Lifeboat, S.S. Nile
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Production date
May 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows a lifeboat on the S.S. Nile. The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written at the bottom of the photograph: Acorn in the distance. Leo is referring to the H.M.S. Acorn. Leo Bestall was on the S.S. Nile which carried the New Zealand troops from Alexandria to Devonport, England.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Production date
May 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 38 x 60mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1916
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19157
Other number(s)
19157, 91655
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