Keywords: Édouard Adam - The auxiliary steamer County of Sutherland at sea under steam and sail (1878).jpg Édouard Adam 1847-1929 date 1878 oil canvas cm 62 2 91 4 accession number object history credit line exhibition history Ed Adam Havre 1878 ~ lower right signature / date The general cargo steamer žCounty of Sutherland was built by Connells of Glasgow in 1873 Owned by R J Craig also of Glasgow as their first steamship she was registered at 2 617 tons gross 1 696 net measured 334 feet in length with a 38 foot beam and was engined by J J Thompson of Glasgow After only eight years with her original owners however she was sold to British India Associated Steamers Ltd commonly known as the Queensland Royal Mail Line in 1881 and renamed žRoma Placed on her new owners' London-Brisbane service she maintained this until the beginning of 1894 when she was relegated to Indian coastal duties until broken up in June 1898 <ref>http //www bonhams com/auctions/17843/lot/223/ Bonhams</ref><ref>http //www clydesite co uk/clydebuilt/viewship asp id 4437 clydesite co uk</ref><small> reflist </small> http //www bonhams com/auctions/17843/lot/223/ Bonhams London 2010 09 28 lot 223 PD-old-auto-1923 1926 DEFAULTSORT Adam Edouard; County of Sutherland 1878 Édouard Adam County of Sutherland ship 1873 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Paintings not categorised by year Images from Bonhams |