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The 'Sokoto' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/1/72] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. One of the large carriers and fair passage-makers with which sailing-ship owners strove to compete with steam [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool.]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.

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Physical description

Photograph; 16.1 cm x 24 cm

Dates / Publication details

August 1907

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Sokoto (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the section 'The Closing Years of Sail'. Steel 'carriers' built during the last decades of the 19th century, when sail was fighting a losing battle against steam competition.

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

3,953 x 2,698 pixels (10.7 MP)

Size

32.01 MB

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