Volume 03: Merchant ships
Volume 03: Merchant ships
About this item
Full title
Date
approximately 1900-1931
Call Numbers
PXA 1152/Vol. 3
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (photographic prints) - silver gelatin, printed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Names of ships and page numbers are listed below. Not all ships are named. Some pages do not have photographs:
Handwritten insertion before p. 1: index of merchant ships in vol. 3
Handwritten insertion before p. 1: notes about merchant ships in vol. 3
Page 2: Medina (steamship); Italian royal yacht Trinacia (steamship)
Page 3: Royal...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Volume 03: Merchant ships
Notes
General note
Two handwritten insertions before p. 1: index of merchant ships in vol. 3; notes about merchant ships in vol. 3 left by Mr J. Clare, 18 August 1956.
Royal yacht HMS Ophir (steamship) on p. 3 brought the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia for the opening of Federal Parliament.
Avenger (steamship) on p. 66 was being built in England when 1914-1918 war started. For Canadian-Australian service, was to be named 'Aotearoa' but taken up by the Royal Navy and used as an armed merchant cruiser and torpedoed and sunk 14 June 1917 - note by J. Clare, 1956....
Date note
Photographs not dated.
Description source
Title taken from caption associated with photograph. Some photographs untitled.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1152/Vol. 3
Record Identifier
nGmNpaGY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGmNpaGY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9658192
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