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| Keywords: SS Dunedin by Frederick Tudgay.JPG Frederick Tudgay 1841-1921 The 1320 ton 73 metre Dunedin was built by Robert Duncan and Co at Port Glasgow in 1874 at a cost of ‚¤23 750 In 1881 still wearing the painted in the original Albion Line colours of black hull and gold band and pink boot topping in the painting she was refitted with a Bell Coleman refrigeration machine with which she took the first frozen load of meat from New Zealand to the United Kingdom Although experimental voyages with refrigerated shipping had been made the previous year by Australian and American vessels the Dunedins trip was the first fully successful refrigerated shipment The Dunedin continued in the frozen meat trade until she was lost without trace in 1890 en route from new Zealand to the UK - it is presumed she hit an iceberg off Cape Horn date 1875 oil canvas cm 47 77 object history originally owned by the Ship's captain John Whitson credit line To quote the present owners Hocken Librarian Stuart Strachan says the oil painting of the cargo ship 'Dunedin' by Frederick Tudgay is an iconic work It represents the first shipment of refrigerated meat from Otago and is the most contemporary painting of its time as it is the only one painted in the original Albion Line colours of black hull and gold band and pink boot topping under which it sailed to England with the frozen meat accession number Image source Hocken Library <br/> en wikipedia Off2riorob CommonsHelper Original uploader was Winstonwolfe at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2007 05 27 original upload date PD-old-auto-1923 1921 original upload log page en wikipedia SS_Dunedin_by_Frederick_Tudgay JPG 2007-05-27 04 42 Winstonwolfe 1650×1089× 312957 bytes <nowiki>1875 painting of SS Dunedin 47cm by 77cm oil on canvas by Frederick Tudgay 1841-1921 originally owned by the Ship's captain John Whitson The 1320 ton 73 metre Dunedin was built by Robert Duncan and Co at Port Glasgow in 1874 at a cos</nowiki> Frederick Tudgay Ships in Port Chalmers Agriculture in New Zealand History of New Zealand Science and technology in New Zealand Historical images of square-riggers under sail Hocken Library Paintings in New Zealand 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Dunedin ship 1874 1875 paintings | ||||
