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The 'City of Madras' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/14/18] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'City of Madras', 999 tons, in an unidentified port. [NB This illustration appears to be mistakenly captioned. It is Ship rigged, not Barque, and the same owners had two ships of this name. City of Madras = iron ship, 999 tons, later 1034 tons. ON27953. 209.0 x 32.0 x 21.9. Built 1859 (9) A. Stephens and Sons, Glasgow, George Smith and Sons. Glasgow sold 1881 and renamed Duke of Connaught, by Montgomerie and Workman, registered Glasgow. Damaged in a collision in 1888 and apparently not repaired. City of Madras = Iron ship, 1655 tons. ON86728, 260.2 x 38.4 x 23.0. Built 1882 (11) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons, registered Glasgow. Sold and renamed Wemyss Bay by Hatfield, Cameron and Co.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Madras (Ship)
Duke of Connaught (Ship)
Wemyss Bay (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.

City of Madras (Ship) 2 ships with same name.

Digitisation information

Date

30/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,325 x 2,502 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.98 MB

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