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The 'Royal Dane' moored near Gravesend, U.K. [PRG 1373/5/2] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ship 'Royal Dane', 1616 tons, moored near Gravesend, U.K. [wooden ship, 1616 tons, ON45882, built 1854 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA as 'Sierra Nevada'. Operated in the Black Ball Line, from Liverpool. Owners in 1870 John Taylor, registered London. Wrecked coast of Chile in 1877. In the Queensland migrant trade].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 21.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Royal Dane (Ship)
Sierra Nevada (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by the Blackball Line / James Baines, 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

3,480 x 2,585 pixels (9.0 MP)

Size

27.00 MB

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