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The 'Otago' at Melbourne [PRG 1373/37/35] • Photograph

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The iron barque 'Otago', 346 tons, at Melbourne [composite 3 mast ship rig, re-rig c.1887 as 3 mast barque (NB - this is NOT the iron hulled ship of 367 tons associated with Joseph Conrad) 1048 gross, 993 net tons. ON60449, 207.3 x 34.5 x 20.1. Built 1869 (8) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., registered Glasgow. c.1880 William Brown (who left the management with Shaw, Savill and Company) c.1891 sold to Swedish owners, without change of name. c. 1909 sold Portuguese and renamed 'Emilia' torpedoed during WW1.Great confusion between two vessels of this name both built in the same year. The smaller one was associated with Joseph Conrad when he took charge of it to bring it to Port Adelaide upon the death of the master. Many writers assert that the vessel, details above, was owned by SS&A which was not so]

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 10 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Otago (Ship)
Emilia (Ship)
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 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

5,124 x 3,713 pixels (19.0 MP)

Size

57.10 MB

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