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The 'City of Nankin' docked in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/14/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'City of Nankin', 986 tons, docked at the Barclay, Curle shipyard where it was built [iron ship, 986 tons, ON27954, 212.1 x 32.2 x 21.4 Built 1859 (10) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. George Smith and Sons, registered Glasgow, later T. Guthrie, Glasgow. Renamed Keir and reduced to a barque and now 1029 tons. Hulked at Lorenco Marques in October 1897.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.9 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Nankin (Ship)
Keir (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The City Line / John Smith and Son, Glasgow.

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

3,778 x 2,245 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

25.46 MB

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