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The 'Calcutta' at anchor [PRG 1373/1/84] • Photograph

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Summary

The British oil carrier 'Calcutta', 1694 tons, at anchor. [steel barque, 1694 tons, ON112698, 248.0 x 40.2 x 12.9. Built 1892. Naval Construction and Armament Co. Ltd. Barrow for Norwegian owners as Unionen, owned by Vestland Petroleum Co. reg. Bergen sold to British owners and renamed: Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. reg. London. Eventually became a fuel barge and subsequently broken up. Brief detail of career and fate see "The Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers" B. Lubbock.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 18.3 cm x 23.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Calcutta (Ship)
Unionen (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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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

3,891 x 3,060 pixels (11.9 MP)

Size

35.74 MB

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