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The "Hesperus" [B 11884] • Photograph

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Summary

The "Hesperus" was an iron ship built at Greenock in 1873. An an Orient Line vessel she remained in the Adelaide trade almost without a break until the sale in 1890 put her into the eastern coast trade as a training ship for cadets under Lord Brassey's scheme. In Adelaide she was always a favourite passenger ship and although not noted for speed was regarded as very comfortable and regular

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Physical description

Photograph; 16.5 cm x 12.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Hesperus (Ship)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

09/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,319 x 2,468 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.61 MB

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