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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  267
• Lot Description:
  George Bourne
  (Working Circa 1897-1905)
  City Of Hankow
  watercolour
  36 x 62cm
  signed, inscribed albany and dated 99 lower right
• Provenance:
  Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth Nh, 16/08/08 Lot 1589
• Notes:
  George Bourne Was An Itinerant Artist Who Shifted Between Western Australia And South Australia, Painting A Number Of Finely Executed Watercolours Of Barques, Brigs, Schooners And Ketches In South Australia During The 1890S. HMAS Hankow Was A Coal Hulk Of The Royal Australian Navy Between 1913 Until 1932. Built In 1869 By Alexander Stephen And Sons, Linthouse As The Composite Fully Rigged Ship City Of Hankow, For George Smith & Sons. She Was Bought By The Royal Australian Navy In July 1913 And Commissioned As HMAS Hankow For Use As A Coal Hulk At The Garden Island Naval Base. She Was Towed To Thursday Island In 1923 As A Hulk For The Thursday Island Coaling Station. Returned To Sydney On 11 November 1927 For Refit And Returned To Thursday Island On 18 January 1929. Hankow Was Towed To Darwin, Northern Territory In August 1932 And Was Used As A Target Outside Darwin Harbour And Sunk By Gunfire From HMAS Albatross On 18 September.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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