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The 'Savoia' in Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/29/73] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel barquentine 'Savoia', 422 tons, in Port Adelaide [steel 3 mast schooner, later re-rigged as a barquentine, 422 gross, 417 net tons. 149.2 x 28.5 x 16.1. Built 1891 Fili Poli fu G, Chioggia, for Italian owners. c.1911 sold to American Trading Co., and registered at the British port of Castries, St. Lucia, ON108031 and rigged as a barquentine. After, or during WW1 sold to Portugese owners and registered in the Cape Verde Islands].

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.7 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Savoia (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Coasters'.

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

25/03/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,265 x 3,909 pixels (20.6 MP)

Size

61.76 MB

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