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'Gers' steel barque [PRG 1373/48/3] • Photograph

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Summary

'Gers' steel barque 2093 tons [NB - two ships named 'Gers' owned by Bordes. this was the first, and was a barque, the other was a 4 mast barque - do not confuse. See 'Bounty Ships of France' Villiers and Picard, 1972] [See 'Strathdon'] [steel barque, 2093 tons, ON90126, 282.8 x 40.5 x 23.6. Built 1885 (5) Harland and Wolff, Belfast, as 'Queen's Island' for S Lawther, registered Belfast, sold to George Thompson and Co., 1890 and renamed 'Strathdon' registered Aberdeen. Sold and renamed 'Gers' and owned by AD Bordes and broken up in 1924. NB. There were two sailing ships of this name operated by the Aberdeen White Star Line, the earlier vessel was built in 1860 - do not confuse - note by Parsons. Under the name 'Strathdon' was well known in the Australian cargo trade]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 9.7 cm x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Gers (Ship)
Strathdon (Ship)
Queen's Island (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises A D Bordes & Fils, Paris.

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

30/09/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,363 x 4,383 pixels (23.5 MP)

Size

70.54 MB

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