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The 'Royal Forth' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/27/76] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel 4 masted barque 'Royal Forth', 3130 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 3130 gross, ON99240, 329.3 x 45.3 x 25.6. Built 1893 (6) Ramage and Ferguson Ltd. Leith. Owner: J Ferguson (Ship Royal Forth Co.) registered Leith. c.1901 sold to German owners and renamed 'Henriette'. Handed to Italians after WW1 and broken up in 1924].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.6 cm x 8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Royal Forth (Ship)
Henriette (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

5,563 x 3,400 pixels (18.9 MP)

Size

56.77 MB

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