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The launching of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore in 1954

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Location V4/2014/6490
Title The launching of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore in 1954
Publishing Details 1954
Material Description 1 photograph :
original ; silver gelatin ;
64mm x 90mm
Inscriptions & Markings Handwritten in blue pen on reverse: ‘E. Wright / 1951 / Santa Cruz / built by John Wright / Jnr’
Restrictions Contact Great Lakes Museum as copyright restrictions may apply.
Registration No. PN006490
Historical Note An original black and white photograph of the launching of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore in 1954.
The keel for the Santa Cruz was laid by Ern Wright in 1945. Ern died 23 January 1946. The ship was finished and launched by his son John Wright in 1954 as the last ship to be built at Wright’s Shipyard, christened by Elizabeth Wedlock.

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
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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

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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
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