Crown of India
Date
2008
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Publisher
Texas Tech University Libraries
Abstract
Ship Name:Crown of India; Sailed: 1885-1915; Type: Steel 4-masted bark; Built by: Leith by Ramage & Ferguson; Dimensions: 276.7' x 41.3' x 24.1'; Tonnage: 2056 tons.
Description
Great photograph of Crown of India going upriver on the Columbia opposite Portland, Oregon with one of Columbia’s paddle steamers in 1908. Crown of India was unlucky enough to encounter a German submarine in 1915 which sent the bark to the bottom.
Keywords
Ships, Merchant Ships