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'Rio' wooden barquentine [PRG 1373/40/57] • Photograph

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Summary

'Rio' wooden barquentine 289 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner (not barquentine) 312 gross, 289 net tons ON83207. 129.0 x 30.6 x 11.5. Built 1881 John Davison, Hansport Nova Scotia. Owners from 1882 DH McKenzie and others, registered Auckland: 1884 P Dolbel, registered Napier 1902 Nelson and Robertson, registered Sydney, then Edward Pike and Co. Ltd, 1914 - E Taylor, registered Hobart. Wrecked north east coast of King Island Bass Strait, July 3, 1915 when bound to Adelaide with timber]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.6 cm x 15.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Rio (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

5,172 x 3,542 pixels (18.3 MP)

Size

54.98 MB

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