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The 'Amy Moir' wrecked near mouth of River Mersey, Tasmania [PRG 1373/31/48] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ketch 'Amy Moir', 71 tons, wrecked near mouth of River Mersey, Tasmania. [wood 2 mast ketch, 71 tons, ON93596, 80.3 x 23.2 x 6.2. built 1888 Rock Davis, Brisbane Water, NSW. Owners: Alexander Moir reg. Sydney: 1895 Rock Davis: 1897 AA Cooper, c. 1898 W. Cooper and G Swinburne (of Melbourne) reg. Melbourne 1902. Wrecked at Mersey Bluff, Tasmania, June 1906.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.7 cm x 8.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1906

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Amy Moir (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

5,565 x 3,534 pixels (19.7 MP)

Size

59.02 MB

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