South Tyneside History
Title | Mission Ship "Joseph Straker" |
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Reference Number | STH0016051 |
Photographer | William Dodds Willits |
Town or Village | South Shields |
Date | |
Original Format | Sepia Photograph |
Period | c1880's |
Copyright | South Tyneside Libraries |
Further Information | This is the "Joseph Straker" formerly HMS Diamond. Consecrated on Easter Sunday 1867. It was in use as a mission ship for 15 years. In 1884 she was found to be unsound in its timbers and a permanent institution was erected at the Mill Dam, South Shields. |