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Montague Dawson (1895 - 1973) |
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Fair Winds - The Dumbarton Rock
Oil on canvas, signed and inscribed verso.
Frame size 30 x 42in / 76.3 x 106.6cm.
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The Dumbarton Rock, launched in 1893, was a windjammer - the ultimate type of large sailing ship with an iron or steel hull, built to carry cargo in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Windjammers were the grandest of merchant sailing ships, with between three and five large masts and square sails, giving them a characteristic profile.
The windjammers were cargo ships designed for ultra-long voyages. They usually carried bulk cargo, such as lumber, guano, grain or ore from one continent to another, usually following the prevailing winds and circumnavigating the globe during their voyages. Several of these ships are still in existence — either as school ships, museum ships or restaurant ships.
The windjammers were the last breed of a large commercial sailing vessel, and they were designed well after the Industrial Revolution, using modern materials such as iron and steel on their construction and scientific methods on their design. In general, the ships displaced several thousand tonnes and were cheaper than their wooden hulled counterparts for three main reasons. Firstly, steel was stronger and thus could enable larger ship size and considerable economies of scale, secondly iron and steel hulls took up less space and allowed for more cargo to be carried, and finally they were cheaper to maintain than a wooden hull. The usual cargo capacity was 2,000 to 5,000 tonnes.
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Frost and Reed, London;
Private Collection
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