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The 'Amyone' moored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/23/48] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Amyone', 1332 tons, moored in an unidentified port. [iron 3 mast ship, 1361 gross tons. ON69295, 231.2 x 37.1 x 23.4. Built 1873 (8) John Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Battersby and Gavin, registered Liverpool. c.1890 sold to German owners, rigged down to a barque and renamed 'Ocean' and registered at Hamburg.] (NB highly unlikely was barque rigged as 'Amyone' and the photograph is of her as 'Ocean'.).

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Physical description

Photograph; 7.2 cm x 12.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Amyone (Ship)
Ocean (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

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

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

24/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,707 x 2,123 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.63 MB

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