IDNO

N.19596.ROS

Description

A derelict boat, named the Rangkok, being towed into port.

Physical Condition: Glass plate negative in good condition. [ED 15/1/2008]

Place

E Africa; South Africa; Durban

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Roscoe, John R.

Collector / Expedition

Roscoe, John R. [Mackie Ethnological Expedition, Uganda, 1919 - 1920]

Date

1919 - 1920

Collection Name

Roscoe Collection

Source

Format

Glass Negative Halfplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This negative was kept in an envelope marked C31/204/ by the cataloguer. The envelope was kept in box marked C31/ by the cataloguer.
Previously stored on Shelf 4, in group of 4 wooden boxes numbered 180.

Publication: Image published in Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 18 with the caption: “The Derelict Rangkok being towed into Port”. [ED 17/10/2007]

Context: “I was able to go about Durban to see the town and also the museum, where I found some interesting objects belonging to South Africa. While we were detained discharging cargo the wreck of the sailing vessel Rangkok, about which we had heard when passing East London, was towed into the harbour by a tug that had been sent to look for her; she had lost her masts and rudder, and was found in a water-logged condition. Her captain and to or three men, who were lashed to some part of the wreck, were saved. She had sailed from Natal, a week before she encountered the storm, with a cargo of heavy wood. When her masts were carried away and the steering gear damaged, the captain sent some of his crew in an open boat to try to reach land and obtain help; these men had got to East London and reported the ship’s condition, when a tug at once went to her aid.” (Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), pp. 18 - 19.). [ED 17/10/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 17/10/2007]