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Wheel from Huon Chief


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      Description: Huon Chief's wheel, damaged as the result of an explosion which took place in 1938. Captain Watty Richardson was blown out of the companionway to land on the wheel knocking a piece from the rim. The wheel dates from 1848.

Format: realia
Object: wheels

Titles:
Wheel from Huon Chief

Institution: Maritime Museum of Tasmania

Object number: MMT_A_2007-041

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