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The 'Barossa' docked in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/7/49] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Barossa', 1019 tons, docked in an unidentified port. [iron ship later barque 1019 tons ON68904 210.7 x 35.3 x 20.0. Built 1873 (5) W. Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners TB Walker registered London 1894 CJ Isles, registered London (and converted to barque) then to Norwegian owners without change of name but now 991 tons. Having rolled over in dock she was sold for breaking up. Well known in her early days in the Adelaide passenger trades.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.9 cm x 21.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1878

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Barossa (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by T.B. Walker, 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

3,574 x 2,535 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.20 MB

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