IMAGE
RMS Athenic
- Date
- 18 June 1908
- By
- Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928
- Reference
- 1/1-001069-G
- Description
The steam ship RMS "Athenic". Taken by David James Aldersley.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - RMS Athenic. Protected 18.6.08. Aldersley.
The "Athenic" was built in 1901 by Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Belfast, for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd. She was a twin screw, 4 masted steamer of 12.345 tons gross and 7.600 tons net register. She was sold in 1930 to the Norwegian Whaling Co and renamed "Pelagos". She was captured by a German Raider in WWII and was returned after the war. She was still in operation in 1954. (Information from "Ships with New Zealand Association: Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ships" by Rex Hardy.)
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Marines (Visual works), Orientation: Horizontal image
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