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The 'Candida' wrecked at Wardang Island [PRG 1373/22/29] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Candida', 1279 tons, wrecked at Wardang Island [iron ship, 1279 tons, ON70990, 226.0 x 36.1 x 22.1. Built 1875 (9) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven. Owners: William Lowden registered Liverpool then Lowden, Edgar and Co. c. 1890 W. Lowden and Co and rigged as barque. Stranded at Wardang Island South Australia 1898, later refloated and taken to Port Adelaide and converted into a hulk].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10 cm x 14.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1898

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Candida (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Barques (II)'.

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

20/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,605 x 2,542 pixels (9.2 MP)

Size

27.51 MB

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