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The 'Dowan Hill' under sail [PRG 1373/6/87] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted steel barque 'Dowan Hill', 2155 tons, under sail [this ship was owned by the Scottish Hill Line and not the Liverpool Hill Line. Steel 4 mast barque, 2115 tons. ON102602, 280.8 x 40.5 x 24.6. Built 1893 (7) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners JR Dickson and Co. registered Glasgow, then Albyn Shipping. For a period during WW1 was renamed Eugenio Bruni but later reverted to Dowan Hill before being sold to Norwegian owners who renamed the vessel Snig].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.7 cm x 10.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1910

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Dowan Hill (Ship)
Eugenio Bruni (Ship)
Snig (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Hill Line / W. Price and Co., 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

04/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,138 x 2,850 pixels (8.9 MP)

Size

26.85 MB

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