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'Celtic Glen' ship [PRG 1373/78/17] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain and crew; 'Celtic Glen'. [steel ship, 1941 tons. ON99427, 267.9 x 39.7 x 23.4. Built 1892 (7) W. Hamilton and Co. Port Glasgow as Iquique for Iquique Sailing Ship Co. (Brodersen Vaughan and Co. registered Liverpool sold c.1910 and renamed Celtic Glen by Celtic Glen Co. (R. Hughes-Jones and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold and renamed Riverford, then in 1918 sold Marine Nav. Co. of Canada Ltd and renamed Garthforce. Collided with an iceberg sout of Cape of Good Hope in 1921 and was towed into Durban and sold for conversion into a hulk.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8 cm x 13.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Celtic Glen (Ship)
Iquique (Ship)
Riverford (Ship)
Garthforce (Ship)

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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

09/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,496 x 3,501 pixels (19.2 MP)

Size

57.75 MB

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