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'SMHT' wooden ketch [PRG 1373/40/37] • Photograph

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Summary

'SMHT' wooden ketch 46 tons [wooden aux. 2 mast ketch 57 gross, 47 net tons. ON78366. 68.7 x 18.2 x 6.8. Built 1878 John Graydon, Freeman Bay Auckland, as a cutter and named 'Annie'. Altered into a ketch in June 1881 and in 1887 sold by New Zealand owners to A&J Johnson and registered Hobart. Wrecked at Swansea Tasmania. August 1877. Salvaged and rebuilt by Messrs Johnson at Kelvedon, near Hobart and enrolled in 1888 as a new ship with the ON57618 but later her original number, issued in Auckland was restored. In 1888 sold to JS Chapman . 1897 Rockwell and Easther; 1898 WJ Taylor who renamed her 'SMHT' Sept. 29, 1903 (allegedly for Sarah, Mary and Harriet Taylor) Later sold to FW Cook and registered Melbourne. Then LJ Pearsall, of Hobart]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8.5 cm x 13.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

SMHT (Ship)
Annie (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

5,563 x 3,603 pixels (20.0 MP)

Size

60.15 MB

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