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The 'MacDiarmid' docked in Sydney Harbour [PRG 1373/16/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'MacDiarmid', 1625 tons, docked in Sydney Harbour [iron ship 1622 tons, ON87719, 255.0 x 38.2 x 22.5. Built 1883 (10) A McMillan and Co. Dumbarton. Owners: A McMillan and Co. registered Glasgow. c.1886 to Italian owners without change of name, c.1903 returns to British ownership, Owner: GC Karran, registered Castletown, Isle of Mann, but within a few years returns to Italian ownership without change of name. Broken up in 1929].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.9 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1904

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

MacDiarmid (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by G.C. Karran, Castletown.

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

06/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,646 x 2,568 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

28.11 MB

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