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Polly Woodside

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Polly Woodside

Polly Woodside is a Belfast-built, three-masted, iron-hulled barque, preserved in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), and forming the central feature of the South Wharf precinct. The ship was originally built in Belfast by William J. Woodside and was launched in 1885. Polly Woodside is typical of thous

ands of smaller iron barques built in the last days of sail, intended for deep water trade around the world and designed to be operated as economically as possible.

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