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'Melpomene' steel ship [PRG 1373/50/53] • Photograph

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Summary

'Melpomene' steel ship 1784 tons [steel 3 mast ship, 1784 gross, 1699 net tons. 268.0 x 40.1 x 23.0 built 1891 (2) C Connell and Co., Glasgow. Owners: B Wencke and Sons, registered Hamburg, later Reederi Act Ges von 1896, registered Hamburg]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 7.5 cm x 11.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Melpomene (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'German Owned Shipping Lines'.

This section comprises 'Rhederei Aktien Ges. Von 1896, 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

5,522 x 3,815 pixels (21.1 MP)

Size

63.22 MB

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