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'Kobenhavn' [PRG 1373/78/121] • Photograph

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Summary

Looking aft from bow of 'Kobenhavn' [steel auxiliary 5 mast barque, 3901 gross, 3229 net tons. 369.8 x 49.3 x 26.9. Built 1921 (9) Ramage and Ferguson, Leith machinery aft, single screw 4 cylinder diesel by Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen. Owners: East Asiatic Company , registered Copenhagan, sail training ship for the company. Missing left Buenos Aires Dec. 14, 1928 for Melbourne, spoken 8 days later and then disappeared. 60 lost including 45 cadets]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 14 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Kobenhavn (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Shipboard Scenes'.

This section comprises 'Miscellaneous Shipboard Scenes'.

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

10/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,421 x 5,669 pixels (19.4 MP)

Size

58.21 MB

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