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Swinger (Ship)

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Collection of photographs of Erromanga, Vanuatu.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-Vault 123
Scope and Contents

Collection comprises eleven photographs plus copy prints, depicting scenes in Dillon's Bay, Erromanga, Vanuatu including Mr E. Scmitz and ruined church; South River; Williams River and H.M.S. Swinger; grave of martyr George Gordon; and missionary residence. The photographs were originally from an album compiled by a navy seaman on the H.M.S. Swinger, a British gunboat which patrolled the Solomon Islands in the 1890s.

Dates: ca 1890