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The 'Volador' at Port Augusta [PRG 1373/31/27] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barquentine 'Volador', 213 tons, at Port Augusta [wooden 3 mast barquentine (Lloyds and other sources sometimes say 3 mast schooner) 213 gross, 197 net tons. ON78860. 117.5 x 22.8 x 11.7. Built 1884 (4) Troon SB Co. Troon. Owners: Built for owners who registered the ship at Ayr, in Scotland. Subsequently sold to Norway and enrolled at Sydney, ex foreign ownership in 1900 - Nelson (Ivor Nelson) and Robertson, registered Sydney. c.1908 Edward Pike and Co. Ltd.; About 1914 EJ MA and Edward Taylor. Wrecked at Mussel Roe Bay, Tasmania. February 1916].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13 cm x 8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Volador (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

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

5,230 x 3,348 pixels (17.5 MP)

Size

52.55 MB

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