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MS COMLIEBANK
MS COMLIEBANK

MS COMLIEBANK

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date21 May 1933
Object number00041607
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection
DescriptionMS COMLIEBANK is shown anchored between No 3 Athol Bight and Cremorne Point on Sunday 21 May 1933. This image was captured from the 10.45am ferry travelling from Circular Quay to Taronga Park, Sydney.HistoryCOMLIEBANK was a 5,149 ton British twin screw motorship built in 1924 by Harland & Wolff at Govan and owned by the Bank Line. It was used for carrying cargo and was the second ship to be named Comliebank. It was scrapped in Tokyo on 20th March 1959.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.
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