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The 'Gwydyr Castle' under sail [PRG 1373/16/22] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'Gwydyr Castle', 1512 tons, under sail [steel barque, 1512 tons, ON102113. 249.2 x 37.2 x 21.5. Built 1893 (10) A Stephen and Sons, Dundee, as 'Newfield' for Ship 'Newfield' Ltd (Brownells and Co.) registered Liverpool sold before 1904 to R Thomas and Co. (Ship Gwydir Castle Ltd) and renamed. Passed to owners in St. Johns, Newfoundland, and finally still without change of name, to owners in Port Louis, Mauritius and was broken up in 1932].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.7 cm x 13.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Gwydyr Castle (Ship)
Newfield (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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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

3,499 x 2,460 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.84 MB

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