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The 'England's Glory' wrecked at the entrance to Bluff Harbour, NZ [PRG 1373/23/52] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'England's Glory', 787 tons, wrecked at the entrance to Bluff Harbour, NZ on November 7 [iron 3 mast barque (originally ship rig) 787 tons. ON60919. 183.3 x 31.2 x 19.7. Built 1869 (3) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners Peter Smith (of Plymouth) registered London; later EHR Moon. Wrecked Nov 7, 1881 near the entrance to Bluff Harbour, New Zealand].

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.6 cm x 12.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1881

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

England's Glory (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

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

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

24/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,733 x 2,520 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

28.24 MB

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