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The 'Alfred Hawley' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/31/15] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Alfred Hawley', 420 tons, in an unidentified port. [W 3 m. bq. 420t. ON29015, 135.5 x 28.9 x 17.1. Built 1860. Wm. Pile, the younger, Sunderland. Owners: Walker & Fowler, reg. London: 1881. GA Phillips, reg. Newcastle, NSW and transferred to Port Adelaide in Oct. 1883. Owners W. Llewellin, Wm. McLean & John Whittingham. Transferred to Melbourne June 1885 by the same owners. In November 1898 the ship was sold by order of the Court of the Cape of Good Hope and was re-registered in Port Natal. Returned to Australian owners in 1900 at Newcastle NSW and sold to Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd for use as a hulk at Launceston, Tas., and later was used in the same capacity at Devonport. Was sold for breaking up in January 1927. In the early part of her career was employed in the UK-Tasmania run.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15 cm x 10.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Alfred Hawley (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Australian Owned Sailing Vessels'.

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

17/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,483 x 3,938 pixels (21.6 MP)

Size

64.80 MB

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