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The 'Fort George' at San Francisco [PRG 1373/1/41] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted iron barque (ex ship) 'Fort George', 1756 tons, at San Francisco. This vessel retains the bowsprit and jib-boom, and was built with masts of conventional design--each except the jigger-mast in three sections. After a serious dismasting late in her career, she was remasted with pole-type lower masts which appear as an anachronism. [iron 4 mast ship (later barque) 1756 tons, ON87748, 260.0 x 40.0 x 23.1. Built 1884 (2) Workman, Clark and Co. Belfast. Owners: Clark and Service, registered Glasgow. Later owned in San Francisco, and in 1907 or thereabouts, went missing on a voyage round Cape Horn] See 'The Downeasters' B. Lubbock. p.216.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.7 cm x 21.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Fort George (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the section 'Iron Ships and Barques'. In the iron ships and barques of the late 1860s and 1870s, the sailing ship reached its zenith. The use of iron enabled larger vessels to be constructed and provided greater strength. Poops were often extended for additional passenger accommodation. During the 1870s and 1880s many beautiful four masted iron ships and four masted barques were launched.

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

11/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,514 x 2,608 pixels (9.2 MP)

Size

27.51 MB

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