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Stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured with an unidentified launch and row boat tied to the port side heading out over the Forster-Tuncurry Bar in 1954

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Location V4/2014/3536
Title Stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured with an unidentified launch and row boat tied to the port side heading out over the Forster-Tuncurry Bar in 1954
Publishing Details 1954
Material Description 1 photograph :
original ; silver gelatin ;
64mm x 90mm
Restrictions Contact Great Lakes Museum as copyright restrictions may apply.
Registration No. PN003536
Historical Note An original black and white photograph of the stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured with an unidentified launch and row boat tied to the port side heading out over the Forster-Tuncurry Bar in 1954.

Name: MV Santa Cruz
Owner: F.E. Crouch
Builder: Ernest Wright & Son, Wright Sawmill and Shipyard, Tuncurry N.S.W.

Nationality: Australian
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Date built: 1954
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Weight: 175 gross tonnage
Length: 126ft
Beam: 22ft
Depth: 9ft
Engine:

Career
Believed to have spent three years around the Solomon Islands until purchased by North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd. for use as a whale chaser.

Name: Norfolk Whaler
Owner: North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd, 14 November 1958

Name:
Owner: S.G. White Pty Ltd, 15 January 1964

Name: MV Arcturus
Owner: believed to have been transferred to the Papua New Guinea government to be used as a training vessel. 13 December 1965

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Location of Original Original images held at Great Lakes Museum
Terms & Conditions of use This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permissions of Great Lakes Museum.
Map Reference Location of the Forster-Tuncurry Bar N.S.W.
Previous Nos Yellow round sticker: S69, 14, 7
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