The Narrabeen Ship Company

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AuthorJohn MorcombeDateNovember 2024DescriptionIn February 1906, the vessel called the Helga was reported to have new owners, Ivan Nelson and George Robertson of Sydney. They planned to have the Helga refitted and rigged as a barquentine. Whereas as a barque vessel typically has three masts, of which the foremast and mainmast are both square-rigged and the mizzenmast is fore-and-aft rigged, on a barquentine only the foremast is square-rigged and the other masts are fore-and-aft rigged.
The restored Helga’s first charter was to ship coal from Newcastle to Honolulu but before it set sail, it was reported in the Sydney newspapers that its owners had registered a new company, the Narrabeen Ship Company Limited.SubjectsShipsvesselsKeywordsHelga
FortunaCopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes, for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of John Morcombe.

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The Narrabeen Ship Company