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Irish Minstrel | Irish Minstrel Close up | Schooner Isabella | Snowflake off Penzance

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Irish Minstrel
Length 100' - Beam 25'
154 tons gross
Built 1879 at Dundalk Ireland

A typical sailing ship of the UK coastal trade This picture was taken some time around the 1920's

She appears to be loaded - probably with stone