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The 'Alastor' at Port Louis, Mauritius after being dismasted in a hurricane [PRG 1373/16/67] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Alastor', 824 tons, at Port Louis, Mauritius after being dismasted in a hurricane on March 1888 in the Indian Ocean on passage Sarawak for Swansea, made Mauritius under jury rig. [iron 3 mast barque. 874t. ON69930, 196.6 x 31.7 x 18.6. b.1875 (10) Mounsey & Foster, Sunderland. Owners. RH Penney, reg. Shoreham. c.1896 to Norwegian owners without change of name. Broken up in 1952. For the time owned by Penney was under charter to Shaw Savill for the New Zealand trade and made regular voyages].

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.2 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Alastor (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by R.H. Penney and Sons, Shoreham.

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

07/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,195 x 2,355 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.59 MB

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