The launch of Albacora
Thanks to Hylton Edmonds there is a very detailed & accurate history of Albacore already on ww (link below). What we were missing was launch day images. Thanks also to Hylton Edmonds for the above photos showing her being splashed in 1954.
Albacora was a McGeady, which is surprising as she was rather pretty, she measured 38′ & was purpose built for big game fishing. Albacora spent the early part of her life in the Bay of Islands & was then freighted to Fiji in 1968. Sadly she was a victim of the 1983 Cyclone Oscar but prior to this she very neglected. Post the cyclone her fate was a bulldozer & a box of matches 😦
Full details here https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/07/06/13148/
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Clicking on Albacora (as a related subject to a recent post) I read all the hoopla regarding the origins of the photos, and quite right, so to clarify it things;
Karen McGeady is correct, Ken Ricketts took photos of these photos here at my house a number of years ago, whilst they have all passed on, the origins and photographers are not lost to time or unable to be traced, perhaps with hindsight, I should have actually written the information down for Ken.
The first 3 (Albacora being craned and newly launched to the water by the floating crane Mahua, including the champagne being cracked over the bow by Mrs. Eileen Bronson) was taken by the NZ Herald photographer of the day for the paper.
The one of Albacora (port side too) was alongside the old Whangarei Town Basin wharf, having to call in, en-route on its maiden voyage to the Bay of Islands, to have a problematic water pump replaced. The photo was taken by my Father, Pat Edmonds.
The early morning photo with Game Fishing party (just about to depart for the grounds) was most likely taken by Ian Hanlon photo , the official BOISFC photographer at that time.
– and the last one outside “The Hole” at Piercy, was taken by renowned photographer, Tudor Collins, due to Albacora having aboard that day, the (then) premier of Northern Ireland and his wife, – Lord and Lady Brookeborough.
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All you had to do was say where/who you sourced the photos from 😦
END OF DISCUSSION.
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My understanding is, that these were taken by a long defunct publicity organisation of the 1950s by a photographer who must be dead, as also is the original owner, & it was simply not possible to trace either the organisation or the photographer. — KEN R
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Both of you need to learn that if someone passes photos to you, you have to respect the owners rights & acknowledge them.
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What ever………….. but people need to acknowledge where they get photos from 😦
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No, perhaps a misunderstanding. I have them in my collection because I went to source being Hylton Edmonds.
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My Recall is that both Karen & I were given the above at the same time by another party – KEN R
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Karen – if that is the case I suggest you remind Mr Ricketts that he needs to ID the source of ‘his’ photos. If I knew they were yours I would have said so.
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Nice to see them up on ww as I have had them in my collection since last year (2015) when I came over from Australia to research Granddads boating history.
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not always 🙂
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I am somewhat mystified by your comment “Albacora was a McGeady, which is surprising as she was rather pretty,”. Did McGeady not build “pretty boats”?
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