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The 'Glenelvan' at anchor [PRG 1373/18/20] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Glenelvan', 1919 tons, at anchor [steel ship 1919 tons. ON102567, 265.4 x 23.1. Built 1895 (5) A Rodger and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Sterling and Co. Registered Glasgow, later Ship Glenelvan Co. (GM Steeves and Co.) c.1908 sold German owners and renamed 'Gluckstadt'] [The caption and tonnage as shown i.e. 'Glenelvan' ship, 1919 tons, describes a ship never owned by De Wolf but a steel vessel built in 1895 named 'Glenelvan' - De Wolf's vessel was named 'Glenalvon'].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.3 cm x 10.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Glenelvan (Ship)
Gluckstadt (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Sterlings Glen Line / Sterling 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

2,352 x 3,192 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.54 MB

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