SS ROKOS VERGOTTIS

Photographer Frederick Garner Wilkinson (1901-1975)

Date26 April 1924

Object number00040995

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection

Terms

DescriptionThe Greek steamer ROKOS VERGOTTIS was photographed as it anchored in Athol Bight on Saturday afternoon the 26 April 1924. This image was captured from a ferry travelling between Taronga and Circular Quay, Sydney.HistorySS ROKOS VERGOTTIS was a steel screw vessel of 5202 ton. It was built in 1919 by W Doxford & Sons Ld at Sunderland, England. It was owned by Panaghis Vergottis and registered in the port of Argostoli under a Greek flag.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.