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'Leprena' [PRG 1373/40/21] • Photograph

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Summary

'Leprena' immediately after launching with her builders, March 1922 [wooden 2 mast ketch. ON131506. 70 gross, 67 net tons. 75.0 x 22.5 x 6.8. Built 1912 Philip B Forbes, Lake Macquarie, NSW and registered at Port Adelaide in 1923, having formerly been owned in Melbourne. Lengthened and renamed 'Leprena' in May 1938 = 105 gross, 85 net tons. 92.8 x 22.8 x 6.6. Requisitioned by Commonwealth Government during WW2 but returned to commerical service in 1946. Ultimately became a fishing vessel and was destroyed by fire off Port Moorowie, SA Feb. 12, 1964. See 'Ketches of South Australia' Parsons, 1978] [wooden 3 mast fore and aft schooner, ON151549. 143 tons. 110.0 x 26.0 x 10.1. Built 1922 Purdon and Featherstone, Battery Point Hobart. Owners: Rooganah Ltd. registered Hobart. Wrecked in March 1925 on a voyage Hobart - Port Adelaide off Eddystone Point, Tasmania. See 'Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters' by H O'May]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 12 cm x 16.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1922

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Leprena (Ship)
Forbes Brothers (Ship)

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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

4,783 x 3,568 pixels (17.1 MP)

Size

51.22 MB

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