British steamship KIA ORA aground off Castle Island (coral reef), Bahamas , February 24, 1917

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Bahamas, Castle Island
1917-02-24
paper
3-1/8 x 5-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "5868-A/ film", in negative at bottom "S.S. 'KIA ORA' Br,/ STRANDED CASTLE ISLAND, B.W.I., FEB. 24 1917/ FLOATED MAR. 3- 1917.", and on album page "S.S. 'Kia Ora' Ashore/ Castle Is. 2/24/17."; port view of British steamship KIA ORA aground off Castle Island (coral reef), Bahamas , February 24, 1917; see related photographs 2008.28.7.1361-1364; see accession file for account of striking coral reef on voyage from Australia to London.

2008.28.7.1361