The following is a complete list of the wood and composite ships of the Aberdeen White Star fleet, dating from 1842:— List of the Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet. 1842 _Neptune,_ wood ship 343 tons. 1842 _Prince of Wales_ „ „ 582 „ 1846 _Oliver Cromwell_ „ „ 530 „ 1846 _Phoenician_ „ „ 530 „ 1849 _John Bunyan_ „ „ 470 „ 1850 _Centurion_ „ „ 639 „ 1852 _Woolloomoolloo_ „ „ 627 „ 1852 _Walter Hood_ „ „ 936 „ 1853 _Maid of Judah_ „ „ 756 „ 1854 _Omar Pasha_ „ „ 1124 „ 1855 _Star of Peace_ „ „ 1113 „ 1856 _Wave of Life_ „ „ 887 „ 1857 _Damascus_ „ „ 964 „ 1857 _Transatlantic_ „ „ 614 „ 1858 _Moravian_ „ „ 996 „ 1860 _Strathdon_ „ „ 1011 „ 1861 _Queen of Nations_ „ „ 872 „ 1862 _Kosciusko_ „ „ 1192 „ 1864 _Nineveh_ „ „ 1174 „ 1864 _Ethiopian_ „ „ 839 „ 1865 _George Thompson_ „ „ 1128 „ 1866 _Christiana Thompson_ „ „ 1079 „ 1866 _Harlaw_ „ „ 894 „ 1867 _Thyatira_ comp. ship 962 „ 1867 _Jerusalem_ wood ship 901 „ 1868 _Thermopylae_ comp. ship 948 „ 1868 _Ascalon_ wood ship 938 „ 1869 _Centurion_ comp. ship 965 „ 1870 _Aviemore_ wood ship 1091 „ No ships that ever sailed the seas presented a finer appearance than these little flyers. They were always beautifully kept and were easily noticeable amongst other ships for their smartness: indeed, when lying in Sydney Harbour or Hobson’s Bay with their yards squared to a nicety, their green sides[B] with gilt streak and scroll work at bow and stern glistening in the sun, their figure-heads, masts, spars and blocks all painted white and every rope’s end flemish-coiled on snow-white decks, they were the admiration of all who saw them. There’s a jaunty White Star Liner, and her decks are scrubbed and clean And her tall white spars are spotless, and her hull is painted green. Don’t you smell the smoky stingo? Ech! ye’ll ken the Gaelic lingo Of the porridge-eating person who was shipped in Aberdeen. —Brady. From the first to the last they were hard-sailed ships, and some of the fastest were often sent across to China for a home cargo of tea, though the _Thermopylae_ was the only _bona-fide_ tea clipper in the fleet. On the outward passage, whether to Sydney or Melbourne, they generally carried a few first-class passengers, but it was only during the very height of the gold rush that their ’tween decks were given up to a live freight. The “Phoenician.”