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The 'Winefred' at Hobart [PRG 1373/1/25] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Winefred', 1359 tons, at Hobart. One of the first iron ships built in 1855. The ship has chainplates, but the channels have been discarded [iron ship 1359 tons, ON24168, 219.0 x 35.9 x 21.9. Built 1855 George Cram, Chester: owners: built for Liverpool owners, and by 1870 Sharples, Jones and Co. were the registered proprietors. c.1875 Taylor, Bethell and Roberts, registered London. Later Russian owned under the same name. While in the ownership of Taylor Bethell and Co., well known in the Australian cargo trades and associated with Western Australian wool shipments].

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Physical description

Photograph; 16 cm x 21 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1868

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Winefred (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the section 'Early Iron Vessels'. Many of the early iron ships retained channels and chain plates, and other features of wooden vessels. They were heavily constructed and many were extremely long-lasting.

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

04/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,477 x 2,722 pixels (9.5 MP)

Size

28.41 MB

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