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'Pommern' steel 4 masted barque [PRG 1373/79/5] • Photograph

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Summary

Figurehead, 'Pommern' steel 4 masted barque [steel 4 mast barque, 2456 gross, 2323 net tons. 302.0 x 43.2 x 24.7. Built 1903 J Reid and Co. Ltd. Glasgow. Owners: B Wencke and Son registered Hamburg. Later P Laeisz, registered Hamburg and renamed 'Pommern'. Allocated to Greece as war reparations 1922 to Gustaf Erikson, preserved in a nautical museum at Mariehamn, taken out of service in 1953]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 6 cm x 10.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Pommern (Ship)
Mneme (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Figureheads'.

This section comprises 'Figureheads'.

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

13/12/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,534 x 3,324 pixels (18.4 MP)

Size

55.21 MB

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