Shipping Insurance Policy
Date27 February 1960
Object number00049232
NameInsurance policy
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 415 x 405 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Captain HM Hignett
DescriptionShipping cargo insurance policyHistoryThis shipping insurance policy was written up for a shipment of goods to be transported from Sydney, Australia to Liverpool, UK in 1960, by the Insurance Office of Australia.
It is typical of shipping goods insurance policies throughout the twentieth century. It covers 25 casks of 'wetsalted' calfskins for shipping between Sydney and Liverpool for an insured sum of 5631 pounds aboard the SYDNEY STAR.
The SYDNEY STAR (11095 tons) was a cargo ship built in Belfast in 1936 for Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd., manager of Blue Star Line Ltd. After World War II, in which it was damaged by a German E-boat in the Mediterranean Sea, it was transferred to Blue Star Line Ltd. The vessel was used for UK-Australia cargo trips and was broken up in 1967 in Taiwan.
SignificanceThe policy is in excellent condition and records an activity that was commonplace to the shipping industry. 
