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The 'Mairi Bhan' rafted alongside another ship at Port Chalmers, N.Z. [PRG 1373/7/25] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron ship 'Mairi Bhan', 1386 tons, rafted alongside another ship at Port Chalmers [iron ship, 1386 tons, ON68537. 239.6 x 37.0 x 22.3. Built 1874 (3) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: P McIntyre, registered London. c.1893/4 Foley and Co. registered London and then to Italian owners without change of name. The name is Gaelic for 'Bonny Mary'. Well known in the New Zealand migrant trade under charter to Patrick Henderson and Co. and later New Zealand Shipping Company].

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.8 cm x 14.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Mairi Bhan (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by Foley and Co., London.

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

05/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,694 x 2,586 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.68 MB

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