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The 'Balasore' after being renamed 'Monongahela' [PRG 1373/13/33] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Balasore', 2724 tons, after being renamed 'Monongahela'. [steel four mast barque, 2724 tons. ON99423, 311.0 x 43.6 x 24.5. Built 1892 (7) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: Balasore Shipping Co. (Eyre, Evans and Co.) registered Liverpool, 1912 sold Germany and renamed 'Dalbek' caught in Portland USA on outbreak of WW1 she was taken over by Americans when they entered the war and was briefly renamed 'Red Jacket', finally becoming 'Monongahela' and cut down to a barge. She was broken up in 1936.] A researcher suggests that the information that it was cut down to a barge is incorrect. The BC Archives has footage of this ship operating as a log barge on the BC coast in August 1940. The ship's name is plainly visible, and the date of the footage in confirmed independently.

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.7 cm x 15.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1926

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Red Jacket (Ship)
Balasore (Ship)
Monongahela (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Ore Line / William Rome, 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

3,165 x 2,255 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.43 MB

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