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Pelorus Jack [HMS New Zealand's bulldog mascot]

Pelorus Jack [HMS New Zealand's bulldog mascot]
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Pelorus Jack [HMS New Zealand's bulldog mascot]
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Collection
Te Papa Collections Online
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This postcard shows a bulldog called Pelorus Jack, after a famous dolphin who escorted ships through the outer Marlborough Sounds from 1888 until 1912. The bulldog was a given to the HMS New Zealand by a New Zealander living in England, and became its mascot. Pelorus Jack the bulldog sailed on the vessel's maiden voyage in 1913. The photograph on this postcard was taken that same year, when the battlecruiser was visiting New Zealand. Discharged deadThe bulldog met an unhappy end: he was 'Disc...

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Date created
circa 1913
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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/241647
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Life preservers / Mascots / Bulldogs / cardboard / printing-out paper / photographic gelatin / photographic postcards / black-and-white photography / Battleships / Warships / Ships / New Zealand

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