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The 'Barcore' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/26/101] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Barcore', 2134 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [iron ship 2134 tons, ON87969, 278.6 x 40.8 x 24.5. Built 1884 (4) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton. Owners Eyre Evans and Co. registered Liverpool. Later Romeo Shipping Co. Ltd (T. Rome, manager) c. 1909 sold Norway and renamed 'Songvaar' and as such wrecked at Port Victoria, South Australia April 14 1912.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 8.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Barcore (Ship)
Songvaar (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

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

04/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,599 x 4,262 pixels (32.4 MP)

Size

97.18 MB

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