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The 'Inglewood' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/2/40] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Inglewood', 1077 tons, in an unidentified port. The 'Inglewood' was reputedly a sister ship of the 'Mallsgate' and 'Geltwood', and was owned initially by Fisher & Sprott of Liverpool and registered at Workington, UK. The vessel was sold back to her builders in 1889 and was managed by R.'Williamson & Son of Workington until 1899. From 1891 to 1896, she was under the command of Captain W.F. Bunn. As with many of the large iron sailing ships, she was sold to Norwegian owners. In 1900 the 'Inglewood' was registered at Laurvig (Larvik), Norway, owned by C.H.Neilson. On the 28th March 1908 the 'Inglewood' exploded in Mandal Harbour, killing her whole crew of 14. She was bound from New York to Stockholm with a naphtha cargo (see 'Blengfell for a similar accident'). Statistics: built 1875; 1077 gross tons; 215 feet long; 34.1 feet wide; 21.1 feet deep; 3 masts [iron barque, 1077 gross tons, ON63886, 215.0 x 34.1 x 21.1. Built 1875 (7) R Williamson and Son, Harrington, Owners: John Sprott, registered Workington; later Fisher and Sprott, by mid 1890s owned by R Williams and Son, (the original builders) then shortly after becomes Norwegian property without a change of name. Made one passage to Auckland, arriving in command of Captain J Brocklebank, 26 December 1879 with 38 passengers. See also letter filed with 'Mallsgate'].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.3 cm x 15.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1883

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Inglewood (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

This is one of the ships owned by the Mere Line / Fisher and Scott, London.

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

19/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,708 x 2,593 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.87 MB

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