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'General Faidherbe' steel ship [PRG 1373/48/54] • Photograph

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Summary

'General Faidherbe' steel ship 2326 tons. Alcatraz prison in background. See also PRG 1373/48/46 [steel barque (NB. Lloyd's after 1918 says ship rigged, not an impossibility but most unusual) 2326 gross, 1728 net tons, later 2188 gross, 1904 net tons. 276.6 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1901 Atel and Chant de la Loire, Nantes. Owners Cie Maritime Francaise, registered Nantes. Broken up 1927]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 19.5 cm x 24 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

General Faidherbe (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises Compagnie Maritime Francaise, 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

08/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

10,777 x 8,787 pixels (94.7 MP)

Size

284.11 MB

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