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The 'Vale Royal' ex 'Manurewa' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/21/48] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Vale Royal' ex 'Manurewa', 371 tons, at Port Adelaide, with Birkenhead in the background. [iron 3 mast barque, 371 gross tons ON89648. 143.1 x 26.1 x 13.0. Built 1884 (12) Murdoch and Murray, Port Glasgow. Owners: George Wood, registered London; 1897 Hugh Munro, registered Lyttelton, and name changed in November 1899 to 'Manurewa'. Munro sells in 1904. He had been in association with AH Turnbull from 1904 until 1908. The owners were GT Nichol and partners; 1909 RS Lamb and partners, registered Sydney, later AS Paterson and Co., who were the owners when the vessel went missing. She sailed from Newcastle NSW March 22, 1922, and was not seen again and presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands].

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 20.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1906

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Vale Royal (Ship)
Manurewa (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Barques (I)'.

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

17/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,438 x 2,447 pixels (8.4 MP)

Size

25.26 MB

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