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The 'Dunsyre' under sail [PRG 1373/5/93] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Dunsyre', 2149 tons, under sail [steel ship, 2149 tons. ON98965. 277.8 x 41.8 x 24.4. Built 1891 (8) W Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners Potter Bros. registered London, subsequently became American owned, by Robert Dollar and Co., and ended up as a barge in USA West Coast. 'The Down Easters' by B Lubbock, p.248 comments upon her trip to Wellington from San Francisco in 31 days] [c.1909/10 registered in Vancouver during WW1 became the property of Standard Oil Co. registered San Francisco. Converted to a barge after a long period of idelness at Oakland California].

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.1 cm x 16.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1910

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Dunsyre (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by the Potter Brothers, London.

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

29/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,432 x 2,398 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.71 MB

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