Netherby

Official Number
93677

The Netherby was an iron ship launched in May 1886 from the Maryport shipyard of R.Ritson & Co. Ltd. She was a sister ship to the Ellenbank and was initially managed by her builders. Her first voyage was from Liverpool to Melbourne, departing on the 18th August 1886 under the command of Capt.Chellew (previously of the Ilala). She arrived off Cape Otway on the 25th November.

The Netherby departed Maryport on the 21st June 1906, bound for Talcahuano, Chile. She was last seen by another vessel on the 13th July, and was lost with all hands. It was believed that she was one of several sailing ships lost that year in the ice of the Southern Ocean.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Netherby
1886
1448
242.6
37.2
21.5
3 
 
 
100 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. There are several photographs (eg.1 & 2) of this ship at Picture Australia.
  2. Australian newspaper reports and photographs at the National Library of Australia website.
  3. Report of the maiden voyage in the Argus newspaper, Saturday, 27th November 1886, page 8.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1887-8: Netherby, iron ship, 1448 gross tons, official no.93677, signal letters KGPV, built by Ritson & Co., at Maryport, in May 1886, owned by J.Dodd, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.C.H.Chellew.
  5. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1899-1900: Netherby, iron ship, 1448 gross tons, same details as 1887, except master Capt.T.D.Lewis.
  6. Details of wreck from "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes, reprinted by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum (April 2006).