Album of 50 ship photographs
Date1974-1979
Object number00007393
NamePhotograph album
MediumRed brown coloured paper album, silver gelatin photographs, Ink on paper.
Dimensions365 x 315 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionPhotograph album compiled by Alan Rice containing photographs of different vessels. Vessels described were Australian built or had sailed in Australian waters.HistoryAlbum comprised of 16 sheets featuring 34 black and white prints and 16 coloured prints. Pages have been artificially numbered and photographs have been described as follows;
Inside front cover: MV PRIAM cargo ship at sea.
Page 1: MV HALBERSTADT cargo ship alongside wharf; MV. THAIMANN PIONIER cargo ship alongside wharf, colour print.
Page 2: SENFTENBERG and VORDERGRUND KUMO cargo ships alongside wharf, colour print; WERNER SEELENBINDER cargo ship alongside wharf, colour print.
Page 3: LUBBENAS bulk carrier alongside wharf, colour print; J.G. FICHTE passenger liner alongside wharf, colour print.
Page 4: BORE twin funnel passenger liner underway colour print; BORE III twin funnel passenger liner underway colour print.
Page 5: VOGILAND cargo ship alongside wharf, colour print; WERNER SEELENBINDER cargo ship being towed by tugs, colour print.
Page 6: COLUMBIA passenger liner at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia.
Page 7: JASON passenger / cargo ship passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia, colour print; LEMNOS bulk carrier underway, colour print; WESTRALIA passenger / cargo ship alongside wharf.
Page 8: JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT twin funnel passenger liner being towed, colour print; BALI cargo ship underway; BILLITO cargo ship underway.
Page 9: NEDER EEMS cargo ship at sea; NEDER RIJN cargo ship underway; BALONG cargo ship underway.
Page 10: KARAKORUM cargo ship underway; BAWEAN cargo ship underway; SUMATRA cargo ship at sea.
Page 11: FINLANDIA passenger liner underway; ILMATAR passenger liner underway.
Page 12: Unidentified vessel possibly the SILJA passenger liner underway; BIRGA JARL passenger liner underway; NUEVO DOMINICANO passenger liner underway.
Page 13 IONA passenger liner stationery mid-stream; SOUTH SEA British railways passenger ferry at sea; PRINCE BAUDOUIN passenger liner at sea.
Page 14: SS SISTER passenger ferry / liner underway; ARCTURUS passenger ferry / liner underway; TRANSYLVANIA passenger liner at sea.
Page 15: KING OLAV V passenger liner at sea; PRINCESSE MARGUERITE passenger liner at sea.
Page 16: ISLE OF THANET passenger ferry at sea; REINE ASTRO passenger ferry at sea; KONINGIN ELIZABETH passenger ferry at sea.
Page 17: LORD WARDEN British railways passenger ferry at sea; DORIC FERRY passenger and cargo ferry at sea; LEINSTER passenger liner at sea.
Page 18: LADY LOUTH passenger ferry under way; LADY OF MANN passenger ferry underway; EVANGELINE passenger liner stationery mid-stream.
Page 19: STELLA POLARIS passenger liner with clipper bow, stationery; Unidentified cross channel (English) ferry, white cliffs in background; VIRGEN DE AFRICA passenger liner / ferry at anchor.
Page 20: Unidentified passenger ferry at sea.SignificanceThis album is an important pictorial record of a large number of vessels which were active in Australian waters in the twentieth century.
