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The 'Falls of Garry' stranded near shore [PRG 1373/18/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted iron barque 'Falls of Garry', 2102 tons, stranded near shore [iron 4 mast barque, 2088 tons. ON93287, 275.1 x 41.6 x 23.9. Built 1886 (6) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Ship Falls of Garry Ltd. (Wright and Breakenridge) registered Glasgow, later Wright, Graham and Co. Stranded at Tchio, New Caledonia, January 1898 and abandoned to underwriters as CTL Salvaged she was taken to Sydney and repaired and enrolled in the name of R. Walker, registered Sydney. Sold in 1904 to Hatfield, Cameron and Co., registered Glasgow. Wrecked when she ran ashore on Ballymacus Point, Ireland April 26, 1911 and became a total loss].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.2 cm x 13.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1898

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Falls of Garry (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Falls Line / Wright, Graham and Co., 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

08/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,924 x 2,454 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.90 MB

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