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The 'Hornby Castle' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/8/33] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Hornby Castle', 1495 tons, in an unidentified port [formerly Duncan Coupland] [formerly Duncan Coupland] [iron ship, 1495 tons. ON78745, 233.7 x 37.9 x 22.9. Built 1877 (11) T Royden and Son, Liverpool as 'Duncan Coupland' for John Coupland, registered Liverpool; c.1880 became 'Hornby Castle' owners: Lancaster Shipowners Co. (J Chambers and Co.) registered Liverpool c.1900 Trinder, Anderson and Co. Ltd, apparently broken up c.1910-14]. According to a researcher, the ship was renamed 'Harald' and was wrecked off Port Ellen, Islay on the 15th August 1909, at 55 37 24N, 006 10 44W. https://canmore.org.uk/site/102960/harald-port-ellen-islay-loch-leodamais-atlantic

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 23.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Harald (Ship)
Hornby Castle (Ship)
Duncan Coupland (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

3,948 x 2,586 pixels (10.2 MP)

Size

30.65 MB

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