Image of passenger and general cargo vessel HUNTER seen from the portside and the bow. People can be seen on deck and other unidentified vessels can be seen in the background. The vessel was built in 1907 by Ramage and Ferguson Ltd in Scotland for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company.
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Object no. 00017511
patembois, Rebecca Karpen, excellentzebu1050, hezitate, and 4 other people added this photo to their favorites.
AndyBrii 5 months ago | reply
The 'Hunter' (2), a 240 passenger vessel of 1840 tons, built in Leith, Scotland 1907, served as a cruise vessel in Australian waters up to the 1930s. Scuttled in Hong Kong in 1941, raised by the Japanese military invaders, and finally sunk by US bombers in 1945.
See: www.flotilla-australia.com/nhrsn.htm#hunter2-nhrsn
FredV45 5 months ago | reply
Andy, not so much a cruise ship as a coastal passenger and cargo ship that served ports on the NSW North Coast from Sydney. At least some of its passengers would have used this service for an elementary form of what we now call "a cruise".
AndyBrii 5 months ago | reply
Thanks
I note she also carried cargo.
excellentzebu1050 5 months ago | reply
Excellent !!!!
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 months ago | reply
PhillMono 5 months ago | reply
Stunning photo of the Hunter at speed!
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 months ago | reply