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The 'City of York' anchored in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/14/16] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'City of York', 1195 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship, 1234 tons, later 1218 tons. ON60456, 222.7 x 35.8 x 21.7. Built 1869 (9) J. Elder and Co. Glasgow. Owners: George Smith and Sons. Registered Glasgow. Wrecked July 12, 1899 Rottnest Island, West Australia, inward bound from San Francisco.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 15.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of York (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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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

3,840 x 2,551 pixels (9.8 MP)

Size

29.40 MB

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