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Shipping in Australian waters
Shipping in Australian waters

Shipping in Australian waters

Datebefore 1950
Object number00007399
NamePhotograph album
MediumGreen coloured paper album with gold inlaid on the cover, silver gelatin photographs, Black and white photographic print on paper.
Dimensions370 x 315 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionPhotograph album compiled by Alan Rice containing 16 sheets featuring 98 black and white photographs and 8 coloured photographs of vessels. Many of the vessels described were Australian built or had sailed in Australian waters. Pages have been artificially numbered and individual photographs have been described as follows; Inside front cover: SUEVIC passenger cargo ship alongside wharf minus bow section lost in a collision; SUEVIC passenger cargo ship workman inspecting damaged bow; SUEVIC new bow section being towed by paddle wheel tugs Belfast Southampton. Page 1: MOLDAVIA passenger liner alongside wharf; COMORIN passenger liner entering its berth; STRATHAIRD P&O passenger liner underway;. Page 2: STRATHAIRD P&O passenger liner illuminated alongside wharf; STRATHNAVER P&O passenger liner 22,500 tons at sea coloured postcard; STRATHALLAN P&O passenger liner 23,500 tons at anchor coloured postcard. Page 3: CHITRAL P&O passenger liner 15,000 tons at sea coloured postcard; VICEROY OF INDIA P&O passenger liner 19,700 tons at sea coloured postcard; CORFU P&O passenger liner 15,000 tons at sea coloured postcard. Page 4: SYLVA FIELD oil tanker underway; TYNE FIELD oil tanker underway; LUMINETTA oil tanker underway. Page 5: LUCULUS oil tanker entering its berth; PAREORA passenger cargo ship underway; REMUERA passenger liner underway. Page 6: ORARI cargo passenger ship underway; OPAWA passenger cargo ship; PAPAROA passenger cargo ship underway. Page 7: PAPANUI cargo passenger ship being towed; OTAKO[sic] possibly the OTAKI a passenger cargo ship underway; ORARI cargo passenger ship alongside wharf. Page 8: PAKI PAKI passenger cargo ship underway; RUAHINE passenger liner alongside wharf; PIAKO passenger cargo ship underway. Page 9: BENEDICT cargo passenger ship Booth Line Liverpool; TASMAN passenger cargo ship postcard drawings; LAFAYETTE trans-atlantic passenger liner underway. Page 10: KUMARA cargo ship entering its berth; ARAWA passenger liner underway; MATOROA passenger liner underway. Page 11: CALEDONIA anchor line passenger liner; ISIPINGO passenger liner moored at buoy; YNCAREN passenger cargo ship underway. Page 12: MATAROA passenger liner underway Shaw Savill & Albion in the Panama canal; AKAROA passenger cargo ship in Akaroa harbour New Zealand, 15, 128 tons, Shaw Savill & Albion. Page 13: Unidentified cargo passenger ship alongside wharf; Unidentified cargo passenger ship alongside wharf; ALGINOUS passenger cargo ship Alginous Holland Line alongside wharf. Page 14: FORDSDALE passenger cargo ship entering its berth; IONIC passenger liner entering its berth; KARAMEA passenger liner underway. Page 15: CITY OF LAHORE passenger cargo ship underway; EMPRESS OF Japan passenger liner alongside wharf; EMPRESS OF BRITAIN passenger liner underway 42,500 tons Canadian Pacific. Page 16: CLAN MACBETH cargo passenger ship underway; TRENT BANK cargo passenger ship underway; FORRESBANK cargo passenger ship underway. Page 17: BEREGARIA passenger liner Cunard Line coloured postcard; Passenger liner underway possibly the CAPTAIN HOBSON; Aerial view of an unidentified passenger liner Lamport & Holt cruising liner at Prince's landing stage Liverpool. Page 18: CID cargo ship underway; CRAFTSMAN cargo passenger ship underway; COLONIAL cargo passenger ship underway. Page 19: LYMEN oil tanker alongside wharf; LUXOR oil tanker underway; CORNISHMAN cargo ship underway. Page 20: Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway. Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway; Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway. Page 21: Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway; Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway. Page 22: HERTFORD cargo ship 'Down by the Bow' at the anchor; ATLANTIS passenger liner Royal Mail triple screw 16,000 ton, postcard. Page 23: DERBYSHIRE passenger liner Bigby line, coloured postcard; DEMPO passenger liner Rotterdamsche Lloyd, postcard; Canada passenger liner the East Asiatic Co. Ltd. Copenhagen, postcard. Page 24: Unidentified passenger liner underway; RANGITANE passenger liner N.Z. CO's[sic] 17,000 tons, postcard; Unidentified passenger underway. Page 25: Unidentified passenger liner underway; Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway; Unidentified vessel possibly a troop ship WWII approaching its berth. Page 26: Unidentified steam driven passenger ship with clipper bow 3 masted auxiliary barquentine rig; SS ROKER cargo passenger ship with clipper bow underway; SS THOMAS ANDERSON cargo ship with clipper bow underway. Page 27: SS NILE leaving Southampton passenger liner Roy Mail Co., coloured postcard. Page 28: Unidentified cargo passenger ship underway; Unidentified cargo passenger ship underway; Unidentified cargo passenger ship underway; Page 29: ANTRIM passenger cargo ship alongside wharf; CLAN CUMMING passenger cargo ship Turret Hull underway; CLAN CAMERON passenger cargo ship underway. Page 30: INCHONA passenger cargo ship underway; passenger cargo ship underway possibly the GLENGOOLE; KINGSWOOD passenger cargo ship underway. Page 31: Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway; Unidentified passenger cargo ship underway; SWANHILL passenger cargo ship alongside wharf; SWAN RIVER passenger cargo ship alongside wharf. Page 32: REX passenger liner at sea; unidentified passenger liner underway. Inside back cover: Unidentified passenger cargo underway; unidentified passenger cargo ship approaching its berth; QUEEN MARY passenger liner underway New York.