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The 'Chocolate Girl' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/28/35] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barquentine 'Chocolate Girl', 244 tons, in an unidentified port. [ wooden 2 mast schooner. c.1890 sold foreign (Norway) and re-rigged as 3 mast schooner. No trace of barquentine rig, 253 gross, 244 net tons. ON63514, 126.6 x 25.2 x 13.0. Built 1869 (8) Harvey, Littlehampton. Owners: De Outron and Co. Registered London c.1890 Norwegian owners c.1900 returns to British flag, 260 gross, 234 net tons. Owner HC Montigny, registered Port Louis, Mauritius.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.8 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Chocolate Girl (Ship)
Barks (Sailing ships)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Wooden Brigs, Brigantines and Barquentines'.

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

01/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,222 x 4,112 pixels (25.6 MP)

Size

76.78 MB

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