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The 'City of Perth' at Port Chalmers [PRG 1373/14/13] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'City of Perth', 1189 tons, at Port Chalmers. [iron ship, 1247 tons, ON60352, 232.5 x 35.4 x 22.2. Built 1868 (5) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. Owners George Smith and Sons. Registered Glasgow, renamed Turakina in 1882 by the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Lyttelton, register tansferred to London in 1888 and vessel sold in 1899 to Norwegians and renamed Elida and rigged as barque. Stranded at Timaru, NZ, when named City of Perth in May 1882, salvaged and returned to England for full repairs, and sold to New Zealand Shipping and renamed. Remained in New Zealand trade until sold in 1899. Made a famous run of about 14 days in company with and sometimes outdistancing the same owner's steamer Ruapehu in the southern Indian Ocean.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.8 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Perth (Ship)
Turakina (Ship)
Elida (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The City Line / John Smith and Son, Glasgow.

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

30/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,208 x 2,326 pixels (7.5 MP)

Size

22.41 MB

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