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H.M.S. Torch, Ringdove and Goldfinch

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • Don Shearman said:
    It looks like the tailings from Balmain Colliery just under the lower spar of the nearest ship which would put this after 1897. I think the clock tower at Balmain PO is also visible on the horizon which would support this date. On the other hand I'm not sure that the row of terraces that were discussed here are in this photo which puts it earlier than about 1905. This photo dated 18/08/1914 also of Sutherland Dock definitely has more building than the one here.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Thanks for posting this wonderful photo. I have recently been doing some snooping about various Sutherland Dock photos, and posted some comments here - The main photo is one of three (or possibly more) of the three ships. The other two look the same, but the sailor swabbing front right moves! - investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... Don Shearman You are spot on with the date, I think. I searched Trove for "torch ringdove goldfinch dock" and found mention of them in Sutherland Dock in December 1898. The chance of the exact three same ships being in the dock at another date is fairly remote. SMH 13/12/1898 p.4, col.6 (at bottom) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14190004
    "NAVAL NEWS. - The Torch, Goldfinch, and Ringdove, the three cruisers which have been in Sutherland Dock recently together, were yesterday floated out, and to-day will come down to Farm Cove. ... "
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    Some good surmising going on... I think you're probably right - it would be highly co-incidental to get all three ships in the same dock at the same time again... So I'll update the date to reflect a probable date of 1898. Thanks!! - AG

CATHAY propellor being worked upon, March 1934, Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo Island

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    See comments and links -
  • Peter Cundall said:
    The ship was trying to make up voyage time when she lost the prop. Passenger ships ran to a tight schedule prewar.

CATHAY propellor being worked upon, March 1934, Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo Island

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    The 'Cathay' (P&O, built 1925) was eventually bombed and sunk off North Africa in 1942 - www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=4063 . She lost a propeller / screw in 1933 between Colombo and Freemantle and had to wait in Sydney for a replacement. Trove makes this too easy! Read all about it - SMH 16/12/1933 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17033221 SMH 03/01/1934 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17037291 I have not yet found which dry dock the 'Cathay' was in. Probably Sutherland Dock?
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thanks again beachcomberaustralia for those articles!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    This article says she was in 'Cockatoo Dock', which could be either Fitzroy or Sutherland - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17057748
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thanks beachcomber, if only Flickr recognised Cockatoo Island as a location! It's great to be so precise though. :-)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Hi Beachcomber, we recently received an email from a gentleman who used to manage CI Dockyard who confirmed that CATHAY was in Sutherland Dry Dock. Mystery solved! :)