Passenger/cargo steamship built for Archibald Currie & Co's Australian and Indian Line, Melbourne in 1910. Employed on the Melbourne - Calcutta run she carried Australian Brumbies north and Indian produce and exotic animals on the southern run.
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01.01.1913 - Passed Althorpe Island at 05:15 sailing east. |
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01.01.1913 - Arrived Adelaide from Fremantle. Unloaded 600 tons of cargo for this port. |
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04.01.1913 - Sailed Adelaide for Melbourne. |
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06.01.1913 - Arrived Melbourne from Adelaide, C McDonald Master. |
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09.01.1913 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney |
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13.01.1913 Arrived Sydney from Melbourne. Loaded:
For Calcutta: 3963 bars lead (200 tons) , 17,054 ingots copper (200 tons), 48 bls wool, 1 bl leather, 1 cs saddlery, 4 cs mission goods, 35 cs bacon and cheese, 2 rams, 10 ewes.
For Bombay: 60 cks tallow (30 tons). |
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16.01.1913 - Sailed Sydney for Newcastle. |
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24.01.1913 - Sailed Newcastle for Pinkenba (Brisbane). Loaded:
For Calcutta: 3809 tons coal. |
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26.01.1913 - Arrived Brisbane from Newcastle. |
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30.01.1913 - Sailed Brisbane for Gladstone. Loaded:
For India: 121 Horses. |
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02.02.1913 - Arrived Gladstone from Brisbane. Loaded:
For India: 267 Horses. |
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03.02.1913 - Sailed Gladstone. |
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23.02.1913 - Arrived Madras. |
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02.03.1913 - Arrived Bombay. |
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12.03.1913 - Sailed Bombay for Calcutta. |
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20.03.1913 - Arrived Calcutta from Bombay. |
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05.04.1913 - Sailed Calcutta. |
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13.04.1913 - Sailed Colombo. |
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26.04.1913 - Arrived Fremantle from Colombo, came alongside Victoria Quay at 08:45. Unloaded 300 tons of cargo for this port. |
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01.05.1913 - Passed Althorpe Island at 16:00 sailing east. |
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02.05.1913 - Arrived Adelaide (Still flying the Currie Line flag) from Calcutta via Colombo and Fremantlle.. |
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05.05.1913 - Arrived Melbourne from Adelaide. |
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09.05.1913 - Arrived Sydney, C McDonald Master. Loaded:
For Madras: 67 pcs timber
For Bombay: 10 tons tallow
For Calcutta: 3 pkgs m'dise' |
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May.1913 - Sold to British India S.N. Co with the rest of the Currie fleet. ( Janus was the last ship of the Currie line to fly that companies house flag). |
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16.05.1913 - Sailed Sydney. Loaded:
For Madras: 67 pcs timber.
For Bombay: 10 tons tallow.
For Calcutta: 3 pkgs m'dise.
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22.05.1913 - Sailed Newcastle. Loaded:
For Calcutta: 4,500 tons coal. |
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27.05.1913 - Passed Gabo Island at 03:50 sailing west. |
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28.05.1913 - Arrived Melbourne. |
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18.06.1913 - Arrived Colombo |
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18.06.1913 - Sailed Colombo for Calcutta. |
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05.07.1913 - Transferred to British India Steam Navigation Company at the takeover of the Currie Line without a name change. |
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04.08.1913 - Sailed Calcutta for Colombo, C McDonald Master. |
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12.08.1913 - Sailed Colombo for Fremantle. |
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25.08.1913 - Arrived Fremantle from Colombo. |
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27.08.1913 - Sailed Fremantle for Adelaide. |
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01.09.1913 - Arrived Adelaide from Fremantle. Unloaded 560 tons of cargo for this port. |
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04.09.1913 - Arrived Melbourne.
Loaded:
For Rangoon: 135 cs provisions
For Mauritius: 26 bgs bark
For Calcutta: 1 cs honey, 2 cs eucalyptus oil, 2 bls woolpacks, 1 cs effects, 58 cs provisions, 31. sks flour (3 tons)
Also:192 tons fodder to be consumed on board. |
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08.09.1913 - Sailed Melbourne. |
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11.09.1913 - Arrived Sydney (No 9 Woolloomooloo Bay) from Melbourne. Loaded:
For Calcutta: 4 pkgs carriageware, 3246 bars copper, 10 cks Epsom salts, 1 cs horse medicine, 1 pkg whips, 600 bgs bran, 22 bls hay, 41 bls lucerne.
Madras: 1 cs ceiling material |
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16.09.1913 - Sailed Sydney for Colombo via ports, C McDonald Master. |
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18.09.1913 - Sailed Newcastle. Loaded:
For Calcutta: 1800 tons coal. |
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23.09.1913 - Sailed Gladstone, Loaded:
For Calcutta: 230 Horses. |
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27.09.1913 - Sailed Townsville. Loaded:
For Calcutta: 470 Horses. |
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30.09.1913 - Passed Goode Island sailing west. |
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15.10.1913 - Arrived Calcutta. |
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05.11.1913 - Sailed Calcutta. Load includes:
For Fremantle: cornsacks 2200 bls, branbags 125 bls.
For Adelaide: cornsacks 1500 bls, branbags 76 bls.
For Melbourne: cornsacks 4500 bls, branbags 800 bls.
For Sydney : cornsacks 1650 bls, branbags 50 bls. |
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18.11.1913 Arrived Singapore. |
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24.11.1913 - Arrived Fremantle from Singapore, C McDonald Master. |
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Adelaide Register, Wednesday 3 December 1913, page 12
What must constitute a record for bridge playing on board ship between any two Australian ports has just been estabilished on the B.l. steamer Janus in a tournament by the officers and saloon passengers. The contest was won by Mr. Pearless with a total of 5,192 points.
There were 14 entries.and the total points scored were 54,728 in 1,002 games. The tournament was played between Fremantle and Adelaide in four days. Each player played 71 games, and the average points scored amount to 3,909. |
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02.12.1913 - Arrived Adelaide |
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03.12.1913 - Sailed Adelaide for Melbourne. |
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05.12.1913 - Arrived Melbourne from Adelaide. Loaded:
For Bombay: 22 cs biscuits, 2 cs missionary goods, 2238 bgs oats ,4 horses. |
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11.12.1913 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney. |
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14.12.1913 - Arrived Sydney, C McDonald Master. |
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December 16th - Early in the morning while alongside the wharf in Sydney, Janus's cargo caught fire. The cargo in #1 hold was well ablaze and producing large quantities of smoke when the fire brigade arrived which hampered their efforts to find the seat of the fire. The brigade had to use smoke helmets and were pouring 1,000 gallons of water a minute into the hold in an attempt to control it. Eventually the blaze was extinguished with no structural damage to the ship. |
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19.12.1913 - Sailed Sydney for Newcastle. |
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24.12.1913 - Sailed Newcastle for Pinkenba (Brisbane). |
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25.12.1913 - Arrived Pinkenba from Newcastle, C McDonald Master. Loaded:
For Bombay: 198 horses. |
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27.12.1913 - Sailed Pinkenba for Gladstone |
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29.12.1913 - Arrived Gladstone from Pinkenba. Loaded:
For Bombay: 40 horses. |
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30.12.1913 - Arrived Townsville from Gladstone, C McDonald Master. Loaded:
For Bombay: 200 horses. |
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31.12.1913 - Sailed Townsville for Bombay. |
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