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The 'East Croft' at Port Adelaide under Norwegian flag [PRG 1373/16/43] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'East Croft', 1312 tons, in an unidentified port. James Taylor Rimmer was Master of this ship from its launch in July, 1875 until he retired in 1895. It's official number was 63885 and was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland for John Gambles, High Harrington, Workington, Cumberland, England. There were many voyages made to Australia (Melbourne). Believed to have continued to sail under the British flag until 1897 (D. Connack as Master and Trinder, Anderson & Co., as subsequent owners) when it was transferred to Norwegian ownership. [Additional information provided by I. Wilson.] [iron ship, c.1902 became 3 mast barque. 1367 tons. ON63885. 228.0 x 35 5 x 22.3. Built 1875 (6) Harland and Wolff. Belfast. Owners John Gambles registered Workington, later G Graham. Sold in 1902 to Norwegian owner Sigurd Haslum, without change of name. It was transferred to Italian ownership in 1910 where it was broken up]. According to a researcher, the barque was named after the house of owner John Gambles at High Harrington.

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1888

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

East Croft (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by John Gambles, Cumberland.

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

3,868 x 2,548 pixels (9.9 MP)

Size

29.59 MB

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