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'Florrie' [PRG 1373/82/8] • Photograph

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Summary

'Florrie' [wooden single screw steamship ON75036. 32 gross, 22 net tons. Built 1879 (7). Rock Davis, Brisbane Water, NSW. 55.5 x 14.0 x 5.4. Compound, vertical steam engine, 11hp Chapman and Co. Sydney. Owners: Rock Davis, reg. Sydney. 1880 CE Jeanneret. Wrecked December 1882, but recovered and repaired. March 1889 WR Cave and Co. registered Port Adelaide. March 1889 The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Feb. 1898 EJ Wright. c.1904 William Swiggs. c.1908 Richard Fricker. c.1919 Richard Garnout, 1922 Richard Fricker (& Co. Ltd) Broken up at Port Adelaide, register closed 1931. Used as a small/tug/tender/beach boat in South Australia. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by R. Parsons]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Florrie (Ship)

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tugs and Harbour Craft'

This section comprises 'Tugs and Harbour Craft - South Australian'.

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

4,982 x 3,598 pixels (17.9 MP)

Size

53.80 MB

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