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'Sophocles' iron barque [PRG 1373/47/30] • Photograph

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Summary

'Sophocles' iron barque 1138 tons [iron ship, 1176 tons, ON77455, 223.4 x 34.7 x 21.7. Built 1879 (8) Walter Hood and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: George Thompson and Co., registered Aberdeen, sold to Italians c.1904. Broken up c.1924. Operated under her original name throughout her life. Not considered so much of a clipper as some of the earlier Aberdeen White Star ships, she was still a popular unit in the fleet. Traded mostly to Australia]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 9.5 cm x 13.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Sophocles (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Italian Owned Wooden, and Iron and Steel Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises Italian Owned Iron and Steel 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

03/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,081 x 3,556 pixels (18.1 MP)

Size

54.23 MB

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