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The 'Celtic Race' moored in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/9/4] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel ship 'Celtic Race', 1874 tons, moored in an unidentified port. [steel ship, 1874 tons. ON99348, 263.0 x 39.1 x 23.2. Built 1891 (12) W. Pickersgill and Sons, Sunderland. Owners: Celtic Race Co. (R Hughes-Jones & Co.) Registered Liverpool. During WW1 became the Norwegian Concordia and in 1923 the Italian Escambia. The ship went missing in 1923 on a voyage from the West Indies toward Cagliari with log wood.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.4 cm x 15.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Celtic Race (Ship)
Concordia (Ship)
Escambia (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by J. Hughes, Jones 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

13/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,753 x 2,427 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.34 MB

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