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The 'Coorong' on Fletcher's Slip, Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/37/28] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Coorong', 369 tons, on Fletcher's Slip, Port Adelaide. [wooden three mast barque, 396 tons, 1883. 359 gross, 344 net tons. ON51551. 130.0 x 26.3 x 13.1. Built 1864 Warren, Rhode Island. Owners Joseph Darwent of Adelaide, registered Newcastle NSW July 1865 transferred to Port Adelaide c.1869 William Howes c.1875 William Hamilton. May 1897 Huddart Parker Ltd. Made into a hulk no later than 1883, and broken up at Port Adelaide in 1916.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15 cm x 11.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Coorong (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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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 South 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

10/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,865 x 3,541 pixels (17.2 MP)

Size

51.70 MB

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