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'Chance' wooden barque [PRG 1373/41/28] • Photograph

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Summary

'Chance' wooden barque 286 tons hulk. [wooden 3 mast barque made into hulk c.1890. 286 tons, ON42867, 100.3 x 24.5 x 17.6. Built 1846. Salem, Mass. and named North Star, renamed c.1860s. Owners:? registered Port Louis, the Mauritius in 1863 under British flag. April 1864 registered Melbourne, 1867 registered Sydney. August 1874 owned by Samuel Nicholl registered Invercargill. Register closed in 1903 'Broken up'.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Chance (Ship)
North Star (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

5,244 x 4,264 pixels (22.4 MP)

Size

67.10 MB

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