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The 'Coonatto' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/2/6] • Photograph

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Summary

Wooden ship 'Coonatto', 633 tons, at Port Adelaide. [Mispelt as Coonatta in album] Photographed in the South Australia Company basin, Port Adelaide, 1867. [Composite ship, 633 tons, ON47320. 160.2 x 29.0 x 18.7. Built 1863 (4) Bilbe, London. Owners Anderson, registered London. Considered to be a clipper and often in the South Australian trade. This vessel was wrecked on Beachy Head, England in 1876 (21 Feb) Spent all of her short career in the UK-Australia trades. Her best run is reputed to have been of 66 days to the Semaphore lightship.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.1 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1867

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Coonatto (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

This is one of the ships owned by the Orient Line / Anderson, Anderson & Co., 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

14/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,216 x 2,406 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.23 MB

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