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'Olona' iron barque [PRG 1373/47/32] • Photograph

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Summary

'Olona' iron barque 1750 tons [iron ship, 1795 tons. ON84076, 263.0 x 39.1 x 24.1. Built 1881 (1) WH Potter and sons. Registered Liverpool: Owners H. Fernie and Sons, registered Liverpool c. 1910 became Italian 'Olona' and in 1918 had a diesel engine installed and was then an auxiliary barque. Broken up in c.1922. Note from Parsons says 'Ref 5 Vol. 1 gives incorrect detail re fate".]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8 cm x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Olona (Ship)
Aristomene (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

4,932 x 3,341 pixels (16.5 MP)

Size

49.46 MB

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