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'France' steel 5 masted barque [PRG 1373/48/73] • Photograph

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Summary

'France' steel 5 masted barque 5633 tons [steel 5 mast barque with auxiliary twin screws driven by oil engine (These were removed post WW1 c.1920) 5633 gross, 4544 net tons, 418.8 x 55.8 x 24.9. Built 1912 (5) Chant & Atel de la Gironde, Bordeaux Owners H Prentout-Leblond and partners, thence others. Built to convey copper/nickel ores from New Caledonia to France and in July 1922 drifted at New Caledonia and was abandoned as a total loss]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 7.8 cm x 13 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

France (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises H & E Prentout-Leblond, Rouen.

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

10/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,051 x 3,720 pixels (22.5 MP)

Size

67.55 MB

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