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Stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured nearing completion with shipyard workers on the slipway at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore c. 1950

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Location V4/2014/3517
Title Stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured nearing completion with shipyard workers on the slipway at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore c. 1950
Publishing Details c.1950
Material Description 1 photograph :
original ; silver gelatin ;
90mm x 146mm
Inscriptions & Markings Handwritten in black ink on reverse: ‘Santa Cruz 1946’
Restrictions Contact Great Lakes Museum as copyright restrictions may apply.
Registration No. PN003517
Historical Note An original black and white photograph of a stern view of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured nearing completion with shipyard workers on the slipway at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore circa 1950.

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 Site of Wright’s Sawmill and Shipyard in Tuncurry N.S.W.
Previous Nos Yellow round sticker: S69, white rectangle sticker: Y2 Santa Cruz S
Duplicates: PN002691, PN002484, PN006259, PN006221
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