Ariel
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Schooner in Munro ownership 1916: offered to James Clark with her 23 luggers
Luggers and service boats
'. . . with her two launches and fleet of twenty four boats as they now lie at the Aroe (sic) Islands . . . 1) four of them with compressors 2) the Ariel's share of Alice Ariel house at Dobo, her share of hulk and coal, ship and shed . . .' 'The boats each season were thoroughly repaired: as Alice and Ariel slips were alongside each other Mr Mackenzie would have a good knowledge of the repair work which has been effected from time to time.'
Alice Doyle Banda ‡ Boronia Cloud ‡ Evelyn Glad Gleam (possibly) Hebe Helena Kite Kiyo Kumo Linda (HB Munro) ‡ Marie Mavis Mona (HB Munro) ‡ Nina Rotumah Samoa Star Tama Ten Jin (sp?) Wallaroo Wave
‡ = also in list of Sagitta's fleet
Source: family papers, copy of MS letter by Edwin Munro
Photos: Munro family papers
Ariel?
Source: Blueprint in family papers, unnamed; signed 'Munro Outridge & Co' in Edwin Munro's hand
In list of luggers:
Ariel | 89893 | 1886 | Cairns | W. Peters
'120 tons register'
Source: NT Times & Gaz 6 July 1906
[NB this is not the Munro Ariel]: Brisbane Courier 15 June 1894
THE ARIEL WRECK. . . . the labour vessel Ariel, wrecked at the Solomons.
NT Times & Gazette 21 April 1905
A late number of the "Torres Straits Pearler" states that the Arooa Islands pearl fishing grounds were to be thrown open to pearlers from and after March 31st. Several Torres Straits fleets were stated to be be going there—including the Wannetta, Ariel, and Alice fleets. It is said that a royalty of 25 per cent, is to be paid by the pearlers ; but as against this they will have the advantage of no duties to pay, and it is claimed that crews can be obtained at 10s per month and find themselves. Whilst the scheme seems feasible, our contemporary remarks that no one seems to know how much the Arab, who holds pearling concessions from the Dutch Government, has up his sleeve. The "Torres Straits Pilot," of April 1, referring to the same matter, says- " Preparations for the departure of a number of the shelling boats for the Dutch Islands are completed, and to-day will probably see them all away, the schooner Alice and 19 luggers weighing anchor and getting off. The steamer Pretoria, purchased recently for James Clark and Co., accompanies the Alice and the fleet. She is only a small vessel of 165 tons, but will prove serviceable as a tender on the new grounds"
NT Times & Gazette 6 July 1906
The schooner Ariel, 120 tons register, belonging to the Celebes Pearling and Trading Company, arrived in harbor from the Arrou Islands on Tuesday morning. There was a fresh southeaster blowing down the harbor, and the schooner—which has the reputation of being one of the fastest and smartest vessels on the Queensland coast—made a pretty marine picture as she beat up to her anchorage to the eastward of the railway jetty.
NT Times & Gazette 17 August 1906
Shipping. PORT DARWIN ARRIVED. August 12.-The Celebes Pearling and Trading Company's schooner Ariel, from the Arru Islands in ballast. -------------------- The schooner Ariel sailed for the Arru Islands on Thursday morning. On the voyage across to this port from the Arru Islands the schooner covered the distance of between 300 and 400 miles in 52 hours—not a bad rate of progress for so small a craft.