English: The Calliope Dock at the later Devonport Naval Base, New Zealand, 1888. Shown are the Royal NavycorvettesHMS Calliope and HMS Diamond, with the photographer looking east. The image was previously captioned: "The Calliope Dock at Devonport, Auckland, at its opening in February 1888. The warships are the corvettes Calliope and Diamond".
(Original text: This image was created by / for a New Zealand Crown agency in 1888. This means that due to the 50 year copyright term for images taken before 1945, it has entered public domain in 1938. The Chief Historian of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Bronwyn Dalley, has confirmed the Crown copyright status of this image per email. However, this is NOT a required permission for the copyright status as PD-old, but was simply requested out of courtesy.)
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