LYDIA was built in 1849 at Sunderland with a tonnage of 541
burthen, a length of 120ft and a beam of 28ft 8in. Built for
John Bibby & Sons during 1850 she traded between Liverpool
and Africa and in the following year on the Liverpool - California
where she remained until 1863 when she was acquired by the Albion
Line. In 1869 she was sold to Sharp & Co. of Newcastle and
by 1870 she was no longer listed in Lloyds Register.
RATTLER was built in 1846 by Lecky & Co.
at Cork with a tonnage of 276grt, a length of 127ft, a beam
of 22ft 1in.and a service speed of 9 knots. She was acquired
by Bibby and Others in 1850. Others included Frederick Chapple
who operated his own ships and the Rattler was deployed on the
Mediterranean alongside his Osmanli which was a sister ship.
The operating company was the Liverpool & Mediterranean
Steam Shipping Co. In 1853 she was transferred to Frederick
Chapple and in 1859 she was purchased by foreign owners and
thereafter no further details are known about her career.
ARNO
was built in 1851 by J. Reid & Co. at Port Glasgow with
a tonnage of 660grt, a length of 190ft, a beam of 26ft 5in.and
a service speed of 9 knots. She was built for the Liverpool
& Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. and in September 1854
was used a transport during the Crimean War. In addition to
making several voyages as a transport she was also used as a
store ship at Eupatoria. In 1861 she was sold to the General
Steam Navigation Co. of London for trading to continental ports
and was wrecked in 1866. (Photo: From a painting by George Parker
Greenwood)
FRANKFORT was built in 1851 by J. Reid &
Co. at Port Glasgow with a tonnage of 657grt, a length of 190ft,
a beam of 26ft 5in.and a service speed of 9 knots. Sister of
the Arno she was built for Frederick Chapple but deployed with
the Arno on the Mediterranean services for the Liverpool &
Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. She was acquired by John Bibby
& Sons in 1857 and after eight years service was sold to
H. E. Moss of Liverpool. In 1878 ownership was recorded as being
with P. MacGuffie of Liverpool and she was lost in 1880.
TIBER
was built in 1851 by J. Reid & Co. at Port Glasgow with
a tonnage of 660grt, a length of 190ft, a beam of 26ft 5in.and
a service speed of 9 knots. Sister of the Arno she was completed
for the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. and
during 1854-55 she was chartered for use as a supply ship during
the Crimean War. In 1861 she was sold to J. S. & J. R. De
Wolfe of Liverpool who lengthened her to 224ft 11in and re-rigged
her as a barque which increased her tonnage to 924grt. She grounded
in 1871 and was abandoned to the underwriters who salvaged her,
removed her engines and converted her into the barque Tiber
for management by E. K. Ellison of Liverpool. After a further
twenty three years service as a sailing ship she was wrecked
in 1894. (Photo: From a painting by G. Caraclolo)
CALPE was built in 1852 by J. & G. Thompson
at Glasgow with a tonnage of 799grt, a length of 201ft 2in,
a beam of 27ft 4in.and a service speed of 9 knots. She was completed
for the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. and
traded to Spanish Mediterranean ports including carrying fruit
from Valencia. In 1861 she was lengthened to 297ft 2in which
increased her tonnage to 1348grt and went missing in the Bay
of Biscay area during 1868.
DANUBE (1) was built in 1853 by J. & G.
Thompson at Glasgow with a tonnage of 829grt, a length of 219ft
2in, a beam of 28ft 5in.and a service speed of 9.5 knots. She
was completed for the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam Shipping
Co. at a cost of £35,000 and sold to the French Government
for Crimean War service in 1855. She was later listed as being
sold to Compagnie Generale Maritime but their description does
not match her details although the profile is similar. Thereafter,
all trace of her was lost.
RHONE (1) was built in 1853 by J. & G.
Thompson at Glasgow with a tonnage of 856grt, a length of 220ft,
a beam of 28ft 5in.and a service speed of 9.5 knots. Sister
of the Danube she was completed for the Liverpool & Mediterranean
Steam Shipping Co. and sold to the French Government for Crimean
War service in 1855. She was later listed as being sold to Compagnie
Generale Maritime of Paris but their records do not include
a ship of this name. Thereafter, all trace of her was lost.
PIZARRO was built in 1853 by L. Kennedy &
Co. at Whitehaven with a tonnage of 416 burthen, a length of
220ft, and a beam of 28ft 5in. Built in wood and ship rigged
she was ordered for John Bibby & Sons but delivered to John
Bibby, Sons & Co. The company's last new sailing ship she
cost £7,950 and made her annual voyage to Valparaiso.
In 1857 she was sold to Myers & Co. of Liverpool for continued
service to South America. Thirteen years later she was acquired
by J. Robinson & Co. of Blyth for their Sunderland - Mediterranean
service and by 1873 was no longer listed in Lloyds Register.
DOURO (1) was built in 1853 by Blackwood &
Gordon at Paisley with a tonnage of 278grt, a length of 155ft
8in, a beam of 22ft 2in.and a service speed of 10 knots. The
first of a trio of ships she was built for John Bibby &
Sons to establish a regular service between Liverpool and Portugal,
a service which, hitherto, had been undertaken by sailing ships.
In 1862 she was sold for a considerable profit to the Liverpool
agents of the Confederate States of America for use as a blockade
runner between Bermuda and Charleston. She was captured outside
Charleston and burnt by the Unionist Navy in the following year.
MINHO was built in 1854 by Blackwood &
Gordon at Paisley with a tonnage of 400grt, a length of 175ft
2in, a beam of 22ft 2in.and a service speed of 10 knots. The
second of the trio she entered service on the Liverpool - Oporto
- Lisbon service in 1854. In 1862 she was sold, with the Douro,
to the Confederate States of America for blockade running and
in the following year was destroyed by gunfire from Unionist
ships off Carolina.
CINTRA was built in 1854 by Blackwood &
Gordon at Paisley with a tonnage of 517grt, a length of 178ft
10in, a beam of 24ft 2in.and a service speed of 10 knots. Similar
in design to the Minho she was the third ship completed for
the service to Portugal. In 1858 she was sold to Cotesworth,
Lyne & Co. of Liverpool who reboilered her in 1873 and had
a compound engine installed by J. Jack & Co. of Liverpool
during 1882. She was wrecked in 1893.
EUPHRATES was built in 1854 by Smith &
Rodger at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1134grt, a length of 252ft
10in, a beam of 29ft 1in.and a service speed of 9 knots. On
completion in 1854 she was immediately as a transport during
the Crimean War and only began to operate on the Levant services
in 1856. She was sold to Bailey & Leetham of Hull in 1860
and renamed Bengo. In 1870 she was lengthened to 290ft and converted
to tandem 4 cylinder compound, which increased her tonnage to
1268grt, prior to being sold to Gilbert & Cooper of Hull
for their Baltic services. She was acquired by Gedeon Coudert
of Bordeaux who changed her name to Gedeon Coudert. After a
further nine years service she was broken up in France.
TIGRIS & AMAZON were recorded as being
laid down for Bibby's but were sold on the stocks to Liverpool
owners.
ALBANIAN (1) was built in 1855 by J. Reid
& Co. at Port Glasgow with a tonnage of 1034grt, a length
of 237ft 10in, a beam of 30ft 1in.and a service speed of 10
knots. Delivered to the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam
Shipping Co. in 1855 she remained with the company until 1870
when she was sold to W. Brown Atkinson & Co. of Hull for
their Baltic services. In 1872 she was lengthened to 287ft 7in
by Chas D. Holmes & Co. of Hull which increased her tonnage
to 1340grt. She was wrecked in the Baltic during 1890.
CORINTHIAN was built in 1855 by J. Reid &
Co. at Port Glasgow with a tonnage of 1170grt, a length of 238ft
5in, a beam of 29ft 7in.and a service speed of 10 knots. Similar
to the Albanian she was built for the Liverpool & Mediterranean
Steam Shipping Co. and in the Autumn of 1864 was lost off the
Portuguese coast in fog.
MILAN was built in 1855 by J. Reid & Co.
at Port Glasgow with a tonnage of 1083grt, a length of 240ft
2in, a beam of 31ft 2in.and a service speed of 10 knots. Similar
to the Corinthian she was built for the Liverpool & Mediterranean
Steam Shipping Co. and remained with company until 1871 when
she was sold to W. Brown, Atkinson & Co. of Hull. In 1877
she was lengthened to 286ft and given a compound engine by Earle's
Co. of Hull. She emerged from her modernisation with thin funnels
abreast of each other, each serving one boiler. She sank in
shallow water following a collision in 1907 and was later refloated
and sold to French breakers who demolished her in the following
year.
BRAGANZA was built in 1856 by Smith &
Rodger at Middleton Yard , Glasgow with a tonnage of 507grt,
a length of 180ft 6in, a beam of 25ft 2in.and a service speed
of 9 knots. She was built for trading to the smaller Portuguese
and Atlantic coast Spanish ports and was lost near Leixoes in
1869.
DANUBE (2) was built in 1856 by Smith &
Rodger at Middleton Yard , Glasgow with a tonnage of 1386grt,
a length of 257ft 2in, a beam of 34ft 6in.and a service speed
of 8 knots. She was built for Bibby but operated by the Liverpool
& Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. In 1873 she was taken
over by Frederick Leyland & Co. but only until the following
year when she was sold to Robert Sloman of Hamburg who converted
into the sailing ship Charles Dickens. She was acquired by A.
P. Ulriksen of Mandel, Norway in 1897 and broken up in 1909.
RHONE (2) was built in 1856 by Smith &
Rodger at Middleton Yard , Glasgow with a tonnage of 1387grt,
a length of 257ft 2in, a beam of 34ft 6in.and a service speed
of 8 knots. Sister of the Danube she was completed for Bibby
but operated by the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam Shipping
Co., replacing the Rhone (1). She was transferred to Frederick
Leyland & Co. in 1873 and was lost in the Atlantic in the
following year.
CRIMEAN was built in 1857 by Smith & Rodger
at Middleton Yard , Glasgow with a tonnage of 1475grt, a length
of 256ft, a beam of 36ft and a service speed of 8 knots. Sister
of the Danube she was built for the Levant Screw Steam Shipping
Co. of Liverpool, acquired by Bibby in 1859 and sold to Frederick
Leyland & Co. in 1873. She was sold to Robert Sloman of
Hamburg in1874, converted into the sailing ship Fritz Reuter
and was lost at sea in 1898.
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ARNO
was built in 1851 by J. Reid & Co. at Port Glasgow with
a tonnage of 660grt, a length of 190ft, a beam of 26ft 5in.and
a service speed of 9 knots. She was built for the Liverpool
& Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. and in September 1854
was used a transport during the Crimean War. In addition to
making several voyages as a transport she was also used as a
store ship at Eupatoria. In 1861 she was sold to the General
Steam Navigation Co. of London for trading to continental ports
and was wrecked in 1866. (Photo: From a painting by George Parker
Greenwood) 
TIBER
was built in 1851 by J. Reid & Co. at Port Glasgow with
a tonnage of 660grt, a length of 190ft, a beam of 26ft 5in.and
a service speed of 9 knots. Sister of the Arno she was completed
for the Liverpool & Mediterranean Steam Shipping Co. and
during 1854-55 she was chartered for use as a supply ship during
the Crimean War. In 1861 she was sold to J. S. & J. R. De
Wolfe of Liverpool who lengthened her to 224ft 11in and re-rigged
her as a barque which increased her tonnage to 924grt. She grounded
in 1871 and was abandoned to the underwriters who salvaged her,
removed her engines and converted her into the barque Tiber
for management by E. K. Ellison of Liverpool. After a further
twenty three years service as a sailing ship she was wrecked
in 1894. (Photo: From a painting by G. Caraclolo) 
