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KennyD
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Australia
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 Posted - 12/03/2015 : 23:25:58
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Originally posted by normcook
Thank you for this lead. Since starting this exercise, I have discovered the existence of at least one other "Shakespear"(without an E on the end of the name) and appears to have been constructed for the cargo trade. I believe this particular vessel may have been of steel construction. The photo that is associated with the "Shakespeare" was also attached to this file information. I will contact the Gallery concerned for verification if possible. This appears to be a very interesting link. Thanks again.
Our 'Shakespeare' was definitely originally built as the 'Cinderella' in 1855 - beware of lots of incorrect information and pictures that are of different ships, both smaller and much larger ships. The correct 'Shakespeare' was rated at 877 tons and was a 3-master built out of Newport in 1855 which is the biggest difference between other ships of the same or similar names... I have even seen an image of a Shakespeare built in 1896 being assumed as a ship that sailed in 1872! Oops!
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/140585.html
This is a picture of the 'Cinderella' that became the 'Shakespeare' in 1867 and later became the 'Felis Quebracho' in 1894. Note all the correct details that match exactly with the Lloyd's Register of Shipping details. The 1896/97 Lloyd's Register of Shipping lists all three names for her under the name 'Felis Quebracho'.
This ship has also featured in at least two paintings:
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/industry/images/?action=search&search_type=all&search_terms=cinderella
My connection to this ship was the 1872 voyage to Australia - my Great-Grandad Shakespeare Lauritz Duus was born at sea on that voyage, off the south coast of Australia at -41°17', 132°...
I am researching newspapers etc to find what happened to the Shakespeare around October 1894 off the coast of Montevideo that led to her being condemned as an emigrant transport ship and sold to be used by the Harteneck brothers in their quebracho timber and tannin business in Argentina.
I also plan to document each and every voyage using shipping arrivals from old newspapers...
Regards,
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breakfree
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New Zealand
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Posted - 27/08/2015 : 23:30:46
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| Interestingly enough one of my Swedish ancestors and his sister were on the 1872 voyage and he met his Norwegian bride in Queensland, Australia, they then came out to New Zealand and settled in Palmerston North :) |
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KennyD
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Australia
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Posted - 16/12/2016 : 03:08:39
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Originally posted by breakfree
Interestingly enough one of my Swedish ancestors and his sister were on the 1872 voyage and he met his Norwegian bride in Queensland, Australia, they then came out to New Zealand and settled in Palmerston North :)
The Duus family that sailed on the 1872 voyage of the 'Shakespeare' also moved to the North Island (and descendants remain in the Palmerston North area) before returning to Australia around the time of 'the long depression' in New Zealand... (I have recently written and published my family history book.)
I just recently stumbled across the 1855 account of the launch of the 'Cinderella' in the Monmouthshire Merlin newspaper of 3 October 1855.
Monmouthshire Merlin, Newport, Wednesday 3rd October 1855
LAUNCH OF THE CINDERELLA
We have had the pleasure, on former occasions, of calling attention to the fact that Newport presents obvious facilities for iron ship-building, and it is a circumstance as likely to promote the commercial interest of our port, as it is creditable to the enterprise of the builders, that an iron vessel of large tonnage, has just been completed and safely launched from the yard of Messrs. T. B. and S. Batchelor.
Saturday morning last was the period appointed for the launch, and long before the preparations in the yard had been completed, the wharfs, the bridges, Rodney-parade, and indeed, almost every spot where a good view could be obtained, were thronged by persons anxious to witness the interesting spectacle.
It is said that not less than five thousand beheld the noble craft glide into the river, and never did vessel “take more kindly" to her appropriate element. Precisely at nine o'clock, the last wedge having been knocked out, the anxiously-awaited word “all clear," sounded from the ways," and, after a moment of suspense, the “Cinderella" slid smoothly into the Usk, amid the vociferous acclamations of the multitude. The “Cinderella," the first iron ship built in Newport, and, we believe, the largest vessel ever launched upon our river, is said to be equal to any Scotch clipper in model, strength, and workmanship.
Plates of the thickness of 3/8 and 3/4 of an inch were used in her construction, and no expense has been spared in putting her together upon the most approved principles.
Her dimensions are –
Length of keel and forerake……….….185 feet.
Length overall………………………..…216 feet.
Breadth……………………………………32 feet.
Depth of hold……………………………..23 feet.
Height 'tween decks……………………....8 feet.
Burthen, per register……………….…..950 tons.
Burthen………………………..………1,200 tons.
She has a house, cabins, and other accommodations, on deck, and is pierced for 14 guns. Two heavy anchors were laid upon the wharf previously to her being launched. By these, after her maiden run across the river, she was safely brought to, and having been taken in tow immediately by two steam tugs, was placed in a snug berth in the dock in less than thirty minutes from the time at which she left the stocks.
She is designed for the East India trade, and is to be commanded by Captain Williams, late of the “Joseph Cunard," under whose direction, assisted by Mr. Anstice, pilot, the launch took place. It has been determined, we believe, that previously to entering upon the Eastern trade, she is to make a voyage, with a cargo of rail-iron, to New Orleans, returning thence to Liverpool, with cotton. She has been built in a little over a year, and will, it is expected, be ready for sea in a month or five weeks.
Cheers, Ken Duus |
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