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The 'Blengfell' at Brisbane [PRG 1373/21/19] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Blengfell', 1154 tons, at Brisbane. [iron ship possibly later barque, 1210 gross. ON74512, 232.4 x 35.2 x 21.1. Built 1876 (3) Whitehaven, SB Co. Whitehaven. Owners I Colebank. Registered Liverpool, later J. Edgar and Co. On a voyage from New York to London with a cargo of naptha, took fire and blew up on 17 October 1898 off the North Foreland.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.5 cm x 14.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1897

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Blengfell (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

2,530 x 3,238 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.60 MB

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