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'Vercingetorix' steel ship [PRG 1373/49/83] • Photograph

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Summary

'Vercingetorix' steel ship 2392 tons at Port Adelaide [steel 3 mast ship, 2392 gross, 1729 net tons, later 2273 gross, 1988 net tons. 281.0 x 40.7 x 22.7. Built 1902 Chant and Atel. de St. Nazaire, St Nazaire. Owners: Cie de Navigation Francaise, registered Nantes, later Soc. Anon des Voiliers Nantais, registered Nantes. Captured by Germans in 1914 and renamed 'Bremen' reverts to France and original name in 1919. Broken up in 1923]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.5 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Vercingetorix (Ship)
Bremen (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 Societe Nouvelle D'Armement, 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

5,561 x 3,883 pixels (21.6 MP)

Size

64.80 MB

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