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The 'County Antrim' wrecked at Ninety Mile Beach [PRG 1373/22/42] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barque 'County Antrim', 1199 tons, wrecked at Ninety Mile Beach on January 12, 1897. [steel 3 mast barque, 1241 gross tons. ON96307, 226.0 x 36.4 x 21.9. Built 1889 (5) CJ Bigger Londonderry, owners RJ Swyny registered Liverpool. Wrecked on the Ninety Mile Beach Jan 12, 1897 whilst on a voyage from England to Sydney. All saved]. A researcher has provided the following information: "The 'County Antrim' was wrecked on the shore of Jean Teychenne's property. The crew were saved and given shelter in the barns of the farm. The crew went back on board and extracted timber from the captain's cabin, from which they made a small footstool which they presented to Jean. The footstool has a parchment attached underneath expressing the thanks of the crew".

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 8.3 x 13.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

1897

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

County Antrim (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

20/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,478 x 2,112 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

22.06 MB

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