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'Hirotha' steel barque [PRG 1373/42/11] • Photograph

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Summary

'Hirotha' steel barque 540 tons [steel 3 mast barque, ON102333, 540 gross, 499 net tons. 172.0 x 30.1 x 13.4. Built 1891 Ardrossan Ship Building Co. Ardrossan for Norwegian owners. Purchased in Sept 1900 for Auckland owners - Donald Ross and others. Sold in 1906 and became 'Marjorie Craig']

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8.6 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Hirotha (Ship)
Marjorie Craig (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'New Zealand Owned Shipping Lines and Early Shipping Views'.

This section comprises New Zealand Owned Shipping Lines. The Craig Line, Auckland.

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

21/08/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,670 x 3,326 pixels (18.9 MP)

Size

56.60 MB

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