The Colonial Clippers

Basil Lubbock

Kessinger Publishing, Jan 30, 2005 - History - 568 pages

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Contents

• THE EMIGRANT SHIPS: 1
• First Gold Cargoes Home: 10
• Liverpool Shipowners in the Australian Trade: 22
• The Marco Polo: 26
• Marco Polos First Voyage to Australia: 32
• Marco Polos Second Voyage to Australia: 36
• Ben Nevis: 42
• The Famous Sovereign of the Seas: 48
• Best Outward Passages for 18534 Anchorage to Anchorage: 52
• The Lightning: 60
• Race across the Atlantic between Lightning and Red Jacket: 63
• The Lightnings First Voyage to Australia: 71
• The James Baines: 77
• The Donald Mackay: 83
• Blue Jacket White Star and Shalimar: 85
• Best Homeward Passages 18556: 103
• James Baines Champion of the Seas and Lightning race out: 110
• Black Bailers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade: 115
• Some Famous Coal Hulks: 120
• The Aberdeen White Star Line: 129
• Captain Mark Breachs First Encounter with his Owner: 136
• Passages of Aberdeen Ships to Sydney 18723: 142
• The Orient and Her Best Outward Passages: 148
• The Little Heather Bell: 152
• Yatala: 155
• Torrens Outward Passages 161: 161
• Messrs Devitt Moore: 176
• Pekina and Hawesbury: 180
• Captain John Wyrill 185: 185
• Loss of the Corinth: 191
• The Ironsides First Iron Sailing Ship: 200
• The Darling Downs: 204
• Theophane: 208
• PatriarchFirst Iron Ship of Aberdeen White Star Line: 212
• First Six Ships of the Loch Line: 219
• Miltiades: 225
• Hesperus and AuroraThe First Iron Ships of the Orient Line: 233
• Ben Cruachan and Ben Votrlick: 237
• Samuel Plimsoll: 240
• Tragedy of the Loch A rd: 247
• Devitt Moores Crack Passenger Ship Rodney 261: 251
• The Speedy Thessalus: 255
• Loch Vennachar: 262
• The Colonial Barque Woollahra: 270
• Loch Fyne and Loch Long: 274
• Argonaut: 280
• Loch Ryan: 284
• The Loss of Lochs Shiel and Sunart: 287
• Passages to Australia in 1878: 295
• Passages under 80 days to Sydney in 1881: 300
• Loch Torridons Voyages 18921908 316: 321
• Port Jackson: 323
• Passages to Australia in 1884: 328
• Passages to Australia in 1885: 334
• Hines Clipper Barques: 339
• Iron Barques of Walker and Trinder Anderson: 343
• Edwin Fox: 347
• The Loss of the Avalanche 804: 354
• Peter Denny 862: 358
• Origin of the Albion Houseflag: 365
• Robert Duncans Six Beautiful Sister Ships: 376
• Wellington and Captain Cowan: 380
• Marlborough Hermione and Pleion: 380
• The Pretty Little Ben Venue: 387

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Colonial Clippers
• Author: Basil Lubbock
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2005
• ISBN: 1417964162, 9781417964161
• Length: 568 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)