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The 'Lancaster Castle' as 'Margretha' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/8/28] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Lancaster Castle' as 'Margretha', 2155 tons, at Port Adelaide [iron ship, 2155 tons, ON91170, 278.8 x 40.4 x 24.4. Built 1884 (10) R Williamson and Son. Workington, Owners: Lancaster Castle Ship Co. Ltd. (J Chambers and Co.) registered Liverpool. c.1901 sold to German owners and renamed 'Margretha'. Run down and sunk by the steamer 'Mascot' of Rotterdam, in the North Sea in March 1909].

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 23.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1906

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Lancaster Castle (Ship)
Margretha (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Castle Line / J. Chambers and Co., Liverpool.

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

10/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,864 x 2,358 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.35 MB

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