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         THOMAS STEPHENS - From a painting by Jack Spurling in"SAIL:
The Romance of the Clipper Ships"

   (SM) SOME SMALLER COMPANIES


1. A. Bilbrough & Co.
                2. Brice & Company
3. C.H. Dangar
                4. Francis E. Beaver
                5. W.N. Frost.
                6. John Patton, Junior & Co.
                7. Roberts, Owen & Co
                8. Taylor, Bethell & Co.
               9. Thomas Baring
               10. Thomas Stephens & Sons
               11 Thompson & Gray
               12. H. Walker
               13. T.H.A. Wattenbach
               14. W. & R. Wright

            1. A. BILBROUGH & CO.

                OLD KENSINGTON - i3s 1,817gt 1,777nt 1874 Liverpool

         Watercolour by Jack Spurling                                     “SAIL, The Romance of the ClipperShips”, Vol. III,
    pictured by J. Spurling. storied by Basil Lubbock

               2. BRICE & COMPANY

               CREST OF THE WAVE - w3s 805t 1853 Sunderland

Lithograph by J.R. Isaac     National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK (PAD6460)

                SPRAY OF THE OCEAN - w3s 996t 1854 Sunderland

Lithograph by J.R. Isaac National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, (PAH8549)


               3. C.H. DANGAR

                GLADSTONE (ex-FRANCESCO CALDERON) – i3s 1,159t 1873 Dumbarton

   State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H99.220/1612)

                NEOTSFIELD – i3s 1894gt 1889 Dumbarton

                 Watercolour by Jack Spurling                                “SAIL, The Romance of the Clipper Ships”, Vol. II,
                                                                                              pictured by J. Spurling, storied by Basil Lubbock

    4. FRANCIS E. BEAVER

                JOSHUA BATES - w3s 620t 1844 Newburyport, Mass. (acqd. 1862)

Oil painting (British School) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK (BHC3431)


5. W.N. FROST

                ANGLO-SAXON - w3s 765t 1854 Sunderland

From a painting by Samuel Walters Frank C Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail",.

               6. JOHN PATTON, JUNIOR & CO.

               NORTHFLEET - w3s 986t 1853 London                  see Duncan Dunbar (DD)


HESPERIDES – i3s 1,338t 1875 Sunderland

Postcard print   State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H93.8/137)


               7. ROBERTS, OWEN & CO.

                CANARVON BAY – i3s 1154t 1875 Glasgow

Photo of earlier painting State Library of Victoria (Accession No.H99.220/1538)


                CENTURION – st3s 1,868t 1891 Greenock

     State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H99.220/1973)

                8. TAYLOR, BETHELL & CO. (Successors to the Black Ball Line in carrying
immigrants to Queensland)

                DARLING DOWNS (ex-CALCUTTA converted
                     from aux,) – i3s 1634t 1852 London

State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H99.220/2006)

GREAT QUEENSLAND – i3s 1,625t 1852 London

State Library of Victoria (Accession No. H99.220/122)

STAR QUEEN – w3s 832t 1854 Sunderland

State Library of South Australia (PRG 1373/1/24)

9. THOMAS BARING

NORMAN COURT - c3s 834t 1869 Glasgow

   Watercolur by Jack Spurling       “SAIL, The Romance of the Clipper Ships”, Vol. II,
   pictured by J. Spurling, storied by Basil Lubbock

10. THOMAS STEPHENS & SONS

                THOMAS STEPHENS - i3s 1,507t 1869 Liverpool

Watercolour by Jack Spurling “SAIL, The Romance of the Clipper Ships”, Vol. II,
pictured by J. Spurling, stried by Basil Lubbock

11. THOMPSON & GRAY

THOMASINA MACLELLEN – i3s 1,788t 1873 Dumbarton

   State Library of Victoria (Accession No.H99.220/153)

            12. H. WALKER

            ASPHODEL - w3bk 297t 1862 Sunderland

    Frank C. Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail"


            13. T.H.A. WATTENBACH

            MATILDA WATTENBACH - w3s 1059t 1853 st Heliers, Jersey
   (later registered as 954t) - 1864 under new owners renamed RACEHORSE

Lithograph by T.G. Dutton    Frank C. Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail"


            14. W. & R. WRIGHT

                SCOTTISH CHIEF - w3s 1,053t 1856 St. John, N.B.

From a painting by R.B. Spencer    Frank C. Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail"

                NB - The National Maritime Museums's "Concise Catalogue of Oil Paintings" gives the ship's name as
  "Scottish Chieftain" but other sources including Bowen give it as "Scottish Chief".  The naming of the
ship in the painting would originate with the artist. Another anomaly, is Bowen giving the name of the
artist as "R.R. Spencer" when the painting is by "R.B. Spencer"

Ship details from a variety of sources including Basil Lubbock and the Lloyd's Registrry of British and
Foreign Shipping.

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