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The 'William Law' at anchor [PRG 1373/24/21] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'William Law', 1774 tons, at anchor [steel 3 mast ship, 1774 tons, ON98674, 252.1 x 40.0 x 22.4. Built 1891 (10) Russell and Co. Greenock. Owners: William Law Shipping Co., registered Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 1902 became 'Hilbre' under captain Oscar W. Smith, owned by Smith Brothers Shipping Ltd., registered Cardiff. c.1905 sold to Italian owners and renamed 'Buenos Ayres']. Sunk by the German raider Felix von Luckner in 1917.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 13.7 x 19.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Willian Law (Ship)
Buenos Ayres (Ship)
Hilbre (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volumed 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

3,178 x 2,283 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.78 MB

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