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'Handa Isle' wooden barquentine [PRG 1373/41/30] • Photograph

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Summary

'Handa Isle' wooden barquentine 261 tons [wooden 3 mast schooner, 275 gross, 261 net tons. ON82685, 125.6 x 26.8 x 12.1. Built 1881 Auckland. Owned in Auckland until 1912, thence to Hobart owners. Lost with all hands in 1920 while on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, apparently by explosion among the cargo of benzine]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.4 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Handa Isle (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

4,998 x 3,444 pixels (17.2 MP)

Size

51.66 MB

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