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The 'Coomonderry' wrecked at Emu Bay, Tasmania [PRG 1373/31/51] • Photograph

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Summary

The steel schooner 'Coomonderry', 147 tons, wrecked at Emu Bay, Tasmania. [single screw steamship, converted to 3 mast aux. schooner 1915. 146 gross, 58 net tons. ON93511. 110.2 x 20.1 x 7.6. Built 1886 TB Seath and Co. Rutherglen. Twin cyclinder (compound) steam engine, 37nhp, replaced c.1915 with National Oil engine, built in 1900 to become an auxiliary vessel. Owners J Hay (The Berry Estate) registered Sydney, Nov 1898 Moruya SN Co. June 1904 Anderson and Taylor, Nov 1905. Illawarra and South Coast SN Co. 1915 sold to Melbourne owners and converted. For additional information see 'Ketches of South Australia' by Parsons. Wrecked in 1969. The caption is not quite correct. The vessel was only stranded at Emu Bay, Tasmania, but was refloated.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.8 cm x 8.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1906

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Coomonderry (Ship)
Schooners
Ships, Iron and steel

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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

5,630 x 3,481 pixels (19.6 MP)

Size

58.82 MB

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