Edwardes, Arthur Diedrich, c. 1845-1950, Photograph, PRG 1373/51/59
'RC Rickmers' steel 5 masted barque 5548 tons. Captured during World War I, renamed 'Neath'. Largest sailer to fly British flag [steel 5 mast aux. barque, 5548 gross. 410.5 x 53.6 x 30.4. Built 1906. Rickmers, Akt. Ges, Bremerhaven, as 'RC Rickmers', captured in British port on outbreak WW1, renamed 'Neath'. Built for Rickmers Co., registered Bremerhaven until 1914. Fitted with a screw operated by a triple expansion recip. steam engine of 125nhp. Torpedoed March 27, 1917 by German submarine, 28 miles off the Fastnet. No lives lost but master taken prisoner]