LEELANAW (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    LEELANAW

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19627

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3355-14

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    2. Kilted Cowboy (3 weeks ago | reply)

      LEELANAW SS was a American cargo steamer of 1,924grt built in 1887 by Palmers. Jarrow, England as the British cargo steamer EARNWELL SS for Earnwell S.S. Co. Ltd., (Earnshaw), Newcastle, England. In 1898 she was renamed LEELANAW SS when purchased by J. Jerome.

      On the 25th July 1915 she was torpedoed by German submarine U-41 when 60 miles NW of Orkney and on route from Arkhangelsk for Belfast carrying a cargo of flax and hemp.
      Wreck site map
      www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60216

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