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The 'Schah Jehan' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/20/56] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Schah Jehan', 698 tons, in an unidentified harbour [wooden 3 mast ship, 696 tons, ON15879, 148.0 x 30.2 x 22.0. Built 1848. Dumbarton, owners: formerly of London, and in 1861 sold to Walter Duffield and Partners, registered Port Adelaide. Scuttled at Wallaroo in 1862 to prevent further damage when holed in a gale but subsequently refloated and repaired. 1864 sold to Robert Towns, registered Sydney, following a grounding in Twofold Bay, NSW and finally became the property of Alexander Stuart of Sydney but was wrecked Feb. 3, 1867 when she missed stays and ran aground off Point Lobos; when entering San Francisco. She had loaded timber in Puget Sound for Sydney and was making a call at San Francisco at the time of the accident].

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.4 cm x 19.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1867

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Schah Jehan (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Wooden Barques'.

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

16/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,240 x 2,406 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.40 MB

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