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'Kermandie' wooden schooner [PRG 1373/40/77] • Photograph

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Summary

'Kermandie' wooden schooner 343 tons [wooden aux. twin screw 4 mast schooner. 343 gross, 222 net tons. ON133495. 141.9 x 35.0 x 11.0. Built 1920 by CM McKay of Hobart (frequently reported to have been constructed on the Huon by McKay) eng. 70hp, later re-engined. Owners: Lune Timber and Trading Co. Ltd. Registered Hobart. Later Kermandie Shipping Co. Ltd. Kauri Timber Co. Ltd, registered Melbourne. Went aground on North Point Reef, 6 miles from Stanley ,Tasmania. On Sept. 6, 1952 and could not be refloated and she was sold to a scrap merchant who stripped her of everything valuable and demolished the wreck with explosives. Said to have been the last 4 masted sailing vessel in Australia when wrecked]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.7 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Kermandie (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

4,877 x 3,562 pixels (17.4 MP)

Size

52.14 MB

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