TSS KATOOMBA, McIlwraith McEacharn Line, mug

Maker McIlwraith McEacharn Limited (Australian, 1875 - 1964)

Manufacturer Angus & Coote

Date1913-1949

Object number00007214

NameMug

MediumMetal: EPNS

DimensionsOverall: 125 x 110 x 80 mm

ClassificationsTools and equipment

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis silver mug was produced for the TSS KATOOMBA, a passenger ship owned by McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd. The company crest and ships name are featured on the side of the mug.HistoryThe TSS KATOOMBA was built in 1913 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd of Melbourne. In September 1913 KATOOMBA undertook its first passenger voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany and Fremantle. It was requisitioned in 1918 and refitted as a troopship in 1919, returning to passenger service in 1920. KATOOMBA operated in both the Western Australian and Queensland coastal services from 1932 to 1939, before being requisitioned once again as a troopship in 1942. In 1946 KATOOMBA was returned to its owners and then sold to Goulandris Bros, Greece, before being renamed COLUMBIA in 1949. After operating on routes from Europe and the Mediterranean to Canada, COLUMBIA was laid up in 1958 and scrapped at Nagasaki in 1959. SignificanceThis silver mug is a good example of the types of souvenirs produced for and used aboard passenger vessels in the 20th century, on the Australian route.