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Photograph: Four survivors from sinking of RANGITANE on Emirau Island, circa 1940

Shared by New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa

Digital file taken from a black and white print of four men from RANGITANE on Emirau Island following the sinking of the ship. Handwriting on the back of the print reads 'Survivors on the Island'. Gift of Captain E.H. Hopkins.

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  • Title

    Photograph: Four survivors from sinking of RANGITANE on Emirau Island, circa 1940

  • Maker

    Unknown

  • Date made

    Circa 1940: Prior to the rescue from Emirau Island in January 1941

  • Subject

    RANGITANE (1929), New Zealand Shipping Company, Shipping Lines, Commercial Shipping, World War Two, Wartime Shipping, Conflict, Digital media, Digital photograph

  • Additional information

    Digital File

  • Rights

    Unknown

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  • Text adapted with permission from Te Papa and Digital NZ

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