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The 'Puritan' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/27/138] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel 4 masted barque 'Puritan', 2361 tons, in an unidentified harbour steel 4 mast barque, 2361 gross, ON97591, 301.6 x 43.1 x 24.2. Built 1889 (12) J Reid and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Sir RW Cameron, registered Glasgow. Left Newcastle NSW with coal for San Francisco in 1911 and on June 17 sprang a leak. She was abandoned in a sinking condition on June 27, 1911. The Captain and a boat's crew reached Tahiti, another boat with three aboard was picked up by SS 'Talune', but a third boat with ten men on board was never seen again].

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Physical description

Photograph; 24 cm x 19.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Puritan (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Ships (IV) Masted Barques and Ships'.

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

08/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,818 x 3,907 pixels (18.8 MP)

Size

56.49 MB

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