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The 'County of Anglesea' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/13/56] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'County of Anglesea', 1067 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron barque, 1103 tons, ON76506, 214.4 x 35.2 x 21.2. Built 1877 (4) R&J Evans and Co. Liverpool. Owners: W Thomas and Co. registered Liverpool. Sold 1905 to Russian owners without change of name. Sold and converted to a hulk at Auckland in 1911, the property of Union SS Co. Re-rigged as a sailing vessel; in 1918 and renamed Gladbrook. Once more converted to a hulk in 1921, this time at Suva for Union Line. Taken to Auckland in 1924 and the hull abandoned on Rangitoto Island Dec. 19, 1945] See Union Line by IJ Farquhar, 1968.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.1 cm x 28.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

County of Anglesea (Ship)
Gladbrook (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The County Line / W. Thomas 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

30/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,466 x 2,615 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.21 MB

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