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The 'Orient' wrecked at Orient Beach, South Africa [PRG 1373/24/39] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Orient', 1663 tons, wrecked at Orient Beach, South Africa. The wreck is still visible today at low tide [steel ship, 1663 tons, 258.8 x 38.7 x 22.7. Built 1889 (2) C Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners: A Evers and Classen, registered Hamburg. Later, without change of name to Russian (Finnish) owners].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.1 cm x 19.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Orient (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

3,300 x 2,199 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.79 MB

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