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The 'Blackadder' under sail [PRG 1373/2/91] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Blackadder', 917 tons, under sail. [iron ship, 970 gross tons. (917 net tons) ON63573. 216.6 x 35.2 x 20.5. Built 1870 (2) Maudslay, Sons and Field. Greenwich. Owners John Willis and Sons. Registered London in 1890s sold to Norwegians and wrecked at Bahia 9 April 1905. (NB various writers have shown the name of this ship as two words - Black Adder - however all the underwriters registers show it as one word) Built as a tea clipper in the hopes of retaining the trade for sailing ships in face of the shorter time taken by steamers once the Suez Canal was opened. Finally driven from the China trades (where the ship had gained an unjust reputation of being unlucky) she was placed in the Australian trade where she was quite successful for the remainder of her career under the British flag. Said to have the same hull lines as 'Cutty Sark' and to be modelled upon the very successful early Willis ship 'The Tweed'. See 'The China Clippers', 'The Colonial Clippers', 'The Blackwall Frigates'.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.9 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Blackadder (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by John Willis and Son, 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

3,691 x 2,245 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.88 MB

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