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'Socoa' steel ship [PRG 1373/48/105] • Photograph

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Summary

'Socoa' steel ship 2613 tons [steel 3 mast ship rigged sailing vessel. 2738 gross, 1826 net tons. 282.8 x 44.0 x 22.6. Built 1901 Chant and Atel de St. Nazaire. Owners: Soc. Bayonnaise de Navigation, registered Bayonne. Stranded near the Lizard, Cornwall August 2, 1906. Salvaged, repaired and sold, and renamed 'Thiers'. 2613 gross, 2251 net tons. Owners: Cie Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Broken up 1927]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11.2 cm x 16.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Socoa (Ship)
Thiers (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises Societe Bayonnaise De Navigation, Bayonne.

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

25/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,333 x 5,059 pixels (37.1 MP)

Size

111.32 MB

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