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The 'Alert' ketch at wharf [B 19726] • Photograph

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Summary

The 'Alert' ketch moored alongside a wharf. Built in Hobart in 1872. The vessel was brought to South Australia in the 1870s and worked in the ketch trade until the 1950s when she was abandoned in the old Port Reach and broken up.

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Physical description

Photograph; 17.5 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Alert (Ship)
Sailing ships -- South Australia
Ketches -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

31/01/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,305 x 2,196 pixels (9.5 MP)

Size

28.39 MB

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