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English: Creator: Unidentified.

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Location: Suez Canal, Egypt.
Description: Built in 1881, the 'Quetta' of 3,481 tons, left Brisbane on 18 February, 1890, bound for London via Torres Strait. The ship was wrecked near Thursday Island on 28 February, 1890 and of 291 people aboard, 133 were drowned. Pictured in Suez Canal. (Description supplied with photograph.)
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  • RMS Quetta: 126th anniversary
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  • Queensland
  • Quetta
  • Claudius Buchanan Whish
  • Thursday Island
  • Albany Island
  • Aldolphus Channel
  • shipwreck
  • maritime disaster
  • Suez Canal
  • Egypt
Camera location30° 21′ 14.1″ N, 32° 21′ 21.99″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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