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'Ronga' wooden schooner [PRG 1373/41/44] • Photograph

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Summary

'Ronga' wooden schooner 93 tons [wooden 2 mast schooner, 104 gross, 93 net tons, ON76076, 98.5 x 23.0 x 7.1. Built 1900 Thomas M Lane, Totara North, New Zealand for owners in Lyttelton. The vessel was converted into a single screw steamship and renamed 'Wairu' in 1909 (and was subsequently converted into a motorship of the same name]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 13.8 cm x 20.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Ronga (Ship)
Wairu (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

4,875 x 3,417 pixels (16.7 MP)

Size

50.00 MB

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