Fleet of R.Hughes-Jones & Co of Liverpool
St Bk = Steel Barque, I.S. Iron Ship, St S = Steel Ship
Fleet of R.Hughes-Jones & Co of Liverpool |
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from Aled Eames's book "Ventures in Sail", A.Villiers, Basil
Lubbock, C.Woolard, J.I.Davies Public Record Office, NMM, University of
St Johns Nfld etc. See my Bibliography
for reading list |
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| W.Bk= Wooden
Barque, I.Bk= Iron Barque, St Bk = Steel Barque, I.S. Iron Ship, St S = Steel Ship |
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| NAME | TONS | BUILT | O.N | BOUGHT | SOLD/ LOST | NOTES |
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| Celtic Monarch | 2973 | 1884 | 1884 | 1911 | 1910 September. Dismasted on passage Antafogasta to Hamburg Put back to Valparaiso(AE) 1910 December 7th. At Valparaiso. Capt Llewelyn killed in an accident 1911 Feb Declared total constructive loss. Sold to J.Rolph, Mayor of San Francisco and converted to a barge. (AE) 1920 Re-rigged and renamed JAMES ROLPH (AE) 1935 Broken up. (AE) | |
| Celtic Chief | 1749 | 1885 | 91271 | 1885 | 1911 | 1910 Damage to keel, hull and frames after going ashore at Honolulu. (AE) 1911 Sold to S.Brusgard, Drammen Norway for 3,500 pounds.(AE) 1917 July 15th. Sunk by U.Boat. (AE) |
| Celtic Queen | 1738 | 1891 | 97860 | 1891 | 1910 | 1910 Sold to Simonsen, Christiana, Norway for 3200 pounds.(AE) 1917 Out of the register.(AE) |
| Superb | 1451 | 1866 | 1891 | 1898 | 1898 Sold to Norway. (AE) | |
| Celtic Race | 1874 | 1891 | 1891 | 1913 | 1913 Sold to Norway for 5200 pounds (AE) 1916 Renamed CONCORDIA (AE) 1924 Broken up (AE) | |
| Carnedd Llewelyn | 1608 | 1891 | 1891 | 1908 | 1908 Missing with all hands Caleta Buena to Falmouth. Last spoken at 20deg S 6deg W on 19th February.Capt Thomas Evans (AE, BL) | |
| Celtic Bard | 1795 | 1895 | 1895 | 1898 | 1898 July. Arrived Hong Kong after 107 day voyage from S.Wales ports with coal for the American Navy. (American Spanish War was on in the Phillipines). Several ships had done the same trip including the Metropolis. (BL, AE) 1898 Missing on ballast voyage, Hong Kong to Royal Roads, Vancouver.Last spoken to 150 miles SW of Kobe(AE) | |
| Celtic Glen | 1941 | 1892 | 1907 | 1915 | 1915 Sold and renamed RIVER FORCE(AE) 1917 Sold and renamed GARTH FORCE owners Marine Navigation Co of Montreal.(AE) 1921 Converted to a hulk at Durban after collision with iceberg whilst on passage Liverpool to Australia. Wreck sold for 500 pounds. (BL,AE) 1927 Towed out and sunk in the Indian Ocean. (BL,AE) | |
| British Commerce | 1390 | 1868 |
