Steamship KIA ORA aground off Castle Island, British West Indies, February 24, 1917

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Bahamas, Castle Island
1917-02-24
paper
5-1/2 x 3-1/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "6010-A/ film", and in negative "S.S. KIA-ORA, B[r.?]/ Castle Is. B.W.I./ Feb. 24, 1917/ Floated Mar. 3-"; port stern view of steamship KIA ORA aground off Castle Island, British West Indies, February 24, 1917; duplicate of 2008.28.7.1362 (neg. no. 5868-B); see related photographs 2008.28.8.77-80; see accession file for account of KIA ORA grounding on coral reef, and salvage by wrecking steamer RELIEF.

2008.28.8.77