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The 'Sea Flower' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/1/57] • Photograph

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Summary

The typical South Australian wooden ketch 'Sea Flower', 66 tons, at Port Adelaide. This photograph was taken by Francis Wear, a travelling photographer who had a business under the name of "F.E. Wear" at Rann Street, Port Adelaide from 1896-1907. According to a researcher, the Le Messurier family bought the ship from Tasmania and registered it in Port Adelaide in 1899. It was sold to Fremantle in aproximately 1913 and wrecked there in 1923. (Sources - "Le Messuriers of Port Adelaide" , John Tregenza, 1991 and "Ketches of South Australia", Ronald Parsons).

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.3 cm x 20.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Sea Flower (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the section 'Late 19th Century Wooden Sailing Vessels'. Long after British shipyards had changed over to the construction of iron and steel ships for deep water service, other countries continued to build wooden vessels. This applied particularly to North America and Scandinavian countries, where suitable timber was plentiful. At the close of the century British wooden shipbuilding was confined largely to the construction of coasters.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

11/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,444 x 2,596 pixels (8.9 MP)

Size

26.84 MB

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