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'Westralian' steel SS in Fremantle [PRG 1373/82/68] • Photograph

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Summary

'Westralian' steel SS, 120 tons in Fremantle [steel hull, twin screw steamship, ON120008, 120 gross, 27 net tons. 128.9 x 16.0 x 9.3. Built 1905 Hoskins and Co., WA (actually a replating of the hull of the former pleasure steamer 'Manx Fairy' built in 1887) Twin compound steam engines, 300 indicated horsepower 14 knots built by Hutson and Corbett, Glasgow for the 'Manx Fairy'. Two funnels, pleasure steamer until 1921. Owners: Manx Fairy Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure Ltd., registered Fremantle. Sept. 1906 Westralian Pleasure SS Co. Ltd. May 1913 McIlwraith, M Eachern Ltd. Dec. 1921 EL Spears, Strathfield NSW registered Sydney. 1923 J Rowe and Co. Pty. Ltd., registered Hobart, later AJ Callenger. Hulked on the eastern shore of the Derwent River, Hobart, in the 1940s and gradually demolished]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 13.8 cm x 19.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Westralian (Ship)
Manx Fairy (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tugs and Harbour Craft'

This section comprises 'Tugs and Harbour Craft - Miscellaneous'.

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

02/10/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,764 x 4,056 pixels (23.4 MP)

Size

70.16 MB

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