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The 'Earl of Dunmore' anchored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/17/5] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Earl of Dunmore', 2287 tons, anchored in Mission Bay, San Francisco 1898, ready to sail the 14,000 miles back to the United Kingdom, arriving at Falmouth 131 days later. She was under command of Capt Thomas Kay. [steel 4 mast barque, 2287 tons. ON98634, 277.9 x 42.1 x 24.2. Built 1891 (5) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners Sailing Ship Earl of Dunmore Ltd (JD Thomson) registered Glasgow, later J Malcolm was manager. Sold c.1913/4 and renamed Spartan. Said to be sunk by enemy action in March 1917. She was scuttled to extinguish a fire when the vessel was in Sydney].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 14.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1898

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Earl of Dunmore (Ship)
Spartan (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by J.D. Thompson, Glasgow.

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

02/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,672 x 2,544 pixels (9.3 MP)

Size

28.04 MB

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