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The SS 'Thermopylae' presented a yacht-like appearance, being a three-masted clipper bowed steamer, she carried yards on the foremast and often used sail. The steamer was wrecked homeward bound from Australia on a reef in thick fog at Green Point at the western entrance to Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa on the 12th September 1899.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Title
SS 'Thermopylae' off Aberdeen
Date
1893
Medium
oil on board
Measurements
H 64 x W 89 cm
Accession number
ABDMS077298
Acquisition method
purchased, 2010
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
"W. Hutchieson 1893"
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Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Shiprow, Aberdeen AB11 5BY Scotland
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