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'Marechal Davout' steel barque [PRG 1373/49/35] • Photograph

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Summary

'Marechal Davout' steel barque 2192 tons [steel 3 mast barque, 2297 gross, 1711 net tons. Later 2192 gross 1941 net tons. 275.4 x 40.4 x 22.6. Built 1898 Atel. and Chant Loire, Nantes. Owners: Guillon and Fleury, registered Nantes. Later, Soc. Nouvelle d'Armement, registered Nantes. Sunk by German raider Dec. 15, 1917]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 12.5 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Marechal Davout (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'French Owned Shipping Lines and Miscellaneous French Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises R Guillon & R Fleury, Nantes.

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

03/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,420 x 5,440 pixels (18.6 MP)

Size

55.84 MB

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