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'Flying Childers' [PRG 1373/40/1] • Photograph

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Summary

'Flying Childers' wooden barque 230 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, whaler, 230 tons. ON32021, 96.4 x 23.5 x 13.4. Built 1846 John Watson, Hobart Town, VDL. Owners: John Watson, registered Hobart Town. June 1847 George Watson, May 1851 Askin Morrison, March 1860 James; Alexander and JG McGregor, April 1861 Alex and John Gibson McGregor. Wrecked at Port Davey, Tasmania, June 16, 1877]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.4 cm x 13.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1800s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Flying Childers (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tasmanian Owned Vessels and Tasmanian Shipping Views'.

This section comprises 'Tasmanian Whalers'.

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

26/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,865 x 3,891 pixels (18.9 MP)

Size

56.81 MB

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