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MEDWAY four masted barque
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MEDWAY four masted barque

Photographer
Date1910-1918
Object number00032395
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print, framed
DimensionsImage: 340 × 605 mm
Overall: 595 × 850 × 20 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from W P Sadler
DescriptionA black and white photograph of the four masted barque MEDWAY. 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 and in the Australian wool and wheat trade. History The training ship MEDWAY was built in 1902 as AMA BEGONAKOA. The vessel was built by McMillian & Son, Dumbarton, of Scotland and registered in Montevideo. In 1910 British shipping company Devitt and Moore purchased the vessel for use as a sail training ship, changing the name to MEDWAY. The company also used MEDWAY in the Australian wool and wheat trade and the South American nitrate trade. In 1920 the vessel was sold to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company and its name changed to MYR SHELL. In 1933 the ship was sold to Japanese shipbreakers.SignificanceDevitt and Moore used MEDWAY in the Australian wool and wheat trade and the South American nitrate trade.