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'Tarpenbek' steel ship [PRG 1373/50/29] • Photograph

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Summary

'Tarpenbek' steel ship 1871 tons [steel ship, 1871 gross, 1767 net tons. 264.8 x 39.2 x 23.2. Built 1892 (7) W Pickersgill and Sons, Sunderland as 'Naworth Castle' for J Chambers and Co., registered Liverpool. Sold and renamed c.1902 to German owners, registered Hamburg. Later renamed 'Tamara XII' and was wrecked in the Orkneys in 1924]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 13.2 cm x 20.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Tarpenbek (Ship)
Naworth Castle (Ship)
Tamara XII (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'German Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises 'The Bek Line, Knohr & Burchard, Hamburg'.

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

08/10/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,090 x 3,364 pixels (17.1 MP)

Size

51.39 MB

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