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The 'Douglas' moored in an unidentified port with iron paddle tugs Cambria and Punch [PRG 1373/24/19] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'The Douglas', 1428 tons, moored in an unidentified port [iron 3 mast ship, 1494 tons. ON58980, 225.2 x 37.9 x 23.6. Built 1869 (1) T. Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners W & R Wright, registered Liverpool (built as an auxiliary screw steamship but engine removed after a short time) Visited New Zealand occasionally under charter to Shaw Savill and/or New Zealand Shipping] ['ips Punch' William Watkins, iron paddle steam tug 'Punch' shown in illustration of 'The Douglas'].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 20.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1878

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Douglas (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

3,450 x 2,502 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.91 MB

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