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'Alcestis' iron barque [PRG 1373/42/27] • Photograph

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Summary

'Alcestis' iron barque 398 tons stranded near Dunedin New Zealand. Tug shown attempting to refloat barque.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 13.2 cm x 20.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Catalogue record

Return to catalogue

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

4,963 x 3,310 pixels (16.4 MP)

Size

49.31 MB

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