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The 'Otago' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/30/35] • Photograph

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The composite ship 'Otago', 993 tons, in an unidentified harbour [composite 3 mast ship rig, re-rig c.1887 as 3 mast barque (NB - this is NOT the iron hulled ship of 367 tons associated with Joseph Conrad) 1048 gross, 993 net tons. ON60449, 207.3 x 34.5 x 20.1. Built 1869 (8) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., registered Glasgow. c.1880 William Brown (who left the management with Shaw, Savill and Company) c.1891 sold to Swedish owners, without change of name. c. 1909 sold Portuguese and renamed 'Emilia' torpedoed during WW1.Great confusion between two vessels of this name both built in the same year. The smaller one was associated with Joseph Conrad when he took charge of it to bring it to Port Adelaide upon the death of the master. Many writers assert that the vessel, details above, was owned by SS&A which was not so].

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.9 cm x 14.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1863

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Otago (Ship)
Emilia (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Shipping Lines'.

This is one of the ships owned by the The Shaw Savill & Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., formed by the amalgamation of two rival shipping firms: Shaw, Savill & Co., and Patrick Henderson's Albion Shipping Co. Their ships continued to engage in the New Zealand emigrant and cargo trade. Keen competition came from the New Zealand Shipping Co.

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

09/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,795 x 3,592 pixels (17.2 MP)

Size

51.69 MB

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