State Library of South Australia

The 'Candida' wrecked at Wardang Island [PRG 1373/8/67] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

The iron barque (ex ship) 'Candida', 1279 tons, wrecked at Wardang Island [iron ship, 1279 tons, ON70990, 226.0 x 36.1 x 22.1. Built 1875 (9) Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven. Owners: William Lowden registered Liverpool then Lowden, Edgar and Co. c. 1890 W. Lowden and Co and rigged as barque. Stranded at Wardang Island South Australia 1898, later refloated and taken to Port Adelaide and converted into a hulk].

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph; 11.2 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1898

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Candida (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

General notes

One of the ships owned by Lowdens Fleet / J. Lowden 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

12/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,908 x 2,894 pixels (11.3 MP)

Size

33.95 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us