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The 'La Hogue' at Circular Quay, Sydney [PRG 1373/4/1] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden ship 'La Hogue', 1331 tons, at East Circular Quay, Sydney, with Government House in background [wooden ship, 1331 gross tons. ON26531, 226.0 x 35.0 x 22.9. Built 1855 J Laing, Sunderland. Owners: Duncan Dunbar, registered London. c.1862 Devitt and Moore, registered London. Became a coal hulk at Madeira and broken up in 1898. Famous passenger liner in the Australian trade for about thirty years and visited most ports, including one trip to New Zealand in 1874. When owned by Dunbar was frequently in keen competition with ships of Devitt and Moore who bought her upon the death of the first owner].

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 20.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

La Hogue (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Devitt and Moore, London.

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

22/06/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,307 x 2,549 pixels (8.4 MP)

Size

25.31 MB

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