State Library of South Australia

The 'Zemindar' docked in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/6/9] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

The steel barque 'Zemindar', 2119 tons, docked in an unidentified port [steel ship, 2119 tons, ON91235, 292.6 x 39.7 x 23.5. Built 1885 (6) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: T&J Brocklebank, registered Liverpool. Sold c.1897/8 to German owners, and converted to barque, renamed 'Otto Gildermeister'. Dismasted c.1900 and towed into San Francisco, she was repaired and sold to American owners and renamed 'Homeward Bound;. Owners: Homeward Bound Ship Co. (Hind, Rolph and Co.) registered San Francisco. c.1909 to Alaska Packers, and renamed 'Star of Holland'. Broken up in 1936. In this photograph she is shown as a barque, therefore under another name and ownership than Brocklebank, who ran her as a ship rigged vessel].

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph; 11.1 cm x 15.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Zemindar (Ship)
Homeward Bound (Ship)
Otto Gildermeister (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

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

3,292 x 2,413 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.85 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us