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The 'Argomene' anchored nearly a hilly coastline [PRG 1373/6/24] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Argomene', 1662 tons, anchored near a hilly coastline. [iron ship 1716 tons. ON76415, 241.0 x 38.7 x 24.0 Built 1877 (1) TR Oswald, Southampton. Owners H Fernie and Sons. Liverpool (Later Liverpool Shipping Co. Ltd. managed by Fernies) c.1899 sold to S. Hampton Co. Ltd. (JB Thomson) registered Glasgow (renamed 'Hampton') c.1910 to Italian owners and renamed 'Bianchetto' and drops from registers after 1917.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.2 cm x 15.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Argomene (Ship)
Bianchetto (Ship)
Hampton (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Fernies 'Omene' Line, 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

02/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,282 x 2,386 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.51 MB

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