A year or two ago a correspondent in the “Nautical” claimed that the _Decapolis_ went out to Launceston in 56 days on her maiden trip, at the same time he claimed a 57-day trip to Melbourne for my old ship the _Commonwealth_. He had, of course, got his dates wrong somewhere, as the _Decapolis_ ran regularly to Brisbane until that trade was captured by steamers, she was then diverted to Launceston. After the death of Mr. Walker, _Decapolis_ was sold to the Italians and renamed _Nostra Madre_. Her name is on the Sailing Ship Roll of Honour, as she was torpedoed in the Mediterranean during the war. _Barossa_, a fine little full-rigged ship, ran for many years as a passenger ship to Adelaide. She eventually turned turtle in dock and was sold to be broken up. The Loss of “Lanoma.” _Lanoma_ was lost in March, 1888, on what promised to be her best passage home. She was coming up Channel, only 76 days out, in thick, blowing south-westerly weather, under a very experienced commander, Captain G. Whittingham. _Berean_ was also coming up Channel, it was the time when she had the narrow squeak of piling up on the Wight owing to the wrong notice about St. Catherine’s light. In the case of _Lanoma_, Captain Whittingham had had no observations for several days, and so an extra smart look-out was being kept. Just before midnight it must have cleared a bit for the land suddenly loomed up close to on the starboard bow. The helm was at once put down and the ship brought to the wind, and Captain Whittingham tried to stay her. Unfortunately she missed stays and fell off again, there was no time to wear her, and she stranded broadside on to Chesil Beach, inside the Bill of Portland. Like many another catastrophe of the same sort, the ship and her crew were hurtled from fancied security to destruction in a few minutes of time. And even so, the crew would probably have all been saved, if she had not fallen over to seaward, so that she at once began to break up in the heavy surf. The rocket apparatus was manned from the shore, but it was only in time to save a few, and Captain Whittingham and 11 of his crew were drowned. Trinder, Anderson’s ships were all well known in the London River at one time, specially the little _Mineru_, a 478-ton barque, built by Stephen, of Glasgow, in 1866. Fremantle, the Ashburton River and Sharks Bay were her wool ports. _Morialta_ was an iron ship of 1267 tons, built in 1866 by Royden, of Liverpool, for Beazley, her first name being _British Consul_. _Barunga_ was the old _Apelles_ built in 1863, whilst _Kooringa_, a 1175-ton barque, built at South Shields in 1874, had been the _Ravenstondale_. Messrs. Trinder, Anderson bought several other well-known ships in their time, notably the _Kingdom of Saxony_, a 538-ton wooden barque, ex-_Deerhound_. Anderson’s _Darra_, and Thompson’s _Ascalon_ also ended their days under the Red Ensign with Trinder, Anderson.