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'Huon Chief' wooden ketch [PRG 1373/40/48] • Photograph

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Summary

'Huon Chief' wooden ketch 32 tons [wooden 2 mast schooner, later altered to 2 mast aux. ketch. 32 tons, ON57491, 58.4 x 14.5 x 4.7. Built 1849 George Griggs, Huon River Tasmania. Register closed with 'lost' and undated but in an article in the Hobart 'Mercury' Dec. 31, 1984 it is stated she was retired in April 1956 and subsequently broken up in Prince of Wales Bay]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 7.2 cm x 12.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Huon Chief (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

5,179 x 3,176 pixels (16.4 MP)

Size

49.37 MB

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