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'Lawhill' 4 masted barque [PRG 1373/78/39] • Photograph

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Summary

Making sail on poop deck of 4 masted barque 'Lawhill' on her last voyage, 1948 [steel 4 mast barque, 2942 tons. ON99215, 317.4 x 45.0 x 25.1 Built 1892 (9) WB Thompson and Co. Ltd. Dundee. Owners: C Barrie, registered Dundee, then Anglo-American Oil Co., registered London, 1912 Windram and Co., and after other changes became a unit in Gustaf Erikson's fleet in 1919 and was frequently in the Australian grain races. Seized by South African Government during WW2, she was employed in various trades until sold after the war to Portugese owners who did not use the vessel and she was finally broken up near Lourenco Marques in 1957]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 14.4 cm x 21.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1948

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Lawhill (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

5,112 x 3,538 pixels (18.1 MP)

Size

54.28 MB

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