State Library of South Australia

The 'Alnwick Castle' moored at Gravesend, U.K. [PRG 1373/2/60] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

The wooden ship 'Alnwick Castle', 1109 tons, moored at Gravesend, U.K. [wooden ship, 1087 gross tons, ON15854. 195.0 x 35.2 x 22. Built 1856. Pile, Sunderland, registered London by R&H Green, sold in 1873 and was wrecked on the coast of Mexico in 1881. At this time was the property of Sir John Arnot, of Cork. Ususally employed in the Indian trade and sometimes carried coolies to the West Indies].

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph; 15.1 cm x 20.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1869

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Alnwick Castle (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

General notes

This is one of the ships owned by Blackwall Frigates / R. and H. Green, 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

3,390 x 2,491 pixels (8.4 MP)

Size

25.35 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us