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The 'John Murray' in an unidentified harbour in World War I colours [PRG 1373/31/17] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'John Murray', 1264 tons, in an unidentified harbour in World War I colours. Also refer to print PRG 1373/31/96 [iron ship, c.1898-1900 barque. 1264 tons. ON76738. 228.5 x 35.8 x 10.7. Built 1877 (1) J&G Thomson, Glasgow. Owners: James Arthur and others, registered Glasgow. Later General Shipping Co. (Aitken and Lilburn, managers) sold 1910 to Defence Department of Government of Victoria, for use as a training ship, and renamed 'John Murray'. Used for commerical purposes during WW1 she was wrecked at Malden Island, mid - Pacific, July 1918. No lives lost].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15 cm x 11 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

John Murray (Ship)
Loch Ryan (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Australian Owned Sailing Vessels'.

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

17/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,530 x 4,093 pixels (22.6 MP)

Size

67.93 MB

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