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'Versailles' steel barque [PRG 1373/48/85] • Photograph

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Summary

'Versailles' steel barque 2311 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2311 gross, 1740 net tons, later 2201 gross, 1939 net tons. 277.7 x 40.3 x 22.5. Built 1900 Chant. Nantais de Const. Maritime, Nantes. Owners: Longs Courriers Francais, registered Nantes, later Soc. Gen. d'Armement. Broken up in 1926]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 9.2 cm x 14.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Versailles (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises Societe Anonyme Des Longs Courriers Francais, 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

25/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,329 x 4,302 pixels (27.2 MP)

Size

81.70 MB

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