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The 'Montgomeryshire' docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand [PRG 1373/5/18] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Montgomeryshire', 886 tons, docked at Port Chalmers, New Zealand [iron ship, 1452 tons, ON76520. 235.4 x 38.1 x 23.0 Built 1877 (6) T Royden and Sons, Liverpool. Owners: Hughes and Co., registered Liverpool later sold to Norwegian owners without change of name. Wrecked on her voyage from Peru to Sydney 12 February 1907 at Tonga. No lives lost].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.1 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Montgomeryshire (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Hughes and Co., Liverpool.

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

27/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,661 x 2,575 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

28.30 MB

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