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Port Adelaide [B 12187] • Photograph

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Summary

View of Port Adelaide showing H. M. S. "Protector ". The ship changed in 1900 from "Protector" to MNCS "Protector". Another note on the back of the photograph states "HMCS Protector until 1900, HMS Protector during 1900 Boxer Rebellion, HMAS Protector after Federation. This ship was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the "Russian scare" of the 1870s.

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Physical description

Photograph; 17.1 cm x 12.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1898

Photographer

Angus, W. J

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Protector (Ship)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

01/04/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

13,237 x 9,707 pixels (128.5 MP)

Size

257.01 MB

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