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S.S. 'Ferret' [B 12207] • Artwork

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Summary

Painting of the steamer 'Ferret'. She was an iron screw steamship of 460 tons built in Glasgow in 1871. In 1880 the ship was stolen as part of a conspiracy in which she disappeared from Scotland and reappeared several months later in Australia under a new name. She remained in Australia fror the rest of her working life. The ship was renamed various times including "Bantam" and "India". She was re-registered at Port Adelaide as "Ferret" in 1883. She made weekly round trips from Port Adelaide to Port Lincoln, Moonta, Wallaroo and Cowell carrying passengers and cargo

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Physical description

Artwork (guoache); 35.3 cm x 44 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Ferret (Ship)

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General notes

Artist not identified.

Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,857 x 3,240 pixels (12.5 MP)

Size

37.52 MB

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