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'Quevilly' steel 4 masted barque [PRG 1373/48/77] • Photograph

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Summary

'Quevilly' steel 4 masted barque 3272 tons [steel 4 mast barque, that very shortly after commissioning possibly within ten years was fitted with twin screws driven by oil engines making her an auxiliary twin screw 4 mast barque oil tanker. One of the early sailing ships fitted for carrying petroleum in bulk. 3482 gross, 1710 net tons, later 3272 gross, 2518 net tons. 322.0 x 45.5 x 24.2. Built 1897 (8) Laporte and Cie, Rouen. Owners: H Prentout-Leblond and E Lerous, registered Rouen. Later passed into Norwegian hands and finally converted into the full powered vessel 'Deodatta' that was mined Oct. 21, 1939]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 19.8 cm x 24.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Quevilly (Ship)
Deodatta (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

24/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

10,840 x 8,942 pixels (96.9 MP)

Size

290.82 MB

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