDE, utterly confused. There was one a UK-Sth australia passenger sailing vessel and the other a coastal passenger ship which in this item are completely mixed up and presented as one vessel. 
The Australian Costal passenger steamer thus= 
Iss 838/615,  1871 = 1212/83/  Built 1864 J & G Thomson, Govan,  eng 200hp owners Australasian S.N. co, reg.Sydney; 1887 AUSN, Feb.1890 sold, eng removed and made 4 mast sailing ship sold March 1902 to Howard Smith who made it a hulk and used it at Townsville and in 1915, sold for breakwater at Magnetic Is, off Townsville ----.the other 
Composite ship, later barque, 791g/n B. 1864  W.Pile & Co, Sunderland, which did make regular trips to Sth Australia annually and was later owned by Devitt & Moore, reg.London and it is this vessel Sexton writes about û he was concerned with efforts to preserve the vessel  due to its importance to the emigrant trade, but this seems to have failed, but take NOTE there were TWO OF THE SAME NAME AND YOU HAVE GOT THEM ALL ROLLED TOGETHER INTO A VERY CONFUSING MESS. 
City of Auckland LOST 1878, NO CONNECTION WITH Australia 
CITY OF BRISBANE, built for Australasian S.N.Co. 
CITY OF DUNEDIN, ps, nothing to do with Australia, but it was built in 1863, not 53   rr 1863 
CITY OF GRAFTON, built A Stephen Sons, Glasgow, 
Next item was also this vessel screw a mistake and it was only a stranding, but serious 
CITY OF MELBOURNE ship ex Black Warrior , New Brunswick is NOT IN USA but when reg Melbourne folio  8/1874 as a hulk, was noted as partially burnt 1868 and restored in 1873 as a hulk and said to be built a Newcastle,MAINE, (which is near Damariscotta USA,  Reid & others first owner as hulk, then 1885 to Victoria Govt minister of defence, register closed 1889 broken up 
CITY OF PERTH, later TURAKINA,  1246/1189, BUILT Glasgow, NOYT Calcutta   sold Norwegian 1899 
CITY OF RAYVILLE. Minefield desc. From log of Pingin 
CLANSMAN,  why two entries,  and the vessel was not a total loss at Gisborne, but according to her register was salvaged and became a coal hulk and reg. as brigantine. 
CLARA W brig 179 tons, first reg Aust. Sydney 1852, to Melbourne 1854, and by 1875 described as lighter although this alteration probably made  c 1856 when sold to Throckmorton & Graham lighterage contractors, Melbourne 1870 acquired by lighterage man Hy Moss, who died in 1896 and his execs reported vessel  had been broken up date unknown 
CLARA  KT 28 TONS BUILT 1872  CASUALTY 1846? 
Clara KT LOST 1907 TWO ENTRIES  WELL SPACED. 
Clara Sayers, I also say wrecked 1872.  where does 82 come from? 
The two CLARENCE  which you say built in the same place, well geography has been altered to suit you if correct, one was built Clarence River  about 300 miles north of Williams river û see any good map. 
CLARENCE  IPS   see Aust Coastal Pass ships, built for Clarence river trade but by time arrived the Gold rush has opened and it was sold  for a very enhanced price for the Bass strait ferry in 1853, and acquired by ASN in 1857 and lengthened in 1862 was under charter to the  Clarence & RIchmond rivers S.N. co when lost 
CLARENCE  double ended drogher and the next entry confused. The drogher was built 1865 the dredger date unknown  and  it was the dredger washed to sea, the fate of the smaller paddler not officially recorded but probably about 1879 when the owners advertised the remains for auction after it had been stranded and refloated in May 1879 
CLARENCE PACKET, first to Fremantle register 1866 
CLARKSTONE W  bq from 1829, orig. ship rig, built Montreal  1820, To Sydney 1829, 244 tons to Melbourne owners 1853  and probably made a lighter/hulk reg closed 1864 æBroken upÆ 
CLAUD HAMILTON, vide registers.  See Aust Coastal Pass ships for full details 668/530n built for Intercolonial R.M.Co ûAust-NZ mail steamer. their name changed and only in Apl. 1869 to McMeckan Blackwood never owned by Australasian S.N Co and the Darwin run was conducted by McMeckan Blackwood under  contract with Sth Aust. Govt. When Adelaide SS Co purchased the vessel, it was rebuilt, lengthened which is where your tonnage comes from, and renamed ALBANY, AND IT WAS UNDER CHARTER TO AUSN WHEN LOST û APART FROM THAT YOUR ENTRIES ALMOST CORRECT!!! 
Claymore, was on display Pt.Adelaide Nautical Museum, which no longer exists 
CLEOPATRA  Iron sch,  converted to lighter 1882 by Howard Smith who sold 1891, but repossessed  and in 1894 sold for demolition. 
CLevedon, Iron, shp built 1873 Liverpool about 1901 sold to German owners and renamed, taken by British 1916 AND REVERTS TO ORIGNAL NAME AND ACQUIRED FOR USE AS COAl HULK FREMANTLE delivered cargo of Welsh coal account Scott,Fell & Co,Sydney, to Fremantle and sold to Fremantle Coal co.Ltd.,, and scuttled 1930 
CLIFFORD, migrant ship, -  next  entry vessel this name 461/526  arivved Sydney July 15, 1842, Capt.J.Sharpe  which I list as lost in 1842 
Only one entry in arrivals/depts books for E W Beazley in charge vessel named CEYLON, in 1844 bq 253 tons 
CLOMMEL.  Nothing like this name ever on the Manly ferry services, for example see æSydney Ferry FleetsÆ Prescott probably confused with CLONMEL, which was never in Manly service 
CLONMEL  524 GROSS tONNAGE, ORIG BY OLD MEAS 207 was built for the Liverpool-Waterford (Ireland) service hence the Irish name 
CLYDE,  small sloop built Macquarie Harbour VDL 1829 and sold in 1830 and renamed ROBULLA 
Clyde  BUILT 1874   BU 1923.  the only vessel named Clyde, officially bu in aust. in 1923 was reg. Townsville,  two sch. Built 1874 were too large and not owned by anyone interested in Victoria, 
COBRA, was never named such was always COBRE arrived Melbourne Mar 9, 1854 from UK for Melbourne owners. Sold to Launceston Nov.1855, then to Hobart tug owners Aug. 1856 - Mar 1869 to Sydney for tug/ferry service Oct. 1873 to Newcastle full time tug -  built Swansea,Wales 
CODDONG     actually CONDONG 
COIMBATORE  more fatuous observations.  A collision at sea between two sailing vessels easily happened should they close each other to æspeakÆ and one or the other û or both û mishandle the situation 
Colac, Dingoa sold to Huddart Parker, 1926 and sold 1952  and renamed  EASBY  sold foreign 1956 
COLINA  first reg Sydney in 1848 having been built in what was then NSW at Pt.Albert owner Geo.S.Sharp SMH Mar 20,1848 said it was built for Mr.McLeod, Pt.Albert.  reg trans to Melbourne 6/50 after sale Aug. 1849 to George Lewis, who sold in oct. 1850 to Em.Fred. Rucker, sold Aug 1853 to Geelong. Apl. 1856 sold to A.Hort, south sea trader,reg.Sydney, who sold to foreigners in Tahiti 1857, returns British reg. in 1860 when purchased by A.Lorking, of Bellambi, for the coal trade Henry Shade and anr of Geelong owners  Aug 53 Jan 1854. 
COLLAROY  see Aust Coastal Pass ships, while reg. says built by Fawcett & Preston, this is wrong they built the engine, ship hull by J.Laird,Birkenhead 202n 330 g Lengthened 1859 359g/202n, 180.9 x 2o.3 x 11.1 refitted 1872/3  spar deck fitted, with new eng & boilers = 419g 264n acquired by Australasian SN CO on arrival,  apl. 1879 Newcastle SS Co  sold 1884 and again 1888 and converted to sail, Said to have been first steamer in Australia with feathering floats got ashore Jan. 1881 on beach now named for her, north of Narrabeen (yours typo) and only refloated sept. 1884 
COLLEEN BAWN, REG. CLOSED 1972???? 
COLLEEN BAWN, b1871 16t reg.Hobart. Feb.1875 W. Holyman Torquay reg. Launceston 1878 = 1892 to the Barretts Long Island Sept. 1910 Thos.Gunter, Flinders Island, no further information reg. closed 1971 æno traceÆ 
COLLIBOI. Built to transport deepsea trawled fish to the Sydney market from coastal townships where trawlers delivered catch into govt owned chilled accommodation.  2nd entry pointless and wrong 
COLLODEN,  wrong, it was CULLODEN, named for the famous battle in Scotland 
COLONNA   confirmed, my typo 
COMARA was built in Glasgow, not many miles down the river at Pt.Glasgow, and was demolished in Borneo. In 1979/80 
Columbythe  mutilated 
Comet, COMMENT RE CAPT CORK BUILDING COMET,he was first master when it arrived in Sydney from the builder John Ferrier and the vessel lost 1866  Cork owned it from 1845 till Apl. 1852 
COMMISSARY GENERAL , stern wheel paddle steamer 
COMMISSIONER  I ss, sunk after springing a leak. Another fatuous comment, why cannot an iron hull spring a leak û a rivet may pop, rust most likely the true cause -  I am unable to recollect just how many iron hulled ships have sunk by springing a leak and foundering 
COMMODORE of 1818 was never reg.Port Adelaide although last owner was a resident of that place 
COMMODORE BURNETT, never sailed under that name was re-named PLUTO soon after launch 
COMORIN, built by Barclay,CURLE, not  curie 
CONCORDIA, McIlwraith,McEacharn hulk at Fremantle scuttled Apl 20, 1948 
CONFERENCE, purchased Adelaide SS Co, and loaded with coal and sent to Albany in April to become coal hulk scuttled April 24, 1904 20 miles north of Fremantle and allowed to drift on the reef opposite Burns Beach, vide Harbour master Fremantle 
CONJOLA.  Registered as PADDLE steamer, not screw as you claim 
CONSTANCE  your inability to understand how two similar vessels could be built at the same time with the same name  makes it clear you have no idea of the era , obviously there was a lady of that name, well known in the west, that caused different people to name a vessel in her honour, a not infrequent situation in that era  and possibly both owners or builders  aspired to flater the lady û a not uncommon event. 
CONSTANT last two entries page 195, the same ship û why? 
CONTENT, both the same vessel.  Orig. Melbourne 1852 as 125 tons, remeasured. 1853 - 147tons, B.1842 Greenock,  Melb. Customs always unreliable about fate of vessel, particularly in the 1850s-1860s suffered a clean up mid 1870s and wrote this, and many others off as æmissingÆ because they couldnÆt be bothered to find ou what did happen. 
CONWAY,  W ship  1165 t, left Liverpool June 10 with 428 govt migrants, arrived Melbourne Sept. 15, Capt.w.H.Duiguid 
COOLABAR ,  actually COOLEBAR,  Steel not iron, twin screw ss  479/ 224, B.1911 for North Coast S.N.Co., after many visitudes sold Chine buyers in 1947 and renamed EAST RIVER, but detained by Commonwealth and never left and sunk at her moorings North Stockton Sept. 25, 1949 raised in sections beween April/May 1958  and remains sold to BHP as scrap iron. 
COOLANA   was fired on æ with the gun deckÆ??? strange, perhaps it was the gun ON her deck???? 
COOLANGATTA (2nd) was STERN wheel drogher (typo), and while being righted in the Shoalhaven river, æsunk like a stoneÆ was raised and converted into receiving hulk 
Your COOLEBAR, CORRECT SEE WRONG NAME ABOVE. 
COOLOON. Wrecked at Coopernook ? you have had geography altered to suit û that place is on the Pacific Highway some miles inland, on a small creek  flowing into the Manning river, where, once upon a time, many moons ago, some small ships wer BUILT but I have yet to find one wreck there!! 
COOMBAR, built for North Coast S.N.Co, sold to  Victora in 1934 in 1937 to w.R.Carpenter (Solmon Islands) Ltd, Rabaul, 1940 Wm.Crosby Melbourne, taken up for minesweeper 1946 sold to Singapore sold Hong Kong 1948 renamed SAN DAVID, 
COOMONDERRRY, never owned by Illawarra S N  company, but in 1905 to the Illawarra & South Coast s.N.Co until sold in 1915 to Melbourne for trawler but Nov 1916 went to Hassell & Co, for coastal work, often with cartage of  gypsum 
COORABIE, Iron  mv, built as ss JESSIE DARLING, and renamed 1929 when refitted with a Petters diesel, which was said to be so noisey customers in the S.A.Gulf ports knew she was calling long before she was seen., she was sold to the Netherland east Indies û noth the Neetherlands 
COOREEI  W ss, tonnage  typo û should be 92/62 tons, not as printed 
COORONG, I ss  298/221n,  deck house added 1863 now  391g/304n tons. Was built in Glasgow, not at Port Glasgow, built for S.A coastal trade, but unsuitable and sold to McMeckan,Blackwood, Melbourne for intercolonial work  Nov. 1863, They sold to Mt.Gambier s.S.Co July 1877, that company bankrupt  and sold to others trading Melbourne-Western districts Via and  SE South Australia, in 1884 John See,of Sydney for Northern Rivers trade, he joined with others to form North Coast S.N.Co 1891. vessel hulked 1911 
COORONG W BQ 396t, 1883 = 359g/344n, Built by Phillip Chase, Warren, Rhode Island for Joseph Darwent, Port Adelaide July 1865 trans to Wm.Howes. on voyage from Mauritius to Port Adelaide, rescued crew of Holt Hill wrecked St Pauls island November 1889, 1873 owners Wm.Hamilton & Peter Slater,(not slader) made hulk Pt.Adelaide  by Huddart Parker in 1897,  reg closed 1916 /brokenup 
COPELAND  when sold Norway renamed COPELAND ISLAND when Adelaide Company purchased they dropped æIslandÆ from name 
CORAKI.  Itss orig.275/164 tons, lengthened  1883 = 326/198  built for Clarence & Richmond Rivers S.N.co. 
CORAL,  w kt b. 1876 Hobart originally 46 tons,\ 
COREA I ss built for Parbury,Lamb & Co. Sydney who went to help form Queensland Stm Shipg in 1882, which became AUSN in 1887. was frequently in the news for stranding, loss of propellor etc.,  see Aust.Coastal Pass Ships etc. 
Previously reg Sydney and London, but usually in the Sydneyh-norh qld trades 
CORREEL -  also entered under correct name of COOREEI 
CORINGAL,  registered as  CORINGLEÆ 
Corinna,  Iss built for Tasmanian S.N.Co., nothing to do with McMeckan Blackwood & CO,. in 1891 T.S.N.Co purchased by Union s S co of NZ but Corinna  sent to work in New Zealand- see Aust.Coastal Pass Ships 
CORIO   I ss  140g/95; mr 1862 169 g, after lengthening stranded Murray mouth  1857 salvaged feb1858 placed in ADEL-Melb trade until diverted to take gold mine rushers to Pt curtis - arrived  Geelong  nov 18 1854 
As first ocean going steam collier carried coal Newcastle- Geelong for the railway a number voyages 1861 
CORIO  B 1898 NAMED CORIO 1900 BY Huddarts SOLD 1926 to China sunk as blockship 1938 and cut up for scrap where she lay in 1941 
CORIO named Sarah Fenwick, rubbish, it was CAIRO, DO NOT KNOW HOW ANYONe CAN GET SO MIXED UP, BUT LONEY CERTAINLY TRIED VERY HARD û APPARENTLY COULDNÆT READ OR CORRECT HIS OWN TYPOS 
CORNELIUS brig  247 t capt Clarke arr Portand from LondonJan 2 or 4th and left for Pt.Fairy jan 14 or 16 1853 and is the vessel wrecked next year and your next entry 
CORSAIR, wps  built Port Glasgow, not Glasgow was chartered for the Bass strait ferry in 1841 and ran until 1842,  in 1843 was placed on the Melbourne-sydney run your arrival date Launceston wrong, should be 1841 
CORSAIR. Moulmein may now be in Burma, but was considered as being in East India, and vessel built. And ships built there were often called an east india man. 
You constantly wish to place things places in the 1800s in their present places, which should be indicated if a change such as this has occurred if you wish to assist current users of this book. 
COSPATRICK, while you give correct owner you also infer Shaw,Savill & Co,  why???  and why do you always spell Savill with an æEÆ which is wrong 
COSSIPORE   you also list under wrong name û this should be noted if this work is to be a reference  work 
COUNTESS, wood paddler, as a barge being towed etc., see the next entry   which upgrades her to a barque???? 
COUNTES OF MINTO report rather hard to follow. The vessel was blown away from Lady Elliot Is, but was salvaged and then went south to be wrecked off Macquarie is, 
COUNTY OF AYR, was lost in OTAGO not Otaho 
COUNTY OF ROXBURGH, NO YEAR OF BUILD SHOWN 2121N 2209g according to Lloyds 
CREMONA, when reg Melbourne Jan.1853, it was transferred from Cork Ireland, with the information it was built at Sydney, Cape Breton 
CREOLE, first reg.Hobart as 46 of 1851 and in Nov. 1862 owner Henry Turner, of Launceston still reg. in Hobart û sequence of owners wrong as place of residence 
CREOLE  52 tons. Reg closed Dec. 1872 æÆlost some years sinceÆ which Loney picked up. I give contemp press refs 
CREST OF THE WAVE, no trace visit to Melbourne in shipping arrivals in 1850s û another same name visited Pt.Adelaide 1861, see æMigrant Ships for South australia 
CREST OF THE WAVE,  W 2m kt or barge, 55t, B.1864, ashore Kangaroo Is Apl.30, 1880 when owned J.Harvey, reg, Pt.Adelaide, salvaged, restored by same owners re reg Pt. Adelaide 6/1882 
CREST OF WAVE 112 tons, driven ashore in cyclone 1899, refloated but beyond economical repair and abandoned  ( see recent Shipping Record re this cyclone) 
CRINOLINE W sch 63 tons, b.1863 was owned by J.F.Price & C.Pennefeather,  from Sept.1872 till sold by Vice Admiralty Court March 1886 
CRISHNA,  you have also under variation of spelling which is quite wrong but why two entries with same information on page 209?????????? Surely there should be some comment about other compilerÆs mistaken names 
CROSEUS, I aux ss , famous for extraordinary repair in Sydney û see item Shipping Record and the next entry is for the same vessel, not particularly well reported or ship described   very clearly 
CROIE, miss spelling of next entry 
Croki  FOUR masts??? 
CROYDON I SS 357, MAKE UP YOUR MIND, Bishop Island, is NOT in Brisbane river, although you say it is in one place and them move it to Moreton bay, where in fact is was created. 
CROYDON SSS BUILT IN SINGAPORE -  see Aust.Coastal Pass Ships, was imported for Fremantle work and in 1899 was enrolled with Fremantle Customs in 1901 sold to Adelaide SS  Co was abandoned to Underwriters when driven ashore en route West aust to Adelaide in 1905, Salvaged and sold to Port Adelaide merchants, etc. etc. 
CULGOA  W  bq 724, was from Sydney, via NZ to load FOR china, not from as you have it 
CULLODEN, already listed under wrong name of Coloden and see that flor more correct detail in my notesfor details 
CUMBERLAND, 1st entry was not working on the Hawkesbury but bound to the Hawkesbury 
CUMBERLAND, LoneyÆs small coastal vessel, was actually the entry above 
CUMBEROONA,   why two almost identical entries??? 
CUMBRIA, reg. 59/1863 ---19/64 was for vessel named Robert Towns: 50/63 vessel named Brothers ssome æresearhers?ö unable to read their own notes 
CURRAJONG,  iron hulk, ex ARGO, not  ferry was damaged by fire in Sydney  AS LISTED PG. 62 . It was built at Hamburg, not in Denmark 
CURRAJONG, I Twin screw ss, 
CURRENCY LAD, when first reg, 70/1841 said to meas 13 tons dimensions 33.3  etc., when re-reg. 79/1845, said to measure 20 tons, dimensions 36.7  etc., 
CURRENCY LASS   in your comments WAS=  BUILT 1827/8 on Hunters river, NSW and launched as a cutter meas. 90 tons  dimensions of 58Æ8ö etc in 1829 re rigged as 2 mast sch, no report of alterations to tonnage  register closed 1839 æsold foreignÆ. Famous as first vessel entirely built by Colonial labour, i.e persons born in Australia.  it was first recorded as arriving Hobart Jan.1834 through to Oct. 1837, so it was not on the vesselÆs maiden voyage, but only its first visit to Tasmania  Harry OÆMay similar to Mr. Loney, grab the first thing that matched his previously answered question. 
CURRENCY LAD and Currency lass, , LOSS  CONFUSED, IT WAS lass LOST IN 1851, LAD unknown, reg. closed with that in 1858. 
Cuzco, WAS NOT BUILT FOR Peninsula company but PACIFIC S.N.CO.. 
CYGNET, steel ss to Manly, lot of rubbish û S ss 124/66,  ON91893 Built 1885 Abbington, UK.  reg.Hobart 2/886, trans to Sydney   4/1894 by Messrs. Lane who employed it on harbour ferry and excursions, but  not regularly in any service. Apart from tying to break into the  South Shore trade.   Sold to Lyttelton, NZ and reg there in 1900 and reg closed 1933 as vessel unseaworthy. 
CYLO, was registered as CLYO  as you  more correctly list LIST ON PAGE  187 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ps to CCC- CREST OF THE WAVE, you say to Melbourne 1853 although I find no ref --  I do find one of similar tonnage to Sydney in 1864. 
DDDDDDDDD 
D.McLennan, scuttled  June 14th 
DAIRY MAID, 1874 ? OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THE DATE 
NO SUCH ANIMAL REGISTERED 
Second entry trans to Burns, Philp in 1887 
Dalhousie, 754 NEW MEAS TONS, BY 1851 Lloyds beginning to drop old meas. tonnage 
Dalkeith star, WHY THE FREQUENT REPEAT OF THE OWNERS NAME? SEEN IN MANY INSTANCES FOR NO APPARENT REASON 
 AS IN THE NEXT ENTRYà 
Dandenong, WAS OWNED BY Howard Smith, officially who traded at the time as Melbourne Steamship company. More info Aust.Coastal Pass ships 
DANIA, Customs closed the file in dec.1886 æbroken upÆ however the perth newspaper Inquirer Mar 3, 1886 said it had been æconvertedÆ into the ALMA ALTHOUGH Customs when registering the ALMA in 1890 WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT WAS A REBUILD AND DECLARED HER A NEW VESSEL. 
Daniel Watson,  when first reg. 163 tons, 77.7, REMEASURED UNDER NEW ACT in 1851 = 143 TON  85.8 ETC. Thos Watson owner from Dec.1845 till July 1851 according to SydneY  customs folio 5/1846 
DAPHNE, 51 tons, (you 55) was ordered by Gov. Robe of Sth Aust. without authority from æhomeÆ and when it arrived in Sth Aust after he left, it was refused by colonial authorities so it was sold. Had been named ÆAustraliaÆ when launched, when reg 9/1850 Pt.Adelaide it was renamed. Trans to Melb. March 1868 reg closed æ sold foreign at Sydney Nov. 1879. official owner March 1868  E.S. Smith, June 1869 W.G.Grave jnr & N.Glassford 
Daphne 95 tons, not a well known blackbirder, that was the vessel of 50 odd tons above 
DARLING DOWNS,   THE Nore is not in Norway, but on the English coast 
DART B1826/7 as revenue cutter sold out of govt svc 1830 
DART 134 TONS all official files say SANSON, including Mercantile Navy List 
HMS DART, was named CRUISER, as Colonial Office yacht trans to RN march 1882, lent to NSW Govt 1904 as training ship and sold out of svc at Sydney 1912 
And see your subsequent entries for this vessel - ref wrong as is date in following entry 
DAUNTLESS ON78060 last reg. owner noted in 1924 was A.E.Dunston, of Victoria 
Dauntless SAN lost 1887, see above, vessel lost near Gabo 
DAVID  sch lost 1850.  4 passengers mentioned twice? 
DAWN  kt, 51, built Darwin, actually confused entry, and was the item immediately before   broken up 1891, entry  written off 1893. 
Dawn schooner lost Double Is Point, another entry for the earlier ON 57505 û surely some ref. should be made and all grouped together and the machinery carried, was cargo, not motive power û some people will grab anything to meet their preconceived thoughts û a problem constantly evidenced in this work. 
DAWN , ISS see Aust. coastal pass ships  -   arrived Melbourne Feb. 18,1877 and was for sale.  Sold Apia owner May 1908, Scuttled March 3,1928. Spent some time on the Albany-Esperance mail run 
Next two entries for Dawn also relate to original 57505 entry !!!! In Darwin owned by S.T.Brown 
DAWSTONE  no vessel that name in Victorian waters in the 1850s But Dawstone 541 tons W ship built 1853 arrived Pt.Adelaide Feb. 1854, which may be the vessel involved see Migrant Ships for South Australia 
DAYSPRING  built in France and named CONFIANCE, not confidance 
DAYSPRING  lost 1896, first entry immediately followed with another for same vessel???? 
DAYSPRING  SAN  1903, NO TRACE   WHEN CHECKING FOR THEM, OR NOW