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The 'Decapolis' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/7/50] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Decapolis', 669 tons, in an unidentified port [iron barque 669 tons. ON60858, 187.5 x 30.0 x 18.0. Built 1868 (8) W Pile and Co. Sunderland. Owners TB Walker, registered London c.1895 sold to Italian owners without immediate change of name,c.1908 renamed Nostra Madre. Torpedoed in Mediterranean in WW1. Sometimes employed in West Australian wool trade. Well known in the Brisbane trade and later in the Tasmanian trade].

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.8 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Decapolis (Ship)
Nostra Madre (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

3,301 x 2,368 pixels (7.8 MP)

Size

23.47 MB

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