IMAGE
Steam ship Rimutaka in Port Chalmers harbour
- Date
- between 1938-1950
- By
- Matheson, Catherine Euphemia, active 1932-1950
- Reference
- 1/1-003403-G
- Description
Steam ship Rimutaka coming in to Port Chalmers, and the fishing boat Psyche moored to a pier at Port Chalmers, photographed, probably by Catherine Euphemia Matheson who took over the David Alexander De Maus studio in 1932.
Twin screw, geared turbine steamer of 16576 tons. Built in 1923 for the P & O Steam Navigation Co., and launched as the Mongolia. In 1938, transferred to the New Zealand Shipping Co. and renamed Rimutaka. Sold early in 1950 to the Incres Steam Navigation Co. of Panama, and renamed Europa, running in the immigrant trade between Europe and America. See Ships with New Zealand Associations (Vol 3, p 107). The Psyche has the registration DN65Psyche.
Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top right - Rimutaka. Psyche
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, Dry plate negatives, Marines (Visual works), Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
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