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The 'Mary Blair' at Hobart Harbour [PRG 1373/20/16] • Photograph

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The wooden barque 'Mary Blair', 311 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden 3 mast barque, 343 tons, ON64360, 141.6 x 27.0 x 14.6. Built 1870 John Duthie Sons and Co., Aberdeen. Owners: John Trager and James Ewan, registered Sydney, May 1875 Charles Dowdell, William Belbin and James Riddle (also master) registered Hobart Town: Dec. 80 Charles Dowdell: May 1887 Richard Honey, registered Port Adelaide: March 1889 Honey re-registers the vessel at Fremantle. She was sold to foreigners at Singapore in 1893. No further information. Was built as a 3 mast schooner rigged vessel and re-rigged as a barque in 1872. Intended to be a tea clipper between China, Hong Hong and Australian ports. Reference: 'Wooden Hookers of Hobart Town' page 114]. A researcher has provided the following information: 'this Port appears to be Hobart Town, with Mount Wellington in the background. The master is Captain James Riddle, who became Hobart's Harbour Master on 1 July 1879. The 'Mary Blair' was run in the China trade, captained by James Riddle, until he became Hobart Town Harbour Master on 1 July 1879, when he handed over the 'Mary Blair' to Captain Boon. The 'Mary Blair' was sold to Richard Mooney (or Money) and the registration of the ship was transferred to Adelaide in April 1887'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 11 x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1878

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Mary Blair (Ship)
Ships, Wooden
Harbors -- Tasmania -- Hobart
Wellington, Mount (Tas.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Wooden Barques'.

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

16/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,165 x 2,316 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

22.01 MB

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