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The 'Helen Denny' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/30/27] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Helen Denny', 728 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast ship, re-rigged as a 3 mast barque c.1880,728 gross and net tons. ON56168. 187.5 x 31.2 x 19.1. Built 1866 (11) R Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow. Owners: James Galbraith (Partner in P. Henderson and Co.) registered Glasgow: c.1872/3 Shaw, Savill and Co., registered Southampton, later Shaw, Savill and Albion Ltd. 1896 G McClatchie, registered Lyttelton: 1900 F Holm, registered Wellington: 1911 Helen Denny Ltd: 1912 Paparoa Coal Co. and converted to a hulk. Sold to Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd., 1928. Sunk off Cuvier Island, NZ April 27 1948 at the end of a useful life. Built for the UK -Burma run but quickly transferred to UK-NZ line where she enjoyed a good reputation. Sold in 1896 continued trade out of NZ until converted into a coal hulk. See also 'Union Fleet' by IJ Farquhar 1968].

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Physical description

Photograph; 19.6 cm x 14.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1863

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Helen Denny (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Shipping Lines'.

This is one of the ships owned by the The Shaw Savill & Albion Shipping Co. Ltd., formed by the amalgamation of two rival shipping firms: Shaw, Savill & Co., and Patrick Henderson's Albion Shipping Co. Their ships continued to engage in the New Zealand emigrant and cargo trade. Keen competition came from the New Zealand Shipping Co.

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

09/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,654 x 4,181 pixels (23.6 MP)

Size

70.94 MB

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