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The 'Belford' anchored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/16/27] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Belford', 1905 tons, anchored in an unidentified port. [steel ship 1905 tons. ON104589 267.0 x 40.1 x 23.6. Built 1894 (11) A. McMillan and Co. Dumbarton Owners Belford Ship Co. (Briggs Harvie and Co. )registered Glasgow then Ruthin Castle Ship Co (R. Thomas and Co.) Captured by a German submarine Feb 3 1917 about 110 miles west from Fastnet and sunk by bombs.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.7 cm x 14.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Belford (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

3,526 x 2,227 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.57 MB

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