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'Laira' iron barque [PRG 1373/42/25] • Photograph

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Summary

'Laira' iron barque 492 tons sunk by collision at Dunedin, 1898. Laira after collision with 'Wakatipu' Dunedin April 2, 1898. [iron 3 mast barque, 492 gross, 458 net tons. ON62152, 156.1 x 27.35 x 16.65. Built 1870 (3) William Pile and Co., Sunderland. Owners: Richard Hill, registered Plymouth. June 1882 CB Stone and others. Registered Auckland: Feb. 1889 Henry Guthrie, registered Dunedin: 1893 H Anderson: 1893 John Paterson, Dunedin: 1898 Union SS Co. of New Zealand Ltd., as a hulk at Port Chalmers: 1900 John Gibbons: 1904 EJ Rogers, registered Hobart: 1908 JJ Craig, registered Auckland, and apparently re-rigged: 1910 Huddart, Parker and Co. Ltd, registered Melbourne for use as a hulk and register closed in 1912]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 18.5 cm x 14.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Laira (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. Henry Guthrie Dunedin.

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

4,272 x 5,435 pixels (23.2 MP)

Size

69.68 MB

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