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Ship Scrapbook
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Ship Scrapbook

Date1951-1979
Object numberANMS0180[010]
NameScrapbook
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall (Closed): 335 x 480 x 20 mm,
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection
DescriptionScrapbook with newspaper clippings relating to FAIRSEA, FORRESBANK, CHUSAN, LOUISE LYKES, AVOCA, ORONTES, STRATHNAVER, MULCRA, HMAS QUEENSBOROUGH, MUNKATA MARU, CANBERRA, BRIDGEWATER, ELIOS, BARWON, WHYALLA, HADRIANIA, GALILEO GALILEI, GUGLIEL MARCONI, TOMAR, FEARLESS, STRATHEDEN, STRATHAIRD, IRON FLINDERS, BEAR, ORION, STRATHMORE, HIMALAYA, ENTERPRISE, MARION, WANGARA, ORIANA, CLAN MACDONALD, IRAKLION, TUVALU, KAETHE JEBSEN, KAROON, WR LUNDGREN, EPPLETON, PORT MONTREAL, PORT CAROLINE, PORT ADELAIDE, EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA, WILLIAM HOLYMAN, SEAWAY KING, SEAWAY KING, BARWON, PORTHOS, Submarine ARTEMIS, QUICKMATCH, GASCOYNE, HMAS SYDNEY, USS ELTANIN, NIEUW HOLLAND, SS FRANCE, MS TRICOLOR.
Some of the newspaper articles included are related to shipwrecks, accidents, shipping movements, FAIRSEA being stranded due to a fire in the engine room and then the Captain’s suicide, BRIDGEWATER ship broke in two, ELIOS sinking, WHYALLA launch, advertisements for sailing in ORION, STRATHEDEN, HIMALAYA, last voyage of STRATHAIRD, last voyage of STRATHMORE, Hole torn in ORIANA, Port of Launceston renovations, Ceremonial fleet entry (included HMAS MELBOURNE, VOYAGER, VAMPIRE, QUIBERON, QUICKMATCH, PARRAMATTA, WARREGO, KIMBLA, TAPIR, TRUMP), collision between tug MELBOURNE and NIEUW HOLLAND, Australia’s off shelf ships designs, Adelaide Harbour new signal tower.