State Library of South Australia

The 'Victor' wrecked at Balgowan [PRG 1373/35/87] • Photograph

Info

Share
- facebook
- twitter
- pinterest
- google+
- email
Buy
Download
Permanent link
Print

Prev Next

Summary

The wooden ketch 'Victor', 58 tons, wrecked at Balgowan [wooden 2 mast ketch, ON57547, 67 tons, 79.0 x 19.9 x 7.5. Built 1874. Hobart. auxiliary engine installed 1898 - 78 gross, 23 net tons. 77.1 x 19.5 x 7.0. Owners: John McLeod, junior and partners, registered Port Adelaide: 1892 A McDonald; 1894 FP Moore and WH Kinlay, later JP Moore and partners: 1918 AG Littlelty, J Tainsh and R Fricker; 1921 WL and LP McArthur' 1922 Alert Pty. Ltd. Wrecked at Balgowan Reef, SA January 3, 1925. See 'Ketches of South Australia' 3rd edition 1978]

Restrictions

This image has no known copyright restrictions.

Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use.

Learn more about copyright and our collection.

Physical description

Photograph; 18.3 cm x 13 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Victor (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

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

23/08/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,937 x 4,229 pixels (25.1 MP)

Size

171.39 MB

Ask Us

If you would like further information about this image, please Ask Us