Edwardes, Arthur Diedrich, c. 1845-1950, Photograph, PRG 1373/1/72
The four masted iron barque 'Sokoto', 2262 tons, at Port Adelaide. One of the large carriers and fair passage-makers with which sailing-ship owners strove to compete with steam [iron 4 mast barque, eventually, original ship rigged, 2262 tons, ON93741, 278.5 x 41.9 x 24.5. Built 1887 (8) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: GM Steeves and J McGrindell, registered Liverpool.]. Norwegian owned from 1910 to 1916, then sold to Danish shipowner O. J. Eskildsen in May 1916. On 25 April 1917 she was sunk by German submarine U-58 off Scotland, when en route from Baltimore USA to Aarhus, Denmark carrying a cargo of superphosphates.