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The "Protector" [B 7057] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Her Majesty's Colonial Ship (HMCS) Protector, moored at Port Adelaide, soon after her arrival in September 1884. She was built by William Armstrong & Co, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. She is a flat-iron gunboat purchased by the South Australian colonial government in response to several 'Russian Scares' that worried the Colonies in the mid nineteenth century. [On back of photograph] 'The Protector / Port Adelaide 1884-5'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1884

Photographer

Adey, Spicer

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Protector (Ship)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

04/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,189 x 2,138 pixels (6.8 MP)

Size

20.47 MB

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