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'General de Boisdeffre' steel ship [PRG 1373/49/45] • Photograph

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Summary

'General de Boisdeffre' steel ship 2195 tons [steel barque, 2307 gross, 1721 net tons. 275.4 x 40.4 x 22.6. Built 1898. Atel and Chant. Loire, Nantes. Owners Guillon and Fleury, registered Nantes. Later 2195 gross, 1960 net tons. Owners Soc. Nouvelle d'Arement, registered Nantes. Went missing in 1917, probably sunk by enemy action]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10 cm x 14.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

General de Boisdeffre (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

5,289 x 3,748 pixels (19.8 MP)

Size

59.49 MB

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