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The 'St. Kilda' in an unidentified harbour [PRG 1373/31/33] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barquentine 'St. Kilda', 189 tons, in an unidentified harbour [iron 3 mast schooner (caption says barquentine) 198 gross, 189 net tons. ON60367. 127.3 x 22.0 x 10.1. Built 1868 J Fullerton and Co. Paisley. 1 deck and break deck, round stern. Owners: John and David Spence (of Greymouth, NZ and Melbourne) registered Melbourne: December 1873 M Kennedy (Greymouth); January 1889 A Hatrick (Wanganui): December 1904 GT Niccol (Auckland) and J Stewart (Helensville): Sept. 1906 E Mitchelson and F Jagger (Auckland) and registration transferred to Auckland in 1908. Converted into a lighter and registeration closed in 1929. (NB while registered in Australia, she was never an Australian owned ship, and therefore in the wrong section - note from Parsons) Always employed in New Zealand waters, with visits to Australia].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1869

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

St. Kilda (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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

5,720 x 4,201 pixels (24.0 MP)

Size

72.11 MB

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