State Library of South Australia

'Cerro Alegre' iron ship [PRG 1373/48/5] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

'Cerro Alegre' iron ship 1592 tons. [iron three mast ship rigged sailing vessel. 1592 gross, 1436 net tons. 254.1 x 39.0 x 22.9. Built 1883 (12) R. Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow as Skelmorlie for Hunter Brown and Co. Greenock, ON87398 Owners: AD Bordes and Fils, reg. Dunkirk. Broken up 1924. Was originally the 'Skelmorlie, for details see under 'Cerro Alegre' and was renamed in 1915, her owners then being J Oelckers, of Chile]

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Cerro Alegre (Ship)
Skelmorlie (Ship)
Puerto Montt (Ship)

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises A D Bordes & Fils, Paris.

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

01/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,726 x 4,563 pixels (30.7 MP)

Size

92.09 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us