LOGBOOK CHEYNES 1956
1956A large square shaped book with a hard cover in a yellowish discolored light blue. The document is bound with cotton and has white fabric tape on the spine.
The logbook is from the SS Cheynes, the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station's first steam powered whale chaser. Pages are filled in by First Mate Captain Axel H. Christensen. They are not signed by Captain Hughes. The logbook gives an account of the working of the vessel and crew from 2/4/1956 to 13/11/1956, including whale sightings and whales caught. Logbook entries fill half the document and the other half is blank.
Details
Details
Deck Log Book, "S/S Cheynes, F.W. Hughes".... Master From "2/4/1956" To "13/11/1956". On spine: "Cheynes 1956". Inside front cover: "DOC.2025.3" in pencil. On the bottom of each page in very small font occur the printed numbers: C.703/3.52-C.6684/51.
The document is one of the logbooks from when the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station was operational. It provides data and narrative of the events onboard at that time.
The logbook is a unique item, and is locally and nationally significant to Albany and Australia’s maritime, economic and social history.
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Albany's Historic Whaling Station
Albany's Historic Whaling Station
Albany's Historic Whaling Station
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