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The 'Routenburn' under sail [PRG 1373/11/92] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted iron barque 'Routenburn', 2097 tons, under sail. [Swedish sailing training vessel see 'Routenburn' for details] [iron 4 mast ship, 2097 tons, later 4 mast barque 2076 tons. ON81812, 289.0 x 42.2 x 23.9. Built 1881 (4) R Steele and Co., Greenock. Owners: R Shankland and Co., registered Greenock. c.1905 sold Swedish and renamed 'Svithiod' and later became the Swedish sail training ship 'Beatrice'. Broken up in 1932].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.7 cm x 13.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1902

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Routenburn (Ship)
Beatrice (Ship)
Svithiod (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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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

3,491 x 2,244 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.52 MB

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