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The 'Pinmore' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/14/49] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Pinmore', 2431 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast ship, later reduced to a 4 mast barque. 2431 tons, ON81840. 310.1 x 43.7 x 24.7. Built 1882 (10) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: J Kerr and Co. registered Greenock, later JD Clink, and finally A Mackay and Co., Sunk by bombs after capture by German raider 'Seeadler' (Von Luckner) in South Atlantic Feb. 19, 1917 (Von Luckner sailed the ship into Rio, under the British flag, purchased stores and returned to his own ship before scuttling 'Pinmore').

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1911

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Pinmore (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by A. Mackay and Co., 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

31/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,892 x 2,569 pixels (10.0 MP)

Size

30.01 MB

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