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The 'Margit' under sail [PRG 1373/22/113] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'Margit', 1241 tons, under sail [steel 3 mast barque, 1241 tons, ON97850, 226.0 x 36.4 x 21.9. Built 1891 (3) CJ Bigger, Londonderry. Owners: Sailing Ship Craiglands Ltd. (Squarey and Kendall) registered Liverpool. Sold c.1903 Norway and renamed 'Margit' owners Chr. Nielsen and Co., registered Larvik. Stranded Coorong, SA Nov. 10, 1911 and subsequently abandoned as a total wreck. Norwegian steel barque 1241 tons. Norwegian vessel commanded by Captain Petersen. Late in 1911 was loaded with 23,835 bags of wheat at Victor Harbour. Shortly before leaving Captain Petersen disappeared while going ashore in a life boat - the boat and his cap were washed ashore. Margit sailed for the UK on December 10, 1911. Soon after 11pm she was stranded off the Coorong, 55km north of Kingston. All on board landed safely about two days later. The Wreck was sold to a south-east syndicate. During salvage operations on January 30, 1912, two workmen, R. McArthur and B Pascoe were overcome by fumes and died].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.9 cm x 14.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Margit (Ship)
Craiglands (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

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

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

23/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,683 x 2,299 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

25.42 MB

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