IMAGE
Sailing ship Waimea at Port Chalmers
- Date
- [between 1873-1895]
- Reference
- 1/1-002471-G
- Description
The sailing ship 'Waimea' berthed at Port Chalmers. Photograph taken by David Alexander De Maus between 1873 and 1895. Dated from the date of purchase by the New Zealand Shipping Co., and her sale to Norwegian Company, Westergaard & Co. In this image she is flying the NZSCo flag.
Reproduced in "The sailing ships of the NZSCo" by Alan Bott (Pl. 33, p. 58)
Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - Waimea
The Waimea was built in 1868, and launched as the "Dorette". She was purchased by the New Zealand Shipping Co. in 1873, and renamed Waimea. She was wrecked at Algoa Bay, South Africa in 1902. (Information from back of file print)
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Marines (Visual works), Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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