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The 'Woodburn' under sail [PRG 1373/11/88] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'Woodburn', 1552 tons, under sail [steel barque, 1552 tons, ON105564, 242.0 x 37.5 x 21.8. Built 1896 (1) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: R Shankland and Co., registered Greenock; about 1906 to Russian ownership without change of name and then to Gustav Erikson. Hulked at Suva in 1926. Well known in Australian wheat trades after WW1].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.9 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Woodburn (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Burn Line / Robert Shankland and Co., 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

24/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,264 x 2,327 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.80 MB

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