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'Oweenee' steel 4 masted barque [PRG 1373/43/56] • Photograph

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Summary

'Oweenee' steel 4 masted barque 2432 tons. Built in 1891 [steel 4 mast barque, 2432 gross, ON100264, 309.0 x 42.0 x 24.6. Built 1891 (10) Richardson, Duck and Co. Stockton: Owners: Oweenee Ship Co. Ltd., registered Windsor, Nova Scotia, later Thames and Mersey Shipping Co: c.1916 sold and converted into full powered motorship and fitted as a petrol tanker and renamed 'Ortina Shell']

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 7.5 cm x 12.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Oweenee (Ship)
Ortina Shell (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Canadian Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises Nova Scotian Steel 4 Masted Barques.

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

21/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,141 x 3,256 pixels (16.7 MP)

Size

50.24 MB

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