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'Speculant' barquentine [PRG 1373/78/30] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain and crew of Australian barquentine 'Speculant' [steel 3 mast barquentine, 412 gross, 364 net tons, 147.0 x 27.0 x 11.7. Built 1895 Cumming and Ellis, Inverkeithing. Purchased from owners registering the vessel in Russia in 1906 by Mr. PJ McGennon, registered Melbourne. Wrecked Cape Patton, Victoria Feb. 10, 1911, on voyage (in ballast) from Warrnanbool towards Melbourne. (NB: there is a mock representation of this vessel in an artificial lake at Warrnanbool in a maritime park]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8 cm x 13 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Speculant (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

09/01/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,448 x 3,439 pixels (18.7 MP)

Size

56.23 MB

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