In the Chops of the Channel
The 4-masted barque Abraham Rydberg about to take a tow.
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Annie Watt
Port Victoria, 1930s
Annie Watt and the grain fleet – the bagged grain was taken by ketches to the sailing ships anchored offshore.
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Bretagne
Au Revoir Bretagne
The French bounty ship Bretagne in Storm Bay, as she heads off to the American NW coast for a grain cargo.
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City of Adelaide
Emigrant Clipper
CIty of Adelaide made 23 voyages in the emigrant trade to Adelaide, South Australia.
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Cutty Sark
On the Wool Run
Cutty Sark after delivering general cargo to Sydney, returning to London with wool, hides and tallow.
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Falls of Clyde (1)
Off the Dagger Ramereez
Falls of Clyde off the Diego Ramirez islands, about 60 nm SW of Cape Horn.
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Falls of Clyde (2)
A glorious fair wind
Falls of Clyde powers through the Trade Winds towards the Cape of Good Hope.
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Favell
Reunion Anchorage
Favell is shown here peacefully at anchor in a setting often dreamed about by sailors on the Cape Horn run.
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Forest Dream
A deckload for Sydney
The 5-masted barquentine Forest Dream carrying Douglas Fir building timber to Australia.
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Glenlee
Down Channel with a Fair Wind
The barque Glenlee heads down the English Channel
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Grace Harwar
At the ballast grounds
Grace Harwar lies at anchor off Wallaroo, South Australia, discharging ballast.
Harriet MacGregor
In Storm Bay
The Tasmanian barque Harriet McGregor moves up Storm Bay towards Hobart.
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Herzogin Cecilie and Beatrice
Racing For Port Lincoln
Herzogin Cecilie and Beatrice race between Melbourne and Port Lincoln.
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Hougomont
Running the Easting Down
The 4-masted barque Hougomont powering towards Australia and onwards to Cape Horn.
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James Craig (1)
Final Voyage
The year is 1920 and a newly rigged James Craig prepares to leave her anchorage in Johnson’s Bay.
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James Craig (2)
In Darling Harbour
The barque James Craig returns to her berth in Darling Harbour after a day cruise off Port Jackson.
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Joseph Craig
Coals from Newcastle
The New Zealand barque Joseph Craig (ex Dunblane) drops her tow off Nobbys, Newcastle NSW.
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Killoran
In the Gulf
The barque Killoran sets sail off Port Victoria in Spencer Gulf, South Australia with a heat haze building up astern.
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Kilmeny
End of the voyage
A pilot cutter meets up with the barque Kilmeny at the end of her final voyage in 1921.
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L’Avenir
The road to Cape Horn
The 4-masted barque L’Avenir is pushed along by a moderate NW wind on her way towards Cape Horn.
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Lawhill
A fine quartering wind
The 4-masted barque Lawhill moves before a steady fair wind, on her last voyage from Europe in 1940.
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Magdalene Vinnen
Towards Falmouth
1933: the German sailing ship Magdalene Vinnen clears Port Jackson towards Falmouth.
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Monkbarns
In London’s River
Monkbarns is moved up to a buoy in the Thames in 1926 at the end of the her commercial life.
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Moshulu
In the South-East Trades
The 4-masted barque Moshulu powers through the South-East Trade Winds.
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Mozart
In Soundings
The 4-masted barquentine Mozart drifts along in a calm, at the mouth of the English Channel.
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Olivebank and Waratah
The Heaving Line
The 4-masted barque Olivebank taking a tow by tug Waratah into Sydney harbour.
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Olivebank
In Carrick Roads
The 4-masted barque Olivebank, deep laden with Australian grain, heaves to at the entrance to Falmouth harbour.
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Omega
Entering Independencia Bay
The 4-masted barque Omega enters Independencia Bay in northern Peru, where she will load a cargo of guano.
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