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The prison ship 'Success' at West Circular Quay [PRG 1373/20/49] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque prision ship 'Success', unkown tonnage, at West Circular Quay. This is after the vessel was turned into a museum. A Parramatta River Ferry (or Hunter's Hill) is alongside [wooden 3 mast ship, 621 net tons, 117.3 x 26.8 x 22.5. Built 1840 Moulmein. First owners Phillips, Shaw and Lowther, registered London and engaged in carrying migranst to Australia from 1847 when she was owned by Nelson and Co., registered Liverpool. She arrived in Port Adelaide Jan. 27, 1848 with 245 immigrants. In 1852 she arrived in Melbourne with more emmigrants and the crew deserted for the goldfields. Abandoned she was sold to the government for use as a prison hulk and was employed as a hulk in various capacities until the mid 1870s. Lastly she was a storeship for explosives. Sold out of Government service and she was fitted out by some showmen and exhibited as a convict transport, which she never was, and claimed to have been built in 1790, which is untrue. Eventually taken to America and lasted until the 1930's at least. For full information regarding fraudulent claims to be a convict ship. see 'The Convict Ships, by CH Bateson, Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1959].

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.6 cm x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Success (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Wooden Barques'.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

16/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,322 x 2,489 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.83 MB

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