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'Glenpark' steel ship [PRG 1373/79/90] • Photograph

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Figurehead, 'Glenpark' steel ship [3 mast full rigged ship. ON102575. What is known as baldheaded ship. Built 1897 by A Roger and Co. Glasgow. 265.0 x 40.0 x 23.0. 1799 tons. Under Captain Hugh Griffiths. Arrived Port Adelaide November 30th 1900. Ballast from Cape Town. Sent to Port Pirie to load wheat. Arrived Port Pirie December 6th. There for 7 weeks. Loaded 28,846 bags wheat for Guam. Sailed January 29th after some crew trouble. Cook and two seamen taken back to Port Pirie from near Port Germein. Apparently very slow trip down gulf as she stranded on NNE rock off Wedge Island at about 4.00am February 1st 1901. All crew rescued by barque 'Elda' and taken to Port Victoria. Ketch 'Mary Webster' picked up two casks and a hen coop. Mr Tapley of Wedge Island picked up a lifebuoy with the name 'Glenpark' on it and several spars. Sister ship named 'Kyance'. Went aground 1910. Mr TN Stephens, Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide received telegram from Harbour Master at Port Victoria advising of wreck. Captain Griffiths formerly in command of ship 'Bianca' also wrecked. Ship 'Wynford' grounded on same day as 'Glenpark' near Port Germein (on sand) towed off. Information supplied by AD Edwardes from Advertiser 1904. He never managed to obtain a photograph or picture of the ship]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10 cm x 6.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1901

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Glenpark (Ship)

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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

3,347 x 5,072 pixels (17.0 MP)

Size

50.95 MB

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