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Image: StateLibQld 1 133910 Aagot (ship)

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Description: Wreck of the 1,242 GRT three-masted sailing ship Aagot, formerly Firth of Clyde, on Wardang Island, South Australia, in 1907. (From description supplied with photograph). Dobie & Co of Govan, Scotland built her in 1882 as the square-rigger Firth of Clyde for James Spencer & Co of Glasgow. Herman Jacobsen of Sarpsborg, Norway bought her in 1904 and had her converted into a barque. On 12 October 1907 she ran aground on Wardang Island in the Spencer Gulf and was wrecked.
Title: StateLibQld 1 133910 Aagot (ship)
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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License: Public domain
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