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The 'Black Prince', 'Fiery Cross', 'Taeping', 'Ariel' and 'Flying Spur' at Foochow [PRG 1373/4/67] • Photograph

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Summary

The composite ships 'Black Prince' (1), 751 tons. [composite ship, 751 tons. ON48501. 185.0 x 32.0 x 19.0. Built 1863 (8) A. Hall and Co. Aberdeen. Owners: Charles L. Norman, registered London, later W. Inglis. Drops from the register before 1887.] 'Taeping' (3), 767 tons, 'Ariel' (4), 853 tons, and the wooden ships 'Fiery Cross' (2), 888 tons, 'Flying Spur' (5), 735 tons, at Foochow.

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.3 cm x 16.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1866

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Black Prince (Ship)
Fiery Cross (Ship)
Taeping (Ship)
Ariel (Ship)
Flying Spur (Ship)
Ships, Wooden
Sailing ships

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General notes

Some of the ships known as the Tea Clippers and China Traders.

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

26/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,550 x 2,500 pixels (8.9 MP)

Size

26.64 MB

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