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'Rangi' wooden scow [PRG 1373/41/15] • Photograph

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Summary

'Rangi' wooden scow 86 tons at sea [wooden 2 mast schooner, 99 gross, 86 net tons, ON118976, 98.0 x 28.1 x 4.7. Built 1905 G Niccol, Auckland. Last owners: Leyland-O'Brien Timber Co. Ltd., registered Auckland. Abandoned in a sinking condition Jan. 14, 1937 between Rakino Island and Whangaparoa Peninsula NZ. 4 lost. Employed in the timber trade and usually described as a scow and this vessel was claimed to have been the last full sized 'scow' operating. See 'Out of Auckland' by Hawkins. Pelorus Press, Auckland, 1960]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8.2 cm x 6.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Rangi (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'New Zealand Owned Wooden and Iron and Steel Sailing Vessels'.

This section comprises 'New Zealand Owned Wooden 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

06/09/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,846 x 5,471 pixels (21.0 MP)

Size

63.15 MB

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