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Photo Title:	"Callidora" (Barquentine)
Description:	Painting of the barquentine "Callidora." Spelled "Caladora" on painting.
Image No.:	PF-008.042
Image Location:	Box10/pf008_042.jpeg
Physical Description:	1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
Biography/Admin History:	The barquentine "Callidora", official number 109734, gross tonnage 169, was built 1901 at Portmadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales by David Jones and registered that year in St. John's Newfoundland to merchant and shipbroker Robert Ehlers of Bristol, England. Ehlers promptly sold the vessel to the John Rorke and Sons of Carbonear. Apparently the oak timber and copper-fastened vessel gave good service to the Rorke firm for about 20 years, transporting fish and goods between Newfoundland and Europe and coal from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, but it suffered some difficulties along the way. On what may have been the "Callidora's" maiden voyage to Newfoundland in 1901, Captain Cyrus Taylor and his crew encountered difficult conditions, and arrived in the Azores more than 100 days after sailing from Europe with it sails in tatters, and short of food, water and kerosene oil. To make matters worse, the cook, Josiah Ash, had suffered a misfortune on board, resulting in him being paralyzed for the duration of the voyage. On June 26, 1908, and again in 1910, while under the command of Captain George W. Soper, the vessel was apparently stranded and then refloated at Venison Island, Labrador. It suffered damage on two other occasions during Soper's tenure as captain, both on voyages from Spain in 1910 and 1912. The firm transferred the vessel's registry to Barbados in 1915. The "Callidora" was destroyed by fire in the "stream" at Carbonear on June 22, 1919. The fire lit up the town at night; the next day the remains were towed to Carbonear Beach.
Collector:	Dr. Harry Roberts
Source Donor:	Dr. Harry Roberts, ca. 1981
Collection Title:	Dr. Harry Roberts Slide Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Good
Notes:	See "Newfoundland Fish Boxes: A Chronicle of the Fishery" by Dr. Harry D. Roberts with Michael O. Nowlan.
Subjects:	Callidora (Barquentine) / Ships in art.