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'Australia' steel ship [PRG 1373/47/54] • Photograph

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Summary

'Australia' steel ship 1682 tons. Just prior to launching at Genoa, 1894. [steel 3 masted sailing ship rigged vessel. 1682 gross, 1649 net tons. 246.6 x 38.2 x 21.7. Built 1894 (5) N. Odero Sestri Ponente. Owners: P. Milesi, registered Genoa. Sunk 1916.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8.4 cm x 10.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1894

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Australia (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

5,574 x 4,201 pixels (23.4 MP)

Size

70.27 MB

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