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Four-masted barque MEDWAY, 1910-1918

This image depicts the four-masted barque MEDWAY. Built in 1902, it was sold to Devitt and Moore's Ocean Training Ships Limited in 1910. In 1918, it was sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Limited.

 

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.

 

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Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

 

Object no. 00021957

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Uploaded on October 23, 2012
Taken circa 1910