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The barque, Favell, picking up the Pilot
The ship, Formby, at Dawn
The barque, Favell, picking up the Pilot

The barque, Favell, picking up the Pilot

Watercolour 15” X 22” In Private Collection

The 1,374 ton barque, Favell, was built under cover at the Albion dockyard in Bristol by Charles Hill and Sons Ltd. in 1895. She was the last commercial sailing ship to be built in Bristol but only remained with the Charles Hill's Bristol City Line for two years. Favell passed first to Norwegian owners, then into Finnish ownership and served in the grain trade, to and from Australia and as a training ship until she was broken up in 1937. The painting shows her hove to, with Lundy Island on the horizon. The Bristol Channel pilot cutter, Frolic, is seen approaching

 The barque, Favell, picking up the Pilot

The ship, Formby, at Dawn

Pastel 15” X 22” In Private Collection

The full-rigged ship, Formby, was built in Liverpool by Jones, Quiggin & Co. in1863.By this time iron was replacing timber in the construction of larger ships but Formby was probably the first full-rigged ship to be built of steel. Although her hull form allowed a much greater cargo capacity than the fast tea clippers, she can be described as a medium clipper and at 1271 tons she typifies the cargo ships of the 1860s.

Pericles and Brilliant off the Cornish CoastThe barquentine Winifred and Gravel Barges off Crow Point

Pericles and Brilliant off the Cornish Coast

Oil on Canvas 15” X 22” In Private Collection

Pericles and Brilliant were purpose built emigrant clippers that had long and successful careers carrying emigrants out to New Zealand and Australia and cargoes of grain or wool back to Britain. Much is heard of the tea clipper races but these two rivals raced against each other for 27 years.

The barquentine Winifred and Gravel Barges off Crow Point

Watercolour 15” X 22” In Private Collection

The barquentine, Winifred, was built in Bideford in the 18?s. The barquentine rig was very successful and provided an economical alternative to the barque, as it required a smaller crew. The gravel barges in the foreground would by loaded with gravel in the estuary at low tide and this was transferred into ketches that would take it up channel for use in the construction of the docks at Avonmouth and Newport.