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Letter from the Master of SS SURREY regarding weather in the days prior to the loss of SS FEDERAL
Letter from the Master of SS SURREY regarding weather in the days prior to the loss of SS FEDERAL

Letter from the Master of SS SURREY regarding weather in the days prior to the loss of SS FEDERAL

Date26 March 1901
Object numberANMS0777[023]
NameLetter
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall (pages overlapped): 271 × 212 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection gift of McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionLetter on Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd letterhead addressed to Mr Fullarton, from AG McGibbon, Master of SS SURREY, Melbourne. In the letter, Mr McGibbon is responding to Mr Fullarton’s enquiry regarding weather on the previous days, to which Mr McGibbon responded with the last few entries of his logbook.