A sailor-made model of the clipper ship Torrens. The Torrens was built in 1875 for the wool trade between England and Australia. Part of the Elder shipping line fleet, she was eventually scarpped in 1910. She is possibly most famous for being the ship on which the writer Joseph Conrad served between 1891 - 1892.
Category:
Port & River
Object ID:
93.112/1
Object name:
The Torrens
Object type:
ship model, passenger sailing ship model
Artist/Maker:
Elkington, P. W.
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Production date:
c. 1875
Material:
wood, metal (unidentified)
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On display:
Museum of London Docklands: Warehouse of the World
