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'Leon Blum' steel ship [PRG 1373/48/116] • Photograph

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'Leon Blum' steel ship 2733 tons

'Leon Blum' steel ship 2733 tons [steel 3 mast barque, later re-rigged as three mast ship. 2849 gross, 1879 net tons later 2733 gross, 2316 net tons. 282.8 x 44.0 x 22.8. Built 1901 Atel and Chant de Normandie, Rouen. Owners: Soc. Generale d'Armement, registered St. Nazaire later Soc. Nouvelle d'Armement, registered Rouen. Ashore near Dakar in Nov. 1917 and became a constructive total loss (CTL)

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.5 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Leon Blum (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises Societe Generale d'Armement, St Nazaire.

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

7,010 x 5,170 pixels (36.2 MP)

Size

108.75 MB

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