The four-masted barque Crown of Germany under full sail in coastal waters

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Robert Taylor (c.1903)
The four-masted barque Crown of Germany under full sail in coastal waters
signed, inscribed and dated 'Crown of Germany' (lower left) and 'R. Taylor. Alnmouth. 1903' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25¾ x 35 in. (65.4 x 88.8 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The four-masted steel barque Crown of Germany was built by Workman, Clark at Belfast for William Gibson's Crown Line in 1892. Registered at 2,241 tons gross and measuring 284½ feet in length with a 42 foot beam, she had a huge cargo capacity of 3,700 tons and boasted a number of labour-saving devices including Shaw & Hastie's patent halliard winches. A well-known vessel in the Colonial trade, she was purchased by Potter Bros. of London around 1900 who in turn sold her to Hamburg owners in 1910 for £4,150. Renamed Fischbek, she was lost on her first voyage under her new flag when she was wrecked in the Le Maire Straits, when approaching Cape Horn, in August 1910.

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