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The 'Lord Rosebery' under sail [PRG 1373/13/17] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Lord Rosebery', 2833 tons, under sail [steel 4 mast ship, 2833 tons. ON96579. 304.1 x 46.0 x 25.0. Built 1889 (5) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Whitehaven Ltd Rosebery Ltd. (J Herron and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold to Germany in 1910 and renamed 'Reinbek'. After WW1 allocated to the French who sold her to Robert Dollar and Co. and she was registered at San Francisco][ 'Windermere' built for Fisher and Sprott in 1889. NB be careful, two ships of this name about the same era].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.4 cm x 13.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1903

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Lord Rosebery (Ship)
Reinbek (Ship)
Windermere (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by J. Herron and Co., Liverpool.

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

27/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,406 x 2,418 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.73 MB

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