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'Emily Downing' wooden barque [PRG 1373/40/36] • Photograph

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Summary

'Emily Downing' wooden barque 269 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 269 tons, ON32047. 90.0 x 26.3 x 17.8. Built 1841 Port Arthur VDL and named Lady Franklin and was used by the colonial government. Sold out of government service in 1855 and she was renamed. Owners FA Downing and Charles DeGraves, registered Hobart Town. July 1859 James Lucas; Sept. 1864 Alexander McGregor. Register closed in 1898 'Broken up'. 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by O'May. Government Printer, Tasmania. '...whaler..continued to whale out of Hobart until 1883 when she returned from her last cruise with 47 tuns of oil...she was sold to the government and became a powder hulk....]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.5 cm x 13.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Emily Downing (Ship)
Lady Franklin (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tasmanian Owned Vessels and Tasmanian Shipping Views'.

This section comprises 'Tasmanian 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

26/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,877 x 3,904 pixels (19.0 MP)

Size

57.14 MB

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