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The 'Cormorant' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/22/25] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Cormorant', 1091 tons, in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1073 gross tons, c.1890 converted to 3 mast barque, 1091 gross tons. ON29972. 211.4 x 33.6 x 21.6. Built 1865 (10) T. Vernon and Sons. Liverpool. Owners WJ Myers, Sons and Co. Registered Liverpool c.1890 to Norwegian owners without change of name. Benjamin Williams was the Master of the Cormorant at various times between 1875 and 1882].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 16.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1882

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Cormorant (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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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

20/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,407 x 2,111 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.59 MB

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