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"Hecla", Ketch [B 12405] • Photograph

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Summary

"Hecla", ketch was the last wooden trading ketch to have operated commercially in South Australia. She was a well known sight at Port Lincoln. She was built at Birkenhead in 1903 by Thomas Beauchamp. She is a flat bottomed, centreboard ketch of 18.22 metres in length and 4.14 metres in breadth. She was built for trade between Port Adelaide and Port Pirie and was a member of the Mosquito Fleet. This fleet served the waterways of South Australia and provided the most economical and quickest method of trade. Her final years of service were around Thistle Island off Port Lincoln

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Physical description

Negative (glass, quarter plate); 8.25 cm x 19.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Hecla (Ship)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

07/04/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

8,729 x 6,780 pixels (59.2 MP)

Size

118.39 MB

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