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The 'Kinpurnie' at anchor [PRG 1373/16/28] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Kinpurnie', 1944 tons, at anchor [steel ship 1944 tons, ON136741, 267.5 x 40.1 x 23.6. Built 1902 (9) A McMillan and Sons Ltd. Dumbarton, as 'S Margherita' for Italian owners, in 1915 called 'Ossa' and in March 1915 renamed 'Kinpurney' and enrolled by J Stewart and Co. registered London (Edwardes says owner Robert Thomas and Co. Caernarvon) Captured by a German submarine 110 miles west from Bishop Rock Jan. 15, 1917 and sunk by a torpedo no lives lost].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.3 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1897

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Kinpurnie (Ship)
S Margherita (Ship)
Ossa (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

3,676 x 2,137 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.58 MB

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