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The 'Empreza' at Port Adelaide on the slip [PRG 1373/37/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The composite barque 'Empreza', 250 tons, on slip at Port Adelaide, 1870 [composite 3 mast barque,250 gross, 235 net tons. ON29939, 123.3 x 25.1 x 11.3. Built 1865 (8) Hedderwick and Co. Goven. Owners: R Singlehurst, registered Liverpool 1874 - D Bower and Jno Jones, registered Port Adelaide; Dec. 1877 D Bower and J Bickers; June 1891 EF Sandeman; June 1894 Aplin Brown and Co (Townsville); Dec. 1896 H Douglas registered Auckland; 1899 JJ Craig and partners; 1910 Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., converted to a hulk and register closed. Hulk scuttled at the end of her useful life at Port Chalmers, off Taiaroa Heads NZ June 24, 1948]

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 cm x 14.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Empreza (Ship)
Ships, Wooden
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volume titled 'South Australian owned shipping lines & sailing vessels: vessels owned by Bickers & Bower, vessels owned by Captain John A. Walker, South Australian owned sailing vessels; Port Adelaide views'.

This section comprises Vessels owned by Bickers and Bower, Port Adelaide.

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

10/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,848 x 4,322 pixels (25.3 MP)

Size

75.85 MB

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