Historical information
In 1935, the CB Pedersen arrived on the 13th of April after 198 days at sea. The ship left on the 18th June (date written on the photograph) after two months in Melbourne. Captain Dalhstrom had been its skipper for 13 years.
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 27 April 1937, page 12:
"The C. B. Pedersen was built in 1891. It has visited Australia several times, the most recent occasion having been in 1935, when It was anchored in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, for several weeks, awaiting a suitable cargo. At length the master, (Captain Hjalmar Dahlström) announced that, as no cargo could be obtained he would be prepared to carry passengers in a voyage to Gothenburg, via Torres Strait. Eight persons, including three women and a small boy were accepted as passengers, and signed on as members of the crew at salaries of 1/ a month".
Artist Violet Teague was one of the passengers. She painted during the voyage and exhibited her work in 1938.
Built in 1891 the C.B Pedersen, a four-masted steel barque (2142 tons) was used as a training Barque. The ship foundered in April 1937, the crew was saved.
Significance
The C.B. Pedersen was one of the last windjammers sailing in the 1930s with the Herzogin Cecilie and the Grace Harwar.
Physical description
Black and white photograph
Inscriptions & markings
Lower right corner front in black ink: H. Dahlström / June 13th 1935 / On board the CBP / in Hobson's Bay
Subjects
References
- image State Library South Australia of C.B. Pedersen training barque in Victoria in the 1930s
- image of the C.B Pedersen moored at Australian Wharf SLV collection
- C. B. PEDERSEN FOUNDERS. Article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 27 April 1937, page 12
- C. B. PEDERSEN DEPARTS ON HER LONG VOYAGE Article with photograph in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 19 June, p. 5.
- Miss Violet Teague with one of her paintings (photograph of her exhibition in 1938) Photograph in The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 24 May, p. 13.
- Woman Traveller On Windjammer (Violet Teague and Captain Dahlström wearing the same weather jacket) Photograph in The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 7 June, p. 11.
- Barque under tow to Headds Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Tuesday 18 June 1935, page 1
- Long Voyage Ends Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Monday 15 April 1935, page 9
- I look at life from a windjammer Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), Saturday 8 June 1935, page 36
