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The 'Grace Harwar' under sail [PRG 1373/2/81] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Grace Harwar', 1877 tons, under sail [steel ship, 1877 gross tons. ON96655, 266.7 x 39.1 x 23.5. Built 1889 (10) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: W Montgomery, registered London, during WW1 sold to G Erikson of Mariehamn, broken up in 1935. Well known in Australian waters for most of her life; a frequent visitor when owned in England, and after WW1 in most of the 'grain races'. See 'Square Riggers - The Final Epoch' by Hurst, for full details of postwar trips and passage times etc. See 'The Last of the Windjammers' Vol. 2 for pre-war information].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.4 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Grace Harwar (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by W. Montgomery and Co. LTD., 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

18/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,525 x 2,328 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.64 MB

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