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'Empress of China' wooden barquentine [PRG 1373/40/79] • Photograph

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Summary

'Empress of China' wooden barquentine 256 tons [wooden 3 mast brigantine (Lloyd's say 3 mast schooner) 267 gross, 256 net tons, ON68526. 120.7 x 26.1 x 12.8. Built 1874 (2) Stribley, Padstow. Owners: 1877 Peter Facy and others, registered Hobart Town. Wrecked Dec. 31, 1888 near Hunter Island, Bass Strait on a voyage Geelong-Hobart]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 12.8 cm x 18 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Empress of China (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

5,278 x 3,815 pixels (20.1 MP)

Size

60.43 MB

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