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'Wild Wave' wooden barque [PRG 1373/40/19] • Photograph

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Summary

'Wild Wave' wooden barque 223 tons [wooden 3 mast barque, 251 gross, 237 net tons, later 258 gross, 223 net tons. ON74462. 119.1 x 27.1 x 12.0. Built 1875 Liverpool, reportedly bought on the stocks by John Fisher in 1875. Owners: John Fisher, registered Hobart, 1876, later the same year Fisher and Facy. c.1909 The Hobart Timber Co., who enroll ship at Port Adelaide, in May 1913. Wrecked near Stanley, NW Tasmania, June 4, 1923]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11.5 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1800s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Wild Wave (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

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

This section comprises 'Tasmanian 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

26/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,072 x 3,841 pixels (19.5 MP)

Size

58.47 MB

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