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The liner 'Strathnaver' on maiden voyage

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Ahem typo! "Strathnaver* x 2, and on Photo Investigator. R.M.S. 'Strathnaver' , P&O, launched 1931 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Strathnaver . Her arrival in Sydney on her maiden voyage was Thursday 12 November, 1931, reported in the SMH 13/11/1931 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16802095 . It must have been a fine sight - a new ship in front of a new bridge ...
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    beachcomber australia OOps!! Thanks! -AG
  • dajavous said:
    Hello, I was researching the background of this superb jigsaw of a poster of Strathnaven, and found your photo as a possible source of inspiration for the design

RMS STRATHNAVER alongside the wharf in west Circular Quay

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think it is before 1935 due to the lack of Luna Park. And the cars!
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Great spotting beachcomber!
  • FredV45 said:
    This is the Strathaird of 1932 or the Strathnaver (1931), P&O sisters built for the England-Australia service and on it except for WW2 duties until their scrapping in Hong Kong in 1961. Checking the bow at max resolution, it looks more like the former name!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    FredV45 Brilliant! I vote for the 'Strathaird' and 31/12/1932, like this Frederick Wilkinson photo - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Strathaird
  • Silvester Humaj said:
    Fantastic!!!

RMS STRATHNAVER berthed at Circular Quay

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • Roger said:
    RMS, later SS, Strathnaver was a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and launched in 1931. Strathnaver was the first of a series of Strath class ocean liners built in the 1930 by the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard, in Barrow-in-Furness, then in Lancashire. Strathnaver was the sister ship of the RMS Strathaird, with both ships serving the Australian mail route.... more? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Strathnaver