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The 'Belfast' docked in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/6/8] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Belfast', 1957 tons, docked in an unidentified port. [iron ship, 1957 tons. ON70875. 260.6 x 40.2 x 24.2 Built 1874 (8) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners TJ Brocklehurst registered Liverpool sold 1901 and converted to barque, now owned by Shaw Savill and Co. Registered London c.1906 to South American owners without change of name, then passed to WR Grace and Co. registered San Francisco. Said to have been broken up in 1926].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 14.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Belfast (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by T. and J. Brocklebank, 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

4,078 x 2,982 pixels (12.2 MP)

Size

36.50 MB

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