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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  180
• Lot Description:
  George Frederick Gregory
  (1821-1890)
  S.S City Of Melbourne 1876
  watercolour
  54 x 89cm
  signed lower right
• Notes:
  City Of Melbourne Ii, 837 Gross Tons, 615 Net. Iron Passenger Steamship Built By J & G Thomson, Glasgow For The Asn Co. Well Appointed Vessel With All The Trappings Of The Ômodern' Era Of The Time. She Worked The Coastal Run From Melbourne To North Queensland, And Early 1870Õs Made A Few Journeys To San Francisco And Honolulu. 1873 Saw Her Out Of Service With Engine Defects, Her Engines Were Compounded And Returned To Active Service Allegedly Faster Than Before. Short-Lived, She Incurred Further Engine Problems And Was Mostly Out Of Service Until 1888, When She Had Already Been Relegated To Cargo Only Capacity. Broken Up In Kerosine Bay, Sydney 1898. The 1876 Melbourne Cup Takes A Place In History For Another Tragic Reason; The Ss City Of Melbourne Sailing From Sydney To Melbourne On Saturday 9 September With 13 Strong Contender Racehorses Ran Into A Savage Storm The Following Day. A Total Of 11 Horses Were Killed, Including Nemesis (The Winner Of The 1876 Ajc Metropolitan Handicap In Randwick, Sydney And Favourite For The Cup, Owned By John Moffat) And Robin Hood (Another Favourite, Owned By Etienne De Mestre).
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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