cruiseliner

31 photos tagged cruiseliner, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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1918

2010

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National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo
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Delightful new form of holiday making - Cruising! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 2 July
TSS AWATEA passenger seating area from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Officers of TSS AWATEA at East Circular Quay from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
TSS AWATEA passenger seating area from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Officers of TSS AWATEA at East Circular Quay from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
TSS AWATEA ship's library from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Cruise ship in Trondheimsfjorden, 1923. from Fylkesarkivet i Vestland uploaded January 2013
Two men seated, drinking beer and smoking cigars on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Portrait of a woman seated in a cane chair possibly on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Portrait of a woman seated in a cane chair possibly on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Portrait of a man possibly on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Four Japanese men wearing suits and holding parasols by a roadside possibly in Nagoya from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Two men seated, drinking beer and smoking cigars on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Image of three men and a woman seated on a verandah possibly on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012
Image of two men seated with a man standing beside them possibly on board SS TANDA from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded November 2012

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Cruise liner Orion is being turned in the Brisbane River by the tugboat Forceful

from State Library of Queensland

Vesna Verencevic said:
RMS Orion was an ocean liner launched by the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1934 and retired from the water in 1963 after carrying about 500,000 passengers. A 23,371 ton passenger ship, the Orion was built to carry 486 first class, 653 tourist class and 466 crew passengers from Europe through the Pacific to Australia. The construction of the ship was documented in Paul Rotha's 1935 film Shipyard. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Orion
Vesna Verencevic said:
Our Steam Tug Forceful was built in 1925. Forceful served the port of Brisbane for 45 years, being the last coal-fired tug in operation on the river. In Brisbane, Forceful was employed mainly in the Brisbane River. In July 1926, she went to the aid of Cooma, stranded on North Reef, off Heron Island. As the ship was being towed off the reef, the towline snapped and Cooma again grounded, where she remained until destroyed by fire some months later. In September 1926, Forceful went to the aid of the Rio Claro, grounded on Scott’s Reef, near Cairns. Forceful teamed with another tug to tow Rio Claro off. Forceful’s finest hour was February 1929 when she assisted in towing the stricken steamer Arafura through a cyclone some 300km to Brisbane. As a consequence of World War 2, Forceful was chartered by the British government for service in the Middle East. However, approval was withdrawn and she was commissioned as HMAS Forceful on 16 February 1942. She worked around Fremantle until October 1942, when she sailed for Darwin. From October 1942 to August 1943, she engaged in harbor work around Darwin, towed lighters to Merauke in Dutch New Guinea, and, on occasions, acted as a rescue vessel for aircraft and crews returning from bombing missions. In August 1943, she towed a landing ship to Brisbane where, on 11 October 1943, she paid off and returned to her owners. Source: maritimemuseum.com.au/learn/collections/vessels/forceful/

Officers of TSS AWATEA at East Circular Quay

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

James Christensen said:
The presence of service ribbons on the older gents, and the lack of them on the younger, seem to place this photo much later that the 1910s. My guess is that this was taken not long before WW2, or maybe closer to the mid '30s.
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
James Christensen Thank you Primeval Nature, you are exactly right. It was taken at the vessel's inaugural voyage from Auckland to Sydney in September 1936. I'll be putting a set together with all our AWATEA photographs which really displays the 1930s glamour associated with the vessel. There are more photos to come as well. beachcomber australia you beat me to it, tagging the pic! :)
James Christensen said:
Well, I feel quite the Sherlock Holmes!
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
James Christensen It's fun isn't it?! ;)
James Christensen said:
It is indeed!

Image of three men and a woman seated on a verandah possibly on board SS TANDA

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

beachcomber australia said:
I think this might be a building, not a ship.