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'La Fontaine' steel barque [PRG 1373/49/43] • Photograph

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Summary

'La Fontaine' steel barque 2310 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2310 gross, 1739 net tons, later 2209 gross, 1966 net tons. 275.5 x 40.4 x 22.6. Built 1899 Atel and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners: Guillon and Fleury, registered Nantes. Later Soc Nouvelle d'Armement, registered Nantes. Hulked c.1920/21]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 12 cm x 17 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

La Fontaine (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines and Miscellaneous French Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises R Guillon & R Fleury, Nantes.

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

03/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,942 x 3,603 pixels (17.8 MP)

Size

53.44 MB

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