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'Marmion' wooden schooner and 'Sir Henry' wooden brigantine [PRG 1373/41/43] • Photograph

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'Marmion' wooden schooner 92 tons and 'Sir Henry' wooden brigantine 95 tons [Marmion = wooden 2 mast topsail schooner, 92 tons, ON66575, 75.3 x 23.1 x 9.0. Built 1874 John Darrach and Sons, Mahurangi. Owners were in Auckland, Wellington and finally Dunedin. Vessel went missing. Left Napier March 3, 1899 for Tairua, in ballast and not heard of since. Presumed to have foundered with all hands (6). Captain was Richard Wood] ['Sir Henry' = wooden 2 mast brigantine, 95 tons, ON93566, 90.1 x 23.8 x 6.7. Built 1887 Thomas Davis, Terrigal, NSW for owners in Sydney, in 1903 transferred to Auckland. Her last owners were Joseph Goomes and Albert Jagger, registered Auckland. The vessel capsized and was lost with all hands (4) near East Island, East Cape, North Island, New Zealand July 17, 1906 while in command of Joseph Goomes]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 15.5 cm x 19.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Marmion (Ship)
Sir Henry (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

4,734 x 3,795 pixels (18.0 MP)

Size

53.92 MB

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