ERLANGEN
Photographer
Frederick Garner Wilkinson
(1901-1975)
Date13 August 1932
Object number00041580
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection
DescriptionThe German cargo ship ERLANGEN was photographed anchored off Cremorne Point on Saturday morning 13 August 1932 at 8.30am. This image was captured from a ferry travelling between Mosman and Circular Quay, Sydney.HistoryERLANGEN was a German cargo ship of 6,040 tons built by Blohm & Voss at Steinwerder in 1929. It was the second ship to bear the name Erlangen. It was scrapped in 1941 near Montevideo to avoid being captured by the Royal Navy.SignificanceThis photograph is part of the F G Wilkinson Photograph Collection, comprising more than 700 glass plate negatives of ships in Sydney Harbour between 1919 and 1936. The collection provides an extensive and well-documented coverage of the changing styles of shipping in the port of Sydney before the gradual decline of the coastal trade, and in a period which was probably the peak reached by commercial shipping in Australia. The backgrounds also reveal the changing face of the city and harbour foreshores.
