Crown of India

Date

2008

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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

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