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"The Medic", Outer Harbor [B 10375] • Photograph

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Summary

"The Medic", at Outer Harbor wharf. May 28th 1919. She was the second of the Jubilee Class of ships designed to permit White Star Line to run a regular monthly service to Australia. She transported coal and had refrigeration for 100,000 carcasses. In 1916 she carried John Simpson-Kirkpatrick of Simpson and his donkey fame to Turkey. Later in 1919 she brought Nurse Katherine (Kitty) Lawrence Porter home to Australia. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in 1942.

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Physical description

Negative (glass, full plate);
21.6 cm x 16.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1919

Collection

Part of Outer Harbor Collection

Subject

Medic (Ship)
Wharves -- South Australia -- Outer Harbor

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Digitisation information

Date

14/09/2021

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

17,561 x 13,498 pixels (237.0 MP)

Size

474.10 MB

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