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The 'Thomas Stephens' at Gravesend, U.K. [PRG 1373/2/89] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Thomas Stephens', 1528 tons, at Gravesend, U.K. [steel? ship, 1559 gross tons. ON63199, 263.0 x 38.2 x 23.1. Built 1869 (7) WH Potter and Co., Liverpool. Owners: TW and WA Stephens , registered London. 1896 sold to Portugese Government for naval training ship, and renamed 'Pero d'Alemguer' and eventually hulked. During WW1 re-rigged and went 'missing' when crossing the Atlantic in January 1916. Said to have been intended for the Black Ball Line this ship did not sail for that flag but was employed for many years as a unit of the London Line of Australian Packets, chartered by Bethell and Co., and frequently was in Sydney and Melbourne. Also made at least one trip to New Zealand. Was considered to be a very handsome ship and often called a clipper. A favourite passenger ship for many years. See 'White Wings' and 'Colonial Clippers'].

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Physical description

Photograph; 14 cm x 19.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1876

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Thomas Stephens (Ship)
Pero d'Alemguer (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by T. Stephens and Sons, 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

3,151 x 2,320 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.95 MB

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