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3 photos tagged sms, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1879

1900

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Blaine said:
fascinating.
beachcomber australia said:
Looks like a German Naval flag, guns on the decks and the name BUSSARD on the side. A quick Google produced this: marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/history/Bussard.html The ship S.M.S. Bussard was a regular visitor to Sydney in the 1890s. That could be Bradley's Head (Sydney Harbour) in the background, with Dover Heights beyond. More about the Bussard : www.german-navy.de/hochseeflotte/ships/avisos/bussard/his...
Giovanni Portelli said:
spot on research!!
Enric Martinez said:
The signature or mark on the upper right corner looks a bit strange for a western scripture. I have made a copy and mirrored it:

Please note how on the upper left corner the "tag" now clearly s the number 145, as I suppose was intented
beachcomber australia said:
@ Enric Martinez - The image looks fine either way, but in your version the ship's name BUSSARD is reversed; also Bradley's Head behind. A lot of these glass negatives have writing on the reverse of the plates (see Persistent URL). I imagine it is something to do with the cataloguing system of the photographer, and would not have shown up in a cropped print or framing mount.

beachcomber australia said:
March 1880 - "... The I.M.S.{sic] Bismarck was towed up to the Fitzroy Dock at Cockatoo Island yesterday by the steamer Commodore, where she will be docked this morning ..." Tuesday, 9/3/1880 See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238484524?searchTerm=b...
beachcomber australia said:
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Bismarck " ... Eight men aboard Bismarck had died due to tropical diseases by early 1880, and so the Admiralität decided to recall the vessel. On 26 January 1880, the ship left Apia and after reaching Levuka, she was damaged in a severe storm, which forced her to go to Sydney for repairs. While she was being repaired, the Admiralität altered her original route and ordered her to proceed to the west coast of South America to support the ironclad Hansa, which was protecting German interests in the area during the War of the Pacific. ..."
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