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'Avanti Savoia' steel barque [PRG 1373/47/46] • Photograph

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Summary

'Avanti Savoia' steel barque 1441 tons. [steel 3 mast barque, originally 1441gross tons, 1383 net tons in 1913 = 1292 net tons. British ON128783, 248.6 x 35.9 x 21.1 built 1891 (2) G. Ansaldo and Co. Sestri Ponente for Italian owners in Savona. Sold in 1913 to George Savage and Thomas Corrance, registered Newcastle NSW. Wrecked at the Shetland Island, Cape Horn in April 1915.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11.1 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Avanti Savoia (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

4,687 x 3,679 pixels (17.2 MP)

Size

51.76 MB

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