c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/13/93
The steel ship 'Wiscombe Park', 2228 tons, under sail. Also refer to the prints PRG 1373/13/96 [formerly Edouard Bureau - possibly also formerly 'Greif', the German sail training ship, participated in one or two Australian Grain races in mid 1920s] [formerly Edouard Bureau, participated in one or two Australian Grain races in mid 1920s] [steel ship, 2228 tons, ON99361, 281.0 x 42.2 x 24.0. Built 1892 (1) J Blumer and Co., Sunderland. Ship Wiscombe Park Ltd. (G Windram and Co.) registered Liverpool; c.1909 Chadwick, Wainright and Co. c.1919 sold French and renamed 'Edouard Bureau'; in 1924 sold German and renamed 'Greif' and fitted as sail training ship. Following stranding in 1927, was refloated, but not considered worth repairing and broken up in Ireland].