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Subject Shipwrecks

81. Photo 146/1(391)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(391)
Title:
Mulpy Rocks, Wreck of the S.S. 'Dayavati'. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The hull of 'Dayavati' after a battering of some months in the Southwest Monsoon. The wreck, as it lay, was bought from the underwriters by a local speculator. It was assumed that the iron plates and angles would not pay the cost of demolition and that the adventurer would recover the small su...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 146/1(392)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(392)
Title:
Mulpy Rocks, Wreck of the S.S. 'Dayavati'. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The hull of 'Dayavati' after a battering of some months in the Southwest Monsoon. The wreck, as it lay, was bought from the underwriters by a local speculator. It was assumed that the iron plates and angles would not pay the cost of demolition and that the adventurer would recover the small su...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 146/1(393)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(393)
Title:
Mulpy Rocks, Wreck of the S.S. 'Dayavati'. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The hull of the 'Dayavati' after a battering of some months in the S.W. Monsoon. The wreck, as it lay, was bought from the underwriters by a local speculator. It was assumed that the iron plates and angles would not pay the cost of demolition and that the adventurer would recover the small sum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 1224/1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(54)
Title:
Madras [visited 8th—11th November 1877]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the lighthouse looking northwards down onto and along the waterfront and harbour of Madras (Chennai), towards the jetty in the background and shipping at anchor in the roadstead beyond. A steamship has been driven onto the foreshore and lies beached in the shallows.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 1225/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1225/3(6)
Title:
The remains of French Battleship 'Liberte' [Toulon].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 item

86. PP.3803.bha, 1/6(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 1/6(1)
Title:
The steamer 'City of Yedo' as she now lies [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the wrecked paddlesteamer moored at the wharf in Tokyo, after the explosion of her boiler on 1 August 1870: 'The steamer lies on her starboard side with her bow up-stream — her funnel and all connected with it, the bridge, and a great portion of her decks blown ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item