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The 'St. Leonards' moored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/24/10] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'St. Leonards', 1054 tons, moored at Gravesend on the River Thames in the early 1870's when she had switched from her final run on the Australian trade in 1869/70, took emigrants to Canada in 1870 and then went onto the New Zealand trade from then until she was lost in the English Channel [iron, 3 mast ship, 1054 tons, ON50198, 204.0 x 34.0 x 20.3. Built 1864 (9) Pile, Hay and Co. Sunderland. Owners: John Bonus, registered London c.1873. Shaw Savill and Co., registered Southampton. Wrecked in a collision off Start Point Sept. 17, 1883. All saved. From 1873-1883 well known in the New Zealand trades]. A researcher has indicated that the original photograph is in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.3 cm x 20.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

St. Leonards (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Ships (I)'.

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

28/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,359 x 2,249 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.68 MB

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