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'Venus' wooden schooner [PRG 1373/41/33] • Photograph

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Summary

'Venus' wooden schooner 38 tons [Note from Parsons: 'caption says schooner of 38 tons. There was never a schooner of this description owned in New Zealand.There was a ketch built 1877, 38 tons, ON75132 that was re-rigged as a cutter in 1887, and reconverted to a 2 mast ketch in 1891. She was broken up in 1922]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 9.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Venus (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

5,417 x 3,569 pixels (19.3 MP)

Size

58.02 MB

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