Castle Holme

Official Number 72923

The Castle Holme was an iron ship built at Sunderland in September, 1875 by Bartram, Haswell & Co. She was bought by the Holme Line (Hine Brothers, of Maryport) soon after the Myrtle Holme and before they acquired the Aikshaw. The vessel was used in the trade to Tasmania and New Zealand. In about 1880 the Castle Holme was converted to barque rig (as also was the Myrtle Holme and probably others of the fleet, to save on manning costs).

In 1908 the Castle Holme arrived at London from Hobart, and then was sold to Norwegian owners. The vessel weas renamed Ester, then Ternen in 1916 when she was sold to Danish owners. In 1821 she was sold to Swedish owners and the name was changed to Ternan. By 1924 she was registered at Karlskrona. On the 18th December 1924 the barque stranded at Hofs Hallar in fog, whilst bound for Karlskrona from London in ballast. The wreck was broken up where it lay.
 

Sources :

1. Maritime History Virtual Archives - citing from Alfred Hine, "The Holme Line of Maryport", in  Sea Breezes magazine, Volume 28 (1959), pages 162-171.
2. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details for all years from 1877 to 1900. Masters named as Sawle (1877), W.Robinson 91877-8), J.Williamson (1878-85) and Bryce (1886-1900).
3. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1900
4. There are three photos (1, 2 & 3) of the Castle Holme on the Picture Australia website.
5. Painting of the Castle Holme reproduced on the NMM website.