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'Alsterdamm' steel 4 masted barque [PRG 1373/50/5] • Photograph

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Summary

'Alsterdamm' steel 4 masted barque 3400 tons [steel 4 mast barque, 3537 tons, ON99434, 329.9 x 47.0 x 27.0. Built 1892 (8) Russell and Co., Port Glasgow; owners: Hilsboro Ship Co. Ltd., GM Steeves registered Liverpool; c.1900 became the German 'Alsterdamm' and later the German 'Adolf Vinnen'. After WW1 became the American 'Mae Dollar' and was converted into a towing barge in the later 1920s, being given various names including 'Island Carrier' and finally was broken up in 1971 under the name of 'Crown Zellerbach No. 1']

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Alsterdamn (Ship)
Somali (Ship)
Mae Dollar (Ship
Adolf Vinnen (Ship)
Island Carrier (Ship)
Crown Zellerbach No. 1 (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'German Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises 'Alster Aktien, Gesselschaft, 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

5,475 x 3,939 pixels (21.6 MP)

Size

64.72 MB

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