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'Thurso' iron barque [PRG 1373/42/39] • Photograph

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Summary

'Thurso' iron barque 490 tons [iron 3 mast barque, 490 tons, ON50038. 146.4 x 27.2 x 18.2. Built 1864 (7) Sunderland. Owners: formerly registered London. 1878 James Brown, registered Newcastle, NSW: Sept. 1879 Charles Wesley Turner, Christchurch, NZ, who declared bankrupt Dec. 1892; Graham L Greenwood, official receiver: Sept. 1893 New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd. Stranded Greymouth NZ August 7, 1895 and became a total loss. See 'Ships Registered Newcastle Before 1900' by Parsons]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Thurso (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. C.W. Turner, Lyttelton.

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

4,831 x 3,518 pixels (17.0 MP)

Size

51.01 MB

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