The Destructive Race of the Schomberg (1855)

“We must congratulate Messrs James Baines and Co in having such a gentleman as Captain Forbes to command this clipper. If it possibly can be done, Captain Forbes will, with his gallant craft put an end to all the croakings about the inability of clipper ships to compete with steamers to Australia.” -The Liverpool Journal September 22, 1855. In less than half a year from the writing of the piece the Schomberg, in which such hopes had been placed, was a total loss, and Captain Forbes would be facing six counts in the Australian criminal courts for the incident.  Ship Name: Schomberg  Ship Nationality: United Kingdom  Year Built: 1855 Ship Type: Wooden Three Masted Clipper Ship Tonnage: 2,400  Year Wrecked: 1855 Location Wrecked: West of Moonlight Head Australia  Reason For Wreck: Uncharted Sand Bar, Unknown Current, Possible Negligence.  Lives Lost: None in the Wreck, Two People Attempting Salvage 9 Years Later.  Sources:  https://newspaperarchive.com/australian-and-new-zealand-gazette-may-17-1856-p-5/ https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/BlackBallLine.html https://newspaperarchive.com/london-morning-post-apr-12-1856-p-6/ https://newspaperarchive.com/illustrated-times-apr-12-1856-p-6/ https://newspaperarchive.com/melbourne-age-dec-29-1855-p-4/ https://newspaperarchive.com/auckland-daily-southern-cross-jan-22-1856-p-3/ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204212213?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4831946?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142422713?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13018601?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154875540?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4827009?searchTerm=schomberg%20shipwreck%201855 http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/shipwrecks/result_detail/612?print=true https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4826860 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=FKUZAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PR14&hl=en https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/19/38 https://archive.org/details/colonialclippers00lubbrich/page/90/mode/2up https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/100116/schomberg?ctx=42764ef3ad70d786ee6581919be2ea7c07ecca99&idx=0 https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/peterborough-20040208-gdkqvo.html http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/SCHOMBERG.html