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The 'Medway' under sail [PRG 1373/4/45] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Medway', 2511 tons, under sail. [Possibly formerly 'Ama Begonakoa'. Montevideo owned cadet training ship built in 1902, sold in 1910 to Devitt & Moore and renamed 'Medway'.] [steel 4 mast barque, 2511 tons, ON129109. 300.0 x 43.2 x 24.8. Built 1902 (7) A McMillan and Son Ltd. Dumbarton. Owners: Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Ltd, registered London. Formerly named 'Ama Begonakoa' of Monte Video and acquired by Moore in 1910. As a wartime measure was converted to an oil carrier at Hong Kong but the war was over before conversion was completed and she became a harbour oiler at Singapore under the name of 'Myr Shell' until sold for scrap in 1933].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 10.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Medway (Ship)
Ama Begonakoa (Ship)
Myr Shell (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Devitt and Moore, London.

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

25/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,319 x 3,282 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

22.85 MB

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