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The 'Yorkshire' anchored in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/19/4] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ship 'Yorkshire', 1057 tons, anchored in an unidentified harbour [wooden ship, 1057 tons, ON27215, 197.0 x 33.2 x 21.0. Built 1859 Blackwall yards of her owners, Money Wigram and Sons, registered London. c.1880 sold to owners in Norway. Built for the UK-Australia passenger trade].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.8 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Yorkshire (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Composite and Wooden Ships'.

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

14/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,600 x 2,207 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.86 MB

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