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The 'Shandon' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/31/19] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Shandon', 1442 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, later 3 mast barque, 1442 gross, 1397 net tons ON86743, 245.9 x 37.8 x 21.3. Built 1883 (1) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Thom and Cameron Ltd., registered Glasgow. c.1906 sold to Norwegian owners, re-rigged as a barque and renamed 'Victor'. Reverts to 'Shandon' 1914 and converted into a coal hulk at Melbourne. Re-rigged as a barque c.1915 and owned by the Commonwealth Government, registered Melbourne. Sold to Bellambi Coal Co., 1921 and in 1922 converted to a coal hulk and broken up at Melbourne in 1960. In 1912 on a voyage from Sourabayqa towards Newcastle, NSW illness caused many deaths and the ship was found drifting near Dirk Hartog Island, WA. by some local fishermen who helped get the ship into Fremantle. The ship was laid up at Newcastle until the outbreak of WW1 when she was sold to J Paterson and Co., Melbourne, loaded with coal and sailed to Melbourne for conversion to a coal hulk. Sold to the Commonwealth Government and was re-rigged and engaged in the Trans-Pacific trade until once again converted to a coal hulk] notes from 'The Argus' Jan. 2, 1932 and April 26, 1922.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.8 cm x 10.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Shandon (Ship)
Victor (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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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

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Resolution

5,378 x 3,837 pixels (20.6 MP)

Size

61.93 MB

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