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The ship Galatea aground near Yarmouth, England [PRG 1373/10/77] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Galatea', 1753 tons, ashore near Yarmouth on the coast of Norfolk, England. The Galatea was sailing from Hamburg for Sydney and abandoned by her crew when she ran aground. Newspapers of the time report her cargo was looted by French trawlers.

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Physical description

Photograph; 7.5 cm x 12.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1898

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Galatea (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

Owned by C.S. Caird of Greenock.

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

19/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,843 x 2,344 pixels (9.0 MP)

Size

27.04 MB

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