Rising Star

Official Number 76135

The Rising Star was an iron barque built at Dumbarton by Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. in May, 1877. She was initally owned by her master, Capt.H.Melmore, and was registered at Maryport. In 1891 she was sold to Maryport shipowners Ritson & Co., and Capt.W.Nelson replaced Capt.Melmore. About 1902 the Rising Star was sold to owners in Genoa (renamed Sollecito), and subsequently she was owned in France, registered at Marseilles and re-named Marius Ricoux. She became a hulk at Sydney in 1911 and was scuttled off Bald Head, Albany, in 1928.
 

Sources :

1. Clyde-built Ships
2. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details for all years from 1878 to 1900.
3. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1878 - owned by her commander, H.H.Melmore, and registered at Maryport.
4. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1890
5. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1891- master named as W.Nelson, owners as Ritson & Co.
6. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1895- master named as Morgan, owners as Ritson & Co.
7. Iron, steel and composite sailing ships registered at Sydney
8. Sea dumping in Australia: Historical and contemporary aspects