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The 'Carnarvon Castle' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/22/68] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque (3 mast) 'Carnarvon Castle', GRT 1200, in an unidentified port. ON56926 69.8 m length x 11.0 m beam x 6.7 m draught. Built 1867 by Barclay, Curle & Co. at Glasgow with the United Kingdom flag. 1889 it was sold to Sinclair & Ellwood and was operated as 'Sailing Ship Carnarvon Castle Co'. 1897 sold to Flugge, Johannsen & Libinus of Hamburg and renamed Nurnberg. 1905 sold to Sven, O Stray of Christiansand (Norway). It was abandoned on January 10 1910 in the Atlantic Ocean at 35.30 N, 27.24 V, on the road Lobos de Tierra - Antwerp with guano.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.7 cm x 14.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1889

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Carnarvon Castle (Ship)
Nurnberg (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

22/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,691 x 2,262 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

25.06 MB

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