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The 'Seaflower' at Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/35/36] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ketch 'Seaflower', 53 tons, at Port Adelaide [wooden 2 mast schooner, 66 tons, ON93500, 75.2 x 21.4 x 6.5. Built 1886 Alfred Settree junior, Balmain NSW. Owners: Alfred Settree, registered Sydney; later Alfred Langley, registered Sydney. 1899 sold to Alfred le Messurier, registered Port Adelaide: September 1913 sold to Fremantle. Totally lost at Cape Leschinault, WA 19 Sept. 1923, with the loss of four of her crew of five. At the time she was the property of CR Cornish, WA Hancock and EB Stenning. NB: the name is usually written in two words although sometimes shown as one word. See 'Ketches of SA' by Parsons, p.88]

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.6 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Seaflower (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'South Australian Owned Coasters, Part I'.

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

20/08/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,888 x 4,476 pixels (26.4 MP)

Size

167.72 MB

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