Mararoa
Production date
16 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of the Union Steam Ship Company's ferry steamer Mararoa being scuttled in the Cook Strait on 16 February 1931.
Explosives were used to scuttle the ship. Black smoke rises from the stern of the ship, which has become submerged.
Photographer, unknown.
Explosives were used to scuttle the ship. Black smoke rises from the stern of the ship, which has become submerged.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
16 Feb 1931
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 165 x 216mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
16 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 15842
Credit Line
gifted by Barry Hellberg
Other number(s)
2012/46/53, 15842, 80448
Accession number
2012/46/53
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