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'Duke of Edinburgh' wooden schooner [PRG 1373/41/6] • Photograph

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Summary

'Duke of Edinburgh' wooden schooner 76 tons. 'Fairy Queen' on left [Duke of Edinburgh = wooden 3 mast schooner (ex Paddle Steamer) 76 tons, ON52446. 100.0 x 16.5 x 6.5. Built 1868 Alexander Duthie, Auckland as a paddle steamer sold in 1872 to WC Daldy, Auckland and converted into a sailing ship. August 27, 1873 stranded at Timaru NZ and badly damaged. Sold, she was salvaged, repaired and reregistered as Euphrosyne at Lyttelton. On March 14 1875 she sailed from Dunedin bound for Timaru and disappeared] [As Euphrosyne = wooden 3 mast schooner, 75 tons. ON54000, 100.0 x 16.7 x 6.6. Built in 1873 from the Duke of Edinburgh that had been wrecked at Oamaru in August 1873. The wreck was reloated and taken to Lyttelton and rebuilt. When owned by James Grave of Lyttelton and registered at that port she went missing, having sailed from Dunedin Sept. 14, 1875 for Oamaru]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 9.8 cm x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Duke of Edinburgh (Ship)
Euphrosyne (Ship)

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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

5,277 x 3,663 pixels (19.3 MP)

Size

58.01 MB

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