THE BARQUE SILBERHORN
"In last Saturday's issue," writes Mr. A. H. Messenger, "I noticed Mr. J. J. Clark's reference to the German barque, Silverhorn. As a matter of fact the namfl was spelt Silberhom on the barque. ■ As' he states, she loaded wool at Wellington,an,, 1897, and I remember being much struck by her fine lines and lofty rig. She was one of the first four-masted barques I had seen in this port, and tho same,year I saw two more , vessels?'of the same rig- arrive,.' viz;; the Katy and the' Sterling,1 .both: from Adelaide.to go;,on the wool .berth: for home: loading.;: :'' .< •...,;, "It iflight be. of; interest to some of your readers toiknow/that on December1' 8 of; that year ! the. following ■ sailing vessels wero in rport here:l —The Katy and the" Sterling, ■four-masted barques,, the ships Nelson and Hermiono from London; ■ the barquo Weathersfield, and: the ship Taranaki from London, the barque Lake Erie1 from: Sharpness, the barque Elizabeth Graham; from Newcastle, N.5.W.,. tho >:brig Vision from Mercury Bay, the topsail schooner Clyde from Lyttclton,'.and the topsailschooner Clansman fr,om Kaipara. Thatsame fleet would be calculated-to rouse a considerable amount of interest, could it "be resuscitated and brought back into our port today."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 10
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201THE BARQUE SILBERHORN Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 10
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