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The 'Sunlight' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/21/13] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'Sunlight', 1433 tons, in an unidentified port. The was the last square-rigger built for a British owner [steel 3 mast barque, 1433 gross, ON124033, 230.9 x 37.2 x 21.0. Built 1907 (1) Napier and Miller Ltd., Glasgow. Owners: Lever Bros. Ltd., registered Liverpool. Captured June 6, 1915, 20 miles SW from Galley Head by a German submarine, and later torpedoed (Claimed to have been the last square rigged sailing ship built for British owners).

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Physical description

Photograph; 10 cm x 17.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1910

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Sunlight (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Barques (I)'.

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

17/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,406 x 2,563 pixels (11.3 MP)

Size

33.90 MB

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