Hawkesbury

A composite full-rigged built in 1868 by W. Pile & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions: 203'0"×36'2"×21'5" and tonnage: 1179 GRT, 1120 NRT and 994 tons under deck. Equiiped with two decks and had a forecastle which was 36' long and a poop of 74'.

Had the reputation of being the wettest ship of the wool-fleet.

1868 November: Launched at the shipyard of W. Pile & Co., Sunderland, for Devitt & Moore, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 60903 and signal JHWR. Employed in the Australian cargo and passenger trade.
1868-1875: In command of Captain Philip Sayers.
1875 October 25 - February 15: Sailed from Sydney to London in 113 days with a cargo of wool.
1876-1881: In command of Captain D.B. Carvosso late of the same owner's ship the La Hogue.
1878 December 5 - March 6: Sailed from Sydney to London in 91 days with a cargo of wool.
1880 September 30 - December 27: Sailed from Sydney to London in 88 days with a cargo of wool.
1881-1888: In command of Captain W. Osborne.
1883 February 8 - May 12: Sailed from Sydney to London in 93 days with a cargo of wool.
1883 December 7 - March 10: Sailed from Sydney to London in 93 days with a cargo of wool.
1884 November 26 - February 28: Sailed from Sydney to London in 94 days with a cargo of wool.
1888: Sold to Wilson, Son & Co., London.
1888 September: Sold to Johan Ingmansson, Mörrum, & Otto Banck, Helsingborg, Sweden.
1888-1897: In command of Captain Peter Norfelt, Helsingborg.
1894 January 20: Arrived to Sölvesborg from Antwerpen with a cargo of 140 tons of coal. Repaired and rerigged as a barque.
1895 November 13: Arrived to Gothenburg from New York.
1896 January 20: Passed Dover on voyage from Gothenburg to Santos.
1896 December 30: Arrived to New York from the Far East.
1897: Sold to W.O. Bauch, Helsingborg.
1897-1899: In command of Captain Nils Andersson, Höganäs.
1897 December 31: Arrived to Port Elizabeth from Gefle.
1898 February 17 - April 17: Sailed from Port Elizabeth to Savannah.
1898 May c25 - June 3: Sailed from Savannah to Hamburg.
1898 November 16: Sailed from St John's to Buenos Ayres.
1899 October 10: Arrived to Cardiff from Danzig.
1899 November: Sold to Captain G. Moltedo, Genoa, and was renamed Pinin. Captain Moltedo was also the master of the ship.
1904 November: Stranded on the Goodwin Sands in bad weather. The London tug Hibernia which was towing a French sailing ship to the Downs came to the assistance and managed to get her off the sands with the help if the Deal lifeboat and boatmen.
1905 March: Broken up at Dunkirk.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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