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The 'Northern Monarch' on slip at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/7/36] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque (ex ship) 'Northern Monarch', 1274 tons, on slip at Port Adelaide [iron ship, later barque. 1280 tons, later 1274 tons. ON73614. Built 1875 (12) A McMillan and Sons. Dumbarton. Owners: Royal Exchange Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered London. Then J Edgar and Co., registered Liverpool. Wrecked on the Taranaki coast of north island of New Zealand, about 34 miles from New Plymouth, Nov. 7, 1903 when on a voyage from Newcastle NSW, to Callao, Peru. Originally in the New Zealand migrant trades].

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Physical description

Photograph; 17.7 cm x 20.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1888

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Northern Monarch (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Monarch Line / Royal Exchange Shipping Co. Ltd., London.

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

05/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,426 x 2,956 pixels (10.1 MP)

Size

30.40 MB

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