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'Mount Stewart' ship [PRG 1373/78/72] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain McColm's wife and children wearing "battle dress" while at sea in British ship 'Mount Stewart' during World War I [steel ship, 1903 tons, ON98559. 271.6 x 40.1 x 23.4. Built 1891 (5) Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Owners: D Rose and Co., registered Aberdeen. With the 'Cromdale' said to be the last sailing ship built for the Australian wool trade. Was one of the wheat fleet from Australia in 1921]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 13 cm x 18 cm

Dates / Publication details

1916

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Mount Stewart (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

5,335 x 3,816 pixels (20.4 MP)

Size

61.10 MB

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