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The 'Ben Cruachan' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/18/106] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Ben Cruachan', 1487 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship 1538 tons. ON68051, 255.5 x 37.0 x 21.7. Built 1873 (8) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: Watson Bros. registered Glasgow. Early 1900's sold to Mexico then appears as an auxiliary motor vessel registered in USA under the name 'Carmela' in 1918. Well known in the Australian trades.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 16.4 cm x 22.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Ben Cruachan (Ship)
Carmela (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Ben Line / Watson Bros., 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

10/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,701 x 2,758 pixels (10.2 MP)

Size

30.64 MB

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