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  BLACKWALL FRIGATES - LITHOGRAPHS
   BY T.G. DUTTON

The Blackwall frigates owed their name and origin to
the Blackwall shipbuiding yards on the north bank of
  the Thames opposite Greenwich. These yards had built
  East Indiamen since 1611 and continued to do so in the
19th Century.

                AGAMEMNON, 1,431t, wood clipper, built
in 1855 at Blackwall Yards (Thames) for
Green's Blackwall Line. In the Indian trade
until 1870 then in the Australian passenger
trade for seven years and after that became
a coal hulk..

   "The 'Agamemnon, East Indiaman,1700 Tons. To
   Captain Charles Hyne & the Officers of the Ship"
   T.G. Dutton
Day & Son
   William Foster
   Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1855
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9322)

              ALFRED, 1350t, wood clipper, built in 1845
at H. Green's Blackwall Yards for his Blackwall
Line. In the London-Calcutta trade. Made
voyages to Australia after 1860.

"The 'Alfred' East Indiaman"
T.G. Dutton, artist
   Day & Son
   William Foster
   Lithograph: circa 1845-1848
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0590)

        ALNWICK CASTLE, 1.087t, wood clipper,
built in 1856 by W.Pile, Sunderland. for
Green's Backwall Line. She began in the
India trade. In the early sixties she was
carrying labourers and cargoes of rice
   from Calcutta to Trinidad and Guyana.
She was sold in 1878 and twiceagain.
She was wrecked in 1881 on the Mexican
coast on a voyage from Rotterdam.

T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
    Day & Son, engravers
      William Foster, publisher
    Lithograph: 1853-1857
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0643)

          ANGLESEY, 1018t, wood clipper, built
in 1851 at Green's Blackwall Yards for
       his Blackwall LIne. Lubbock described
her as one of Green's fastest ships. She
   appears in the ship arrival records for
Melbourne from 1852 and annually after
       that in p[ublished records up to 1860. In
1871, in a passage to Melbourne she made
a run of 380miles in one day - a record
for a Blackwaller- and her passage from
     Start to Port Philip in 72 days.an return
in 78 days was never equalled by any
       Blackwall frigate. She was sold in 1874.

    "The Clipper Ship Anglesey, 1150 Tons. To
   Captain J.N. Thorne and the Officers of the Ship"
   T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
       William Foster
Hand coloured lithograph: circa 1852
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9338)

           BARHAM, 1,149t, wood clipper, built in
1846 at Green's Blackwall Yards for his
   Blackwall Line. In London-Madras and
Calcutta trade. She was sold in 1867.
     In 1873, she was still in the India trade
but disappeared from the Register in the
   following year.

   "The 'Barham' East Indiaman, 1200 Tons"
   T.G. Dutton
   A. Hinton
   Foster
   Fry
   Lithograph: circa 1846
   Royal Museuns Greenwich, London (PY9331)

        BLACKWALL, 838t, wood clipper, built
in 1850 at Green's Blackwall Yards for
his Blackwall Line. In the London-Australia
trade for seventeen years. In records up to
  1860, she is recorded as visiting Melbourne
each year from 1852 to 1860; and in South
Australian records up to 1866, as visiting
Adelaide in 1860 and 1861. In 1867, she was
repaired and transfered to the India trade
where she made three voyages In 1870 she
was sold and put in the Java trade. In 1875,
she was converted to Barque rig. In 1884,
she was wrecked at Morecombe Bay on
Britaib's South Coast.

"Clipper Ship Blackwall, 1000 Tons, in a squall off New
      Zealand on her homeward passage Decr 18th 1857. To
    Captain J. McKerke & the Officers of the Ship ..."
T.G. Dutton
  Day & Son
William Foster
      Lithograph: circa 1857
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9334)

BLENHEIM, 808t, wood clipper, built
in 1845 at South Shields for Duncan
Dunbar. An East Indiaman.

By T.G. Dutton
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PAH0607)

           CARLISLE CASTLE, 1,458t, iron clipper,
built in 1868 at Green's Blackwall Yard
     for the Blackwall Line. In the Australian
trade. Carried passengers until the steam
ships cut into this trade when she became
a carrier of wool and grain cargoes. She
     was not a fast ship and her ouitward
passages over ten years averaged 86.5 days
In 1893, sold and converted to barque rig.
In 1899, in a voyage from the Clyde to
Western Australia, she was lost with all
hands off Fremantle.

   "The 'Carlisle Castle', 1700 Tons, Austin Cooper Commander"
T.G. Dutton
William Foster
Hand-tinted lithograph: circa 1868
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PAH0692)

CLARENCE, 1,104t, wood clipper, built
in 1858 at Pile, Sunderland for R.Green's
Blackwall Line. In the London-India trade,
then from 1861-1865 carrying Indian
labourers to West Indies destinations. She
also carried troops back to Britain from
India in 1865. She was sold in 1873.

      T.G. Dutton, artist
      Day & Son
      William Foster, publisher
Hand coloured lithograph: No date
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0654)

            DUNBAR, 1,167t, wood clipper, built
in 1853 by Laing, Sunderland, for
  Duncan Dunbar. In 1857, wrecked
near Soth Head, Port Jackson (Sydney)

"The 'Dunbar' 1321 Tons
      T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
   Day & Son, printers
   William Foster , publisher
  Coloured Lithograph:
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PAH0629)

            DUNCAN DUNBAR, 1374t, wood clipper, built
  in 1857 by Laing, Sunderland for Duncan Dunbar.
In 1865, wrecked on Las Rocas Shoal (in the
Atlantic just below the Equator).

   "The Clipper Ship 'Duncan Dunbar' 1600 Tons"
   T.G. Dutton, printer and engraver
    Day & Son (engravers)
William Foster (publisher)
Hand-coloured lithograph:
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0653)

            ESSEX, 1042tons, wood clipper, built in 1862 at
Wigram's Blackwall Yard for Wigram & Sons.
Abadoned at sea 1880.

   T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
Day & Son, printers
William Foster, publisher
Coloured lithograph: 1862
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0678)

            GLORIANA, 1,057t, wood clipper, built in
   1843 at Smith's Tyne yard for T&W Smith.
   In the India trade.

   T.G. Dutton , artist
       Lithograph: 1843
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0581)

            HIGHFLYER, 1,012t, wood clipper, built
in 1861 Green's Blackwall yard for his
     Blakwall Line. In the China tea races in
1861, 1862 and 1863, bot was not a success.
She was too slow. In 1862, from Shanghai
7 days behind the leader Fiery Cross to
London. In 1863, from Foochow 33 days
behind the same leader.

"The Clipper Ship Highflyer, 1111 Tons. To
Richard Green, Esqr., & Captain A. Enright."
   T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
   William Foster
   Hand coloured lithograph: 6th December 1861
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9335)

KENT, 998t, wood clipper, built in 1853 at
Wigram's Blackwall Yard for Wigram & Sons.
In the London-Melbourne trade for many years.
Popular with passengers and a good passage
maker. In 1859, she beat both MARCO POLO
and BLUE JACKET in a race to Melnourne.
Recorded as arriving in Melbourne every year
from 1853-1860.

"The Kent (1853), 1000 tons, being towed past Gravesend"
   T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
William Foster, publisher
   Lithograph: 1853
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0628)

LADY MELVILLE, 966t, wood clipper, built
in 1859 by Haswell, Sunderland, for Green's
Blackwall Line.

"Clipper ship Lady Melville passing through
icebergs on her homeward voyage from
Melbourne 21st May 181863"
T.G Dutton, delineator and lithographer
Wood engraving
   Published in the Illustrated London News
   Sept. 22, 1863
    National Library of Australia (nla.pic-an9455494)

          LINCOLNSHIRE, 1,021t, wood clipper, built
      in 1858 at Wigram's Blackwall Yard for
   Wigram & Sons. In the London-Australia trade.
   She made twenty-two voyages with passengers
   to Melbourne from 1858 to 1879. Condemned in 1881.

   T.G. Dutton, artist
    Lithograph: circa 1858
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0655)

           LORD WARDEN, 1237t, wood clipper,
built in 1862 at Pile, Sunderland, for the
Blackwall Line. She began in the Madras
passenger trade but was later transferred
to the Melbourne service where she made
   some good outward passages of under 80
days. She was sold in 1884 to Italian
   owners in Fiume. She foundered in 1889.

"The Clipper Ship Lord Warden, 1350 Tons."
    T.G. Dutton
    William Foster
    Lithograph: 8 Sep. 1862
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0676)

MADAGASCAR. 951t, wood clipper, built
in 1837 at Blackwall Yard for the Blackwall
Line. In the Indian trade.

" 'Madagascar' , East Indiaman, 1000 Tons"
T.G. Dutton
Day & Son
William Foster
Aquatint, etching: date unknown
Royal Museuns Greenwich, London (PT2918)

MALABAR, 1,219t, wood clipper, built in
1860 by Pile, Sunderland, for Green's
Blackwall Line. From 1869 to 1872 she
made twelve voyages from London to
Bombay, Cacutta or Madras. From 1873
to 1876 she made four voyages to Port
Phillip. Sold 1877, she was converted to
barque rig, she made three voyages to
India. in1882, she was broken up in Calcutta.

   "The Clipper Ship 'Malabar' , 1350 Tons, to
   Richard Green Esqr & Captain H.H, Consitt"
   T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
   William Foster
Hand -coloured lithograph: Date unknown
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9310)

             MALBOROUGH, 1,402t, wood clipper, built
in 1846 at Smith's Tyne yard for T&W Smith.
In India trade

  'Malborough' East Indiaman 1050Tons
By T.G. Dutton
  Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PAH0594)

NEWCASTLE,, 1,173t, wood clipper, built
in 1859 by Pile, Sunderland, for the R, Green's
Blacwall Line. In London-India trade. During
the sixties she was carried troops to and from
Calcutta. Transferred to the Melbourne
passemger trade after the 1869 opening of the
Suez Canal.

"Clipper Ship 'Newcastle', 1275 Tons,
       R.D. Crawford, Commander"
    T.G. Dutton
      Day & Son
    William Foster
    Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1857
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9323)

NORFOLK, 953t, wood clipper, built in
1857 at Wigram's Blackwall Yard for
Wigram & Sons. In the Australian trade,
she is credited with a 68 days passage to
Melbourne. She was one of the last sailing
ships retained by Wigram when he moved
to steam auxiliaries. In 1875, wrecked at
Boa Vista.

"Clipper Ship 'Newcastle' 1275 Tons'
R.D. Crawford Commander"
T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
    Day & Son, engravers
William Foster, publisher
         Lithograph: circa 1857-1860
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0647)

            ORWELL, 1,220t, wood clipper, built
in1854 at Harwich. She was purhased
by Green in the eighteen sixties. The
vessel had been in the Australian
passenger trade from 1855 . She had
made four voyages with passengers
before 1860, and made four more in the
   sixties (1860-61-62-65), and three in
the seventies (1870-77-78). She was
posted as missing on a voyage to the
West Indies in 1873.

"The Clipper Ship 'Orwell' 1109 Tons"
   T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
   William Foster
      Hand-coloured lithograph: no date
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0636)

              OWEN GLENDOWER, 911t, wood clipper,
  built in 1839 at the Blackwall Yard for Green's
Blackwall Line. She was put ino the Australia
trade during the Australian Gold Rush. She
carried passengers to Melbourne in three
voyages in 1859. 1860 and 1862.

   "The 'Owen Glendower', East Indiaman, 1000 Tons.
  (Entering Bombay Harbour.)"
  T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
   William Foster
   Lithograph: after 1843
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0566)

            PRINCE OF WALES, 1,244t, armed
merchantman, built in 1842 at the
    Blackwall Yard for Green's Blackwall
Line. Built for rapid conversion, pierced
for 50 guns. and fitted to carry troops,
  she was the equivalent of a 50-gun frigate.
Another feature of the vessel was that
she was flush decked for the enjoyment
of passengers. Her sister ship Wigram's
QUEEN was identical in these respects.
She was also no mean  performer. In 1860,
with 120 passengers she reached Melbourne
in 77days.Her first recorded arrival in
Melbourne was in 1859. She was sold in
  1864.

"The 'Prince of Wales' East Indiaman (1350 Tons)"
T.G. Dutton
Foster
Fry
William Hinton, publisher
Day & Haghe
Hand coloured lithpograph: 1843
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9324)

            QUEEN, 1,224t, armed frigate, built in
1842 at the Blackwall Yard for Wigram
she was identical to the PRINCE OF
WALES above. Up to 1843, when the
partnership between Green and Wigram
split up, they were joint owners of the
Blackwall Yard on the Thames. The
arrangement as in the case of the
PRINCE OF WALES and QUEEN was
for two identical ships to be built one
for each partner who were free to
dispose of the vessels as they wished.
This came to anend in 1843 when the
       Yard like the partnership was split
  down the middle.

T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
    Day & Haghe, publishers, engravers
    George Foster, publisher
    Coloured lithograph: circa 1839-1844
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0573)

            RENOWN, 1,271t, a wood clipper, built
in 1860 at Green's Blackwall Yard
for his Blackwall Line. In the India trade.
She survived the cyclone at Calcutta in
1864 when 200 vessels were cast adrift
and all but a handfol were put ashore
She was sold to German owners in 1882,
and was wrecked in 1888.

"Clipper Ship the "Renown' 1450 Tons"
T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
   William Foster
Lithograph: No date
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0667)

SERINGAPATAM, 811 t, wood clipper, built
in 1837 at the Blakwall Yard for Green's
Blackwall Line.

"The East Indiaman 'Seringapatam'."
T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
Day & Son, engravers
William Foster, publisher
Coloured lithograph: 19th century
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0562)

            SHANNON, 1,292t. wood clipper, built
in 1862 at Green's Blackwall Yard for
the Blackwall Line. In 1888, on a passage
from Newcastle, N.S.W. to Wellington
she sprang a leak put into Papeete and
was condemned there.

"Clipper Ship 'Shannon', 1450 Tons
C.L.F. Daniell Esq. Commander"
    T.G. Dutton
    Day & Son
      William Foster
    Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1868
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9337)

              SUFFOLK, 976t, wood clipper,
built in 1857 by Northam for
Wigram & Sons. In 1890, lost.

   T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
   Day & Son, engravers
   William Foster, publisher
   Coloured lithograph: cica 1857-1860
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0652)

            SUPERB, 1,451t, iron clipper, built in
1866 at Green's Blackwall Yard for the
Blackwall Line. Green's first iron
Blackwaller. From passenger arrival
  records, she carried passengers to
Melbourne from 1866 to 1888.

"Clipper Ship 'Superb'."
   T.G. Dutton
William Foster
Hand -coloured lithograph: 6 October 1866
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PT3040)

             SUTLEJ, 1,150t, wood clipper, built in 1847
at Green's Blackwall Yard for the Blackwall
Line. In the London-Calcutta trade.

   "The 'Sutlej' East Indiaman 1200 Tons"
T.G. Dutton
Day & Son
Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1847
    Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9332)

SWIFTSURE (ex-FATHERLAND), 1,326t,
wood clipper, built in 1854 in the United States.
Purchased by Green in 1856? for the Australian
Gold Rushtrade. Passenger records in Victoria
show passenger arrivals and departues for this
ship to and from Melbourne on a regular basis
from 1857 to 1871. Sold in the seventies.
Wrecked at Tripoli in 1888.

   "Clipper Ship 'Swiftsure' 1326 Tons
V. Stacpoole, Commander"
         T,G Dutton
   William Foster
   Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1854
   Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9326)

TRAFALGAR, 1,178t, wood clipper, built
in 1848 at Green's Blackwall Yard for the
Blackwall Line. In the London-Calcutta trade.

"The 'Trafalgar' East Indiaman 1250 Tons.
(Also showing the Owen Glendower.)"
T.G. Dutton, artist and engraver
Day & Son,
Ackerman & Co.
Lithograph: No date
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0606)

           TRUE BRITON, 1,046t, wood clipper, built
    in 1861 at Wigram's Blackwall Yard for
    Wigram & Sons.

   T.G. Dtton, artist and engraver
Day & Son, printers
William Foster, publisher
   Coloured lithograph: 1861
       Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0671)

           VERNON, 911t, wood clipper, built in 1839
at Green's Blackwall Yard for his Blackwall
Line. Originally intended as a paddle steamer
but this was abandoned after a short trial and
she converted to sail. In the London-Calcutta
trade. In 1894, she was sold for breaking up.
She caught fire while being dismantled and
was destroyed.

"The 'Vernon' East Indiaman, 1000 Tons. To Captain
Aug Consett and the Officers of the Ship..."
   T.G. Dutton
   Day & Son
     William Foster
   Hand-coloured lithograph: after 1843
      Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9327)

            WALMER CASTLE, 1,064t, a wood clipper,
  built in 1855 by W.Pile, Sunderland, for Green's
   Blackball Line. After making two voyages to
   Melbourne, she was transferred in 1858 to the
   London to Madras, Calcutta and China trade.
   in whichshe spent ten years. In 1869 she again
   sailed to Melbourne and after one voyage went
   back to the India trade. for three years she
   traded out of London and Cardiff to Point de
   Galle, Bombay and Rangoon. In 1874, she was
   sold and converted to barque rig. In 1877, she
was destroyed by fire while loading at Samarang.

Coloured lithograph by and after T.G. Dutton, 1862
Frank C Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail".

            WINDSOR CASTLE, 1,074t, wood clipper,
  built in 1857 by W.Pile, Sunderland for Green's
Blackwall Line. She spent her first ten to twelve
years in the London-India trade and after a
voyage to China was tranferred to the Australia
trade. In 1879, she went to Newcastle, N.S.W.,
then to Hong Kong and Manila,and returned to
Liverpool. She had an unfortunate voyage in
1874, with a partial dismasting, a mutiny, her chief
   officer going mad, and springig leaks which
forced herto go into Bahia. In 1880, she returned
to London from Melbourne in 80 days. She was
sold in 1882. In 1884 , she foundered to the south
of Algoa Bay.

   "The 'Windsor Castle' 1250 Tons leaving Bombay Harbour"
T.G. Dutton
William Foster
Hand-coloured lithograph: circa 1857.
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY9321)

YORKSHIRE, 1,057t, a wood clipper, built in
1859 at the Blackwall Yard of Money Wigram
for his Line. She was intended for the London-
Port Phillip service and made twenty-seven
voyages on this run before being sold in 1880
to a Norwegian firm.

T.G. Dutton, artist
Coloured lithograph: circa 1857-1860
Royal Museums Greenwich, London (PY0659)

SOURCES

1. Green Blackwall Collection, Royal Museums
Greenwich, London
http://collections.rmg.co.uk

2. Basil Lubbock's "The Blackwall Frigates"
(Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow Reprint 1973)

3. Frank C. Bowen's "The Golden Age of Sail: Indiamen,
Packets and Clippers" (Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.,
London 1925)

4. Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping

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