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The 'Cygnet' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/35/19] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden schooner 'Cygnet', 74 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast schooner. ON71759. 77 tons. 79.0 x 20.0 x 7.8. Built 1875 Port Adelaide. Owners GR Selth and others. When lost she was owned by L Hill, MV and J Sinclair and G Heyen. Wrecked Investigator Strait, August 6, 1905. Four lives lost]

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 11.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Cygnet (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'South Australian Owned Coasters, Part I'.

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

20/08/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,382 x 4,101 pixels (22.1 MP)

Size

152.71 MB

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