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The 'Star of India' moored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/19/48] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ship 'Star of India', 1045 tons, moored in an unidentified port [wooden ship, later barque, 1102 tons, ON43925, 190.4 x 34.2 x 22.1. Built 1861 (7) Stephens, Dundee. Owners: Joseph Soames, registered London by 1870 Merchant Shipping Co. Ltd. Later to Norwegian owners and was abandoned in the North Atlantic in 1893. She was well known in the Indian and Australian passenger trades].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.6 cm x 20.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1889

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Star of India (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

3,330 x 2,286 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.86 MB

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