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The 'Conway Castle' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/16/16] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'Conway Castle', 1694 tons, in an unidentified port. [steel barque, 1694 tons. ON101959. 258.0 x 38.3 x 22.0. Built 1893 (1) W. Pickersgill and Sons, Sunderland. Owners Ship Conway Castle Ltd (R Thomas and Co) registered London. Captured by the German cruiser Dresden Feb 27, 1915 about 560 miles SW by W from Valparaiso, and scuttled.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Conway Castle (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Robert Thomas and Co., Caernarvon.

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

3,855 x 2,605 pixels (10.0 MP)

Size

30.14 MB

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