Barque, Kingdom of Fife, at Grangemouth

Maker
Brown & Dunlop
Production date
Circa 1864
 Description
View of a newly-built barque by the dockside. Her mainmast and foremast are square-rigged and the mizzen is fore-and-aft rigged.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1864
Subject person
Subject place
Grangemouth Docks/Grangemouth area
Grange St/Old Grangemouth/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
Kingdom of Fife was a barque of 530 tonnes. She took just under a year to build and was launched in September 1864. She arrived at Madras, India, on February 23 1865 after her first passage.
Note from exhibtion Forth Dimenson "Kingdom of Fife, built in 1864 by G & T Adamson.
Accession number
P15417

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