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distant view taken from the top floor of John Wright’s house of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured under construction at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore c. 1950
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permissions of Great Lakes Museum. Original images held at Great Lakes Museum An original black and white photograph of a distant view taken from the top floor of John Wright’s house of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured under construction at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore circa 1950.
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.
Newbury’s Guest House can be seen at the left of the frame.

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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Contact Great Lakes Museum as copyright restrictions may apply. Handwritten in blue pen on reverse: ‘M Wright / 28 wharf st / Newbury Guest House / Tuncurry’ Handwritten in black pen on label on reverse: ‘1954 TUNCURRY / LEFT NEWBURY GUEST HOUSE / SANTA CRUZ ON WAYS / KEEL LAID 1946 LAUNCHED 1954 BY ELIZABETH WEDLOCK / BUILT BY ERN WRIGHT’ PN004091

An original black and white photograph of a distant view taken from the top floor of John Wright’s house of the 175-ton wooden “MV Santa Cruz” pictured under construction at Wright’s Shipyard on the Tuncurry foreshore circa 1950.