State Lib Qld 1 126563 Alcoa Corsair (ship)
US cargo liner Alcoa Corsair, launched in 1947 Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Lib Qld 1 126115 City of Ely (ship)
Ellerman Lines' cargo ship City of Ely
State Lib Qld 1 125023 City of Naples (ship)
Ellerman Lines' cargo steamship City of Naples, built in 1908 and wrecked on rocks off Ommaizaki, Japan in 1926 http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14007.asp
State Lib Qld 1 126639 Clement (ship)
Alfred Booth & Co's 5,051 GRT cargo steamship Clement: built by Cammell, Laird & Co of Birkenhead in 1934 and sunk by the German cruiser Graf Spee on 30 September 1939.)
State Lib Qld 1 140223 Dingadee (ship)
640 GRT cargo steamship Dingadee, built by the Queenstown & Passage West Dock Co of Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland in 1883 for the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, which in 1887 became the Australian Unit... More
State Lib Qld 1 146107 Kairanga (ship)
Union Steam Ship Co of NZ's 2,830 GRT cargo steamship Kairanga
State Lib Qld 1 142151 Kaitoke (ship)
3,551 GRT cargo steamship Kaitoke in port. Sir Raylton Dixon & Co of Middlesbrough, England, built her in 1918 as War Palace. In 1919 she was renamed Cape Colony. Union SS Co of New Zealand bought her in 1920 a... More
State Lib Qld 1 146175 King David (ship)
Cargo ship King David in port Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Lib Qld 1 142191 Kohso Maru (ship)
3,180 GRT cargo steamship Kohso Maru, built in 1917 by Osaka Iron Works and owned by Osaka Shosen KK
State Lib Qld 1 142103 Louis Lumiere (ship)
French 12,358 GRT passenger motor ship Louis Lumiere in port. Penhoët of St Nazaire built her in 1951 for Chargeurs Réunis. In 1962 she was transferred to Messageries Maritimes. In 1967 Hong Kong owners bought ... More
State Lib Qld 1 141783 Natal (ship)
Messageries Maritimes sail- and steamship Natal. In 1917 she collided with the ship Malgache and sank in the Mediterranean off Le Planier, killing 105 people.
State Lib Qld 1 140431 Oonah (ship)
Tasmanian Ferries' 1,757 GRT steamship Oonah, built in Glasgow, Scotland 1888 and scrapped in Japan in 1935 or '36
State Lib Qld 1 111168 Oronsay (ship)
Orient Steam Navigation Co passenger liner Oronsay, built in 1925 by John Brown & Co at Clydebank, Scotland and sunk by a U-boat in 1942 in the Atlantic.
State Lib Qld 1 106616 Port Chalmers (ship)
Commonwealth and Dominion Line ("Port Line") 8,535 GRT cargo ship MV Port Chalmers, built in 1933 and scrapped in 1965
State Lib Qld 1 140307 Port Napier (ship)
Port Line (Commonwealth and Dominion Line) 11,834 GRT cargo ship MV Port Napier, built by Swan Hunter in 1947 and scrapped in Taiwan in 1970
State Lib Qld 1 110744 Roscommon (ship)
The refrigerated cargo steamship Roscommon, built in 1902 as Oswestry Grange by Workman, Clark & Co in Belfast, sold in 1912 to New Zealand owners who renamed her Roscommon, and sunk in 1917 off County Donegal ... More
State Lib Qld 1 111156 Orizaba (ship)
Pacific Steam Navigation Co 6,077 GRT liner Orizaba Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Lib Qld 1 116628 Perthshire (ship)
Turnbull, Martin & Co 5,865 GRT refrigerated cargo steamship Perthshire loading tallow and frozen meat. (From description supplied with photograph.)
State Lib Qld 1 125163 Baralaba (ship)
Australasian United Steam Navigation Co cargo steamship Baralaba
State Lib Qld 1 127731 Coramba (ship)
Australasian United SN Co's 3,551 GRT steamship Coramba, built in 1948 and sold in 1966
State Lib Qld 1 133801 Bloemfontein Castle (ship)
18,400 GRT Union-Castle liner MV Bloemfontein Castle: built in 1950, sold and renamed in 1959 and scrapped in 1988.
State Lib Qld 1 133897 Lucinda (ship)
Queensland Government steam yacht Lucinda Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Lib Qld 1 134510 Bombala (ship)
Howard Smith Ltd's 3,571 GRT passenger ship Bombala. "Inauguration of Direct Service."
State Lib Qld 1 140143 Flinders (ship)
948 GRT cargo steamship Flinders, built in 1878 by A&J Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow
State Lib Qld 1 148191 Orama (ship)
Orient Steam Navigation Co liner Orama Public domain image of a passenger ship, ocean liner, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Lib Qld 1 172739 Sydney Star (ship)
Blue Star Line 11,380 GRT refrigerated cargo ship Sydney Star, built by Harland and Wolff in 1936 and scrapped in Kaohsiung in 1967
State Lib Qld 1 87568 Arawatta (ship)
Australasian United SN Co steamship Arawatta Public domain photograph of warship, battleship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Empress of Scotland FL10685
RMS Empress of Scotland underway as a troopship Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 132929 Aachen (ship)
Norddeutsche Lloyd's 6,274 GRT cargo steamship Aachen, built in 1923 by JC Tecklenborg of Wesermünde, Bremen
StateLibQld 1 127051 Alcoa Pegasus (ship)
Alcoa Pegasus, a type C1-B steam turbine cargo ship built in 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation
StateLibQld 1 129126 Alcoa Ranger (ship)
Alcoa Ranger, a steam turbine cargo ship built in 1944 as the Tolland-class attack cargo ship USS Prentiss (AKA-102). Alcoa bought and renamed her in 1947, and sold her in the 1960s. She grounded off Nicaragua ... More
StateLibQld 1 133109 Alice Haviside (ship)
Five-masted barquentine Alice Haviside Public domain photograph of a large 20th-century steamship, ship, ocean liner, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 133505 Asturias (ship)
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 22,071 GRT passenger liner RMS Asturias, built in 1925 at Belfast by Harland and Wolff and scrapped in 1957
StateLibQld 1 133689 Barrier (ship)
2,208 GRT cargo steamship Barrier, built in 1889 by SP Austin of Sunderland for Elder, Smith & Co (Adelaide Steamship Co). Later bought by C Crosby of Melbourne, who almost immediately resold her to Yeiwa Shoka... More
StateLibQld 1 133757 Benefactor (ship)
T&J Harrison cargo steamship Benefactor, built in 1912 by D&W Henderson in Glasgow and scrapped in 1935
StateLibQld 1 141099 Glenavon (ship)
4,262 GRT cargo steamship Glenavon.Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson built her at Wallsend, England in 1904 as Branksome Hall for Ellerman Lines of Liverpool. About the same time Ellermans took over McGregor, ... More
StateLibQld 1 125651 Calipe (ship)
An Italian warship of the Regia Marina, probably the protected cruiser Calabria
StateLibQld 1 125107 Canada Cape (ship)
4,286 GRT cargo steamship Canada Cape, built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd for Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd. She was launched in November 1903 and completed in February 1904. H&C Grayson of Liverpool bou... More
StateLibQld 1 129346 Canberra Maru (ship)
OSK Lines' 6,477 GRT refrigerated cargo ship Canberra Maru, built by Mitsui in 1936. She was requisitioned in 1941 by the Imperial Japanese government as a troop ship and sunk in 1942 by US aircraft off Guadalcanal.
StateLibQld 1 141127 Cape Leeuwin (ship)
Australian lighthouse tender Cape Leeuwin
StateLibQld 1 125631 Catterthun (ship)
Eastern and Australian Steamship Co's 2,179 GRT ship Catterthun. She was built by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland in 1881 and wrecked off the coast of New South Wales in 1895.
StateLibQld 1 125579 City of Chelmsford (ship)
Ellerman Lines cargo ship City of Chelmsford, built in Baltimore in 1943 as Lionel Copley and transferred to the UK Ministry of War Transport as Sambrake. Ellerman & Bucknall bought her in 1947 and renamed her ... More
StateLibQld 1 129273 City of Chester (ship)
Ellerman Lines' 8,520 GRT cargo ship MV City of Chester, built in 1944 in Whiteinch, Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co and scrapped at Whampoa, China in 1971
StateLibQld 1 129281 City of Dublin (ship)
Cargo steamship City of Dublin
StateLibQld 1 110532 City of Hobart (ship)
613 GRT passenger sail- and steamship City of Hobart, built in 1854 by T Wingate & Co of Glasgow for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company. W Summerbell bought her in 1875 and had her converted into a collier.... More
StateLibQld 1 125583 City of Newcastle (ship)
Ellerman Lines' 6,921 GRT cargo steamship City of Newcastle, built by William Gray & Co of West Hartlepool in 1914. Panamanian owners bought her in 1951 and renamed her Marinucci. She was scrapped at La Spezia,... More
StateLibQld 1 125035 City of York (ship)
Ellerman Lines' 7,844 GRT cargo steamship City of York, built by Workman, Clark & Co in Belfast in 1904 and scrapped in 1936
StateLibQld 1 125059 Clan Munroe (ship)
SS Clan Monroe, 5,919 GRT, built by the Ayrshire Dockyard in Irvine in 1918. She was the third of three Clan Line ships to carry this name. She was sunk by a mine in the North Sea in 1940.
StateLibQld 1 126143 Cluny Castle (ship)
Union-Castle Line 5,174 GRT passenger cargo ship SS Cluny Castle: built in Glasgow 1903, transferred to Bullard King & Co in 1925 and renamed Umkuzi, scrapped in 1938 Caption inscribed on photograph: "S.S. Clun... More
StateLibQld 1 125123 Constance (ship)
Swedish 11,128 GRT oil tanker Constance in port
StateLibQld 1 126219 Coolebar (ship)
North Coast Steam Navigation Co's 479 GRT coastal cargo steamship Coolebar, built by the Ardrossan Dry Dock Co in 1911
StateLibQld 1 126223 Coombar (ship)
W Crosby & Co's 581 GRT refrigerated cargo steamship Coombar, built by Murdoch, Murray & Co at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire in 1912
StateLibQld 1 104608 Dawn (ship)
The steamship Dawn in danger on the Toombul Rocks at the mouth of Breakfast Creek (during March 1908 flood). (From description supplied with photograph.)
StateLibQld 1 142791 Defender (ship)
T&J Harrison 8,258 GRT cargo steamship SS Defender, built in 1915 in Glasgow by C Connell & Co and scrapped in 1952.
SS Dicky, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Wreck of the ship Dicky on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland. She was wrecked in 1893, and this photo may have been taken about 1900–1910.
StateLibQld 1 103972 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky in an advanced state of decay on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland
StateLibQld 1 105916 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky in about 1913. She was wrecked on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland in 1893.
StateLibQld 1 145447 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland. (From description supplied with photograph.)
StateLibQld 1 167739 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland, in 1914
StateLibQld 1 41075 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky in 1925. She was wrecked on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland in 1893.
StateLibQld 1 47940 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky ion the beach at Caloundra, Queensland
StateLibQld 1 47944 Dicky (ship)
Wreck of the ship Dicky on the beach at Caloundra, Queensland. She was wrecked in 1893, and this photo may have been taken about 1900–1910.
StateLibQld 1 180251 Doomba (ship)
TSS Doomba approaching the jetty at Redcliffe, Queensland (Description supplied with photograph)
StateLibQld 1 181347 Passengers waiting to embark on the Doomba, ca. 1...
Passengers waiting to embark on SS Doomba in about 1924. Doomba at the Redcliffe? jetty with a large group of holiday makers, possibly going to Bribie Island. There are various holiday attires in the image, and... More
StateLibQld 1 75283 Doomba (ship)
Passenger steamship Doomba under way Public domain photograph of ferry, steam boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 140867 Kantara (ship)
Cargo ship El Kantara Public domain photograph of a steamship, ocean ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 141459 Elswick Tower (ship)
Cargo steamship Elswick Tower, built in 1901 by Robert Stephenson & Co of Newcastle, England, for the Elswick SS Co. In 1929 SN Valmadis of Greece bought her and renamed her Nicos Valmadis. She was scrapped in ... More
StateLibQld 1 141411 Empire (ship)
4,496 GRT cargo and passenger steamship Empire, built in 1902 by Wm Beardmore & Co of Govan, Scotland, for Eastern & Australian SS Co. RL Connell bought her in 1916. Cie Générale Transatlantique bought her in 1... More
StateLibQld 1 141415 Empress of Scotland (ship)
26,032 GRT passenger liner RMS Empress of Scotland: formerly Empress of Japan, later Hanseatic
StateLibQld 1 144047 Fremantle Star (ship)
Blue Star Line's 9,883 GRT cargo liner MV Fremantle Star, built in Greenock in 1944 and scrapped in Kaohsiung in 1969
StateLibQld 1 142403 Geologist (ship)
6,155 GRT cargo ship Geologist, built in 1943 by Lithgows of Port Glasgow, Scotland for T&J Harrison (Charente Line) of Liverpool. Speed 12 knots. On 13 July 1955 she sank after colliding with the Liberian stea... More
StateLibQld 1 141083 Gracchus (ship)
3,760 GRT cargo steamship Gracchus in port. Built by Palmer's of Jarrow, England in 1902 for Currie Line. British India SN Co took over Currie Line in 1913 and sold the ship to Hashiya Kisen of Japan in 1923. G... More
Grosser Kurfurst (ship) January 1903 (cropped)
The 31,182 GRT Norddeutscher Lloyd passenger liner Grosser Kurfürst, built in Danzig (now Gdansk) in 1899. She became USS Grosser Kurfürst in 1917, Aeolus in 1919 and City of Los Angeles in 1922. She was scrapp... More
StateLibQld 1 141063 Gwydir (ship)
1'929 GRT passenger steamship Gwydir, built in 1911 by D&W Henderson of Glasgow as Morialta for the Adelaide SS Co.Douglas SS Co of Hong Kong bought her in 1920 and renamed her Hailoong. The Newcastle and Hunte... More
StateLibQld 1 141035 Hexham Bank (ship)
1,616 GRT cargo ship Hexham Bank, built in Brisbane by Evans Deakins Industries for McIlwraith MacEacharn ("The Scottish Line") in 1953. Damaged by fire in Manila in 1978 and converted into a barge.
StateLibQld 1 141023 Hoechst (ship)
HAPAG cargo ship Hoechst in port
StateLibQld 1 141027 Holmgar (ship)
8,997 GRT tanker Holmgar, built in 1951 and sold in 1965. She was renamed three times, finally becoming the Cosmos Pioneer in 1970. She was wrecked off the coast of India in 1973.
StateLibQld 1 142295 Hororata (ship)
13,945 GRT cargo steamship Hororata Public domain photograph of a steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 143603 Hororata (ship)
Passenger and cargo steamship Hororata Public domain photograph of a steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 148803 Hororata (ship)
New Zealand Shipping Company 13,945 GRT cargo steamship Hororata. On 13 December 1942, while on her second homeward voyage, the ship was struck by a torpedo during a heavy gale and badly damaged. At the time of... More
StateLibQld 1 150111 Hororata (ship)
Passenger and cargo steamship Hororata Public domain photograph of cargo ship, shipyard, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 114872 Hydra (ship)
Dredge ship Hydra on Petrie Slip while lengthening dredge. (From description supplied with photograph.)
StateLibQld 1 105592 Iceberg (ship)
289 GRT refrigerated cargo steamship Iceberg, built by JW Sutton & Co of Brisbane, Queensland in 1882. Howard Smith Co Ltd bought her from Queensland Freezing & Export Co in 1886 and sold her to H&R Peters of B... More
StateLibQld 1 142271 Ihumata (ship)
1,156 GRT cargo ship Ihumata, built in 1911
StateLibQld 1 142195 John S. Mosby (ship)
Liberty ship John S. Mosby
StateLibQld 1 142155 Kaiokura (ship)
Ships in port, with the 5,852 GRT motor ship Kaikoura on the right
StateLibQld 1 143467 Kaiokura (ship)
5,852 GRT motor ship Kaikoura in port
StateLibQld 1 150015 Kaiokura (ship)
5,852 GRT motor ship Kaikoura, built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Glasgow in 1937 for the New Zealand Shipping Co
StateLibQld 1 140879 Kakapo (ship)
1,521 GRT cargo steamship Kakapo (II). Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Co built her at Greenock, Scotland in 1901 and launched her as Scarisbrick for Elvdige and Morgan of Cardiff. The Union SS Co of New Zeal... More
StateLibQld 1 140875 Kamo Maru (ship)
A coastal scene with the 7,955 GRT Japanese passenger and cargo steamship Kamo Maru in the middle distance. Mitsubishi built her at Nagasaki in 1908. The US Navy submarine USS Tinosa sank her in the East China ... More
StateLibQld 1 140855 Karamu (ship)
Union Steamship Co of NZ cargo ship Karamu, built in 1953. She was the second Karamu in the Union Company's fleet.
StateLibQld 1 140851 Karmala (ship)
9123 GRT P&O SN Co steamship Karmala, built by Cammell, Laird of Birkenhead, England in 1914 and scrapped in 1932
StateLibQld 1 142119 Kawsar (ship)
7,778 GRT passenger steamship Kawsar. G Ansaldo built her at Sestri Ponente, Italy in 1923 for Societá di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana, who named her Ammiraglio Bettolo. Societé Misr de Navigation Mariti... More
StateLibQld 1 142207 King David (ship)
Cargo ship King David in port
StateLibQld 1 142107 Kowhai II (ship)
3,528 GRT cargo ship Kowhai, built 1952. (From information supplied with photograph.)
StateLibQld 1 142083 Lina L.D. (ship)
6,669 GRT cargo steamship Lina L.D. (From information supplied with photograph.) Built in 1921 and by Wm Doxford & Sons of Sunderland, England for Kleppes Rederi of Bergen, Norway, and named the Hallgyn, Norweg... More
StateLibQld 1 142091 Loide-Honduras (ship)
5,408 GRT cargo ship Loide-Honduras. Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula East, Mississippi, USA built her for Lloyd Brasiliero in 1947. She was scrapped in 1969.
StateLibQld 1 54680 Mallina (ship)
Australasian United Steam Navigation's 3,099 GRT cargo ship Mallina, built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1909. The Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1914 and returned her to her owners in 1915.Mac... More
StateLibQld 1 128782 Manchester Merchant (ship)
Four-masted steamship Manchester Merchant. The "No. 92" on the ship was during its service as a troopship for the Second Boer War.
StateLibQld 1 126955 Maori King (ship)
3,803 GRT refrigerated cargo steamship Maori King loading supplies for the Second Boer War. William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland built the ship in 1890 for W Ross & Co of London. In 1890 she foundered in the Br... More