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Three tugs: IRRESISTIBE; HALL CAIN; and GAME COCK and Island Steamer ST LOUIS
Three tugs: IRRESISTIBE; HALL CAIN; and GAME COCK and Island Steamer ST LOUIS

Three tugs: IRRESISTIBE; HALL CAIN; and GAME COCK and Island Steamer ST LOUIS

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date1919-1936
Object number00040964
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection
DescriptionThe F & A Browns' tug boats IRRESISTIBLE, HALL CAIN and GAME COCK are shown in Sydney Harbour alongside the island steamer ST LOUIS.
HistoryST LOUIS was a steel screw steamer of 1352 ton built in 1890 by R Duncan & Co at Port Glasgow. It was owned by Union Commerciale et de Nav Caleddonienne and was registered in the port of Noumea sailing under a French flag. It was previously called BARON FIFE.
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.