Naval, others
(Non-Australian naval)
Perhaps the German armoured cruiser ‘ pocket battleship’ Deutschland speeding past another vessel a year or two before WW2 started is the most ominous-looking image in this varied display of nearly 200 images.
About the same time Sydney celebrated naval visits for the 1938 Sesqui-centenary. Into Port Jackson came British, US, Dutch, German and Italian cruisers. All of them were in action within two to three years and some were soon sunk.
In the 1920s the great battleships of the Royal navy and the US navy came into port and the people of Sydney flocked to see them. Some of the photographs taken by the visitors are seen here.
For costs and availability of obtaining any of these photos without watermark, as an electronic file, as a print from the original negative (where available) or as some other format, contact the Maritime Records and Research Centre’s Curator on mrrc@shf.org.au or 02 9298 3850, quoting the full file name and giving details of format wanted.
Copyright for the majority of these images from the collection is vested in the Sydney Heritage Fleet. For the remaining images every attempt has been made to ensure correct attribution. If any originator of an image notes an error the Sydney Heritage Fleet would welcome any notification and will remove that image or modify its attribution.
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- 01. K12 aground @ Fairlight, 1949.SHF Coll.
- 02. K12 aground after storm, 1949. SHF Coll.
- 03. K12 with schoolboys aboard, 1949. SHF Coll.
- 04. K12 @ Fairlight after the storm in 1949. SHF Coll.
- 05.K12 at low tide at Fairlight Beach. 1949. SHF Coll.
- ADLER SMS, 1885.wrecked at Apia,Samoa, 1898. SHF Coll.
- AGERHOLM USS, 1946. Sydney 1973. SHF Coll.
- ALBANY USS, 1945. October 1963. SHF Coll.
- ARNEB USS, 1944. inbound. SHF Coll.
- ARNEB USS, 1944. SHF Coll.
- ASTORIA USS, 1934- sunk 1942 at Savo Is. 1938. SHF Coll.
- BEAGLE HMS 1930-1946. SHF Coll.
- BELFAST HMS, 1939, Sydney August 29, 1945. SHF Coll.
- BENJAMIN STODDERT USS, 1964, May 3, 1966. SHF Coll.
- BENNINGTON USS, 1944. Sydney 1967.SHF Coll.
- BENNINGTON USS, 1944.May 1967. SHF Coll.
- BISMARK HIMS, Germany. 1878, Fitzroy Dock,1879. SHF Coll.
- BLAKE HMS, 1961-1979. SHF Coll.
- BOADICEA HMS, 1930- sunk June 13, 1944. Real Photo post card
- BOOMERANG HMS, ( ex WHITING) 1890-1905. SHF Coll.
- BOREAS HMS 1931- 1952. SHF coll.
- BOSTON USS, 1944. SHF Coll.
- BREMERTON USS, 1944, April 1959. SHF Coll.
- BRILLIANT HMS, 1930-1947. SHF Coll.
- BROOMDALE RFA, 1937-1959. SHF Coll.
- BULLDOG HMS, 1930-1946. SHF Coll.
- CACAPON USS, 1943, at 8 W'loo. SHD Coll.
- CALIFORNIA USS, 1919. Sydney 1925. SHF Coll.
- CALIFORNIA USS, Sydney 1925. SHF Coll.
- CANBERRA USS, 1941, April 1957. SHF Coll.
- CANBERRA USS, 1941, August 1962. SHF Coll.
- CANBERRA USS, 1941, drydock April 1964. SHF Coll.
- CANTERBURY HMNZS, 1970-2005. Oct 1973. SHF Coll.
- CENTAUR HMS. 1947. SHF Coll.
- CHALLENGER HMS, 1902-1920. August 20 1908. SHF Coll.
- CHALLENGER HMS, 1904, Aust. 1903-10. SHF Coll.
- COLOMBO HMS, 1918-1948. SHF Coll.
- CORAL SEA USS, 1945,off Sydney May 13 1963. SHF Coll.
- CORAL SEA USS, 1945, Sydney 1963. SHF Coll.
- CORAL SEA USS, 1945, Sydney June 1970. SHF Coll.
- CRUSADER HMS, 1931,HMCS OTTAWA 1938,sunk 1942.SHF Coll.
- CURACOA HMS, 1878-1904.In Sydney. SHF Coll.
- CYGNET HMS, 1931,HMCS ST.LAURENT 1937-1947.SHF Coll.
- DANAE HMS, 1918-1948. In Sydney 1924. SHF Coll.
- DANAE HMS. 1918-1948. SHF Coll.
- DARTINGTON HMS, 1956.SHF Coll.
- DAUNTLESS HMS, 1918-1946, with hangar, SHF Coll.
- DAUNTLESS HMS, 1918-1946. Sydney 1924. SHF Coll.
- de RUYTER HMNS, 1935-sunk 1942. SHF Coll.
- DELHI HMS, 1918-1948. SHF Coll.
- DEUTSCHLAND 1931-1945, German Panzerschiffe. SHF Coll.
- DEWDALE RFA, 1941-1967, SHF Coll.
- DIDO HMS, 1963-1995. Oct. 1973. SHF Coll.
- DIOMEDE HMS, 1919-1946.SHF Coll.
- DISCOVERY 11,HMS, 1929-1962. SHF Coll.
- DORSETSHIRE HMS, 1929- sunk April 5,1942. Sydney April 2, 19
- DRAGON HMS, 1917- hulk 1944. Trials. SHF Coll.
- DRAKE HMS, 1901- sunk 1917. SHF Coll.
- DRAKE HMS, 1903-1917, & Man O War steps, SHF Coll.
- DUKE OF YORK HMS, 1940-1958. May 15, 1946. SHF Coll.
- DUKE OF YORK HMS, 1940-1958. Heading home. May 15, 1946. SHF
- DUKE OF YORK HMS, Nov 21, 1945. SHF Coll.
- DUNEDIN HMS, 1918- sunk 1941. SHF Coll.
- EAGLE USCG, 1936. ex HORST WESSEL. Sydney 1988. SHF Coll.
- EASTWIND USCG, 1944, icebreaker. SHF Coll.
- ELECTRA HMS, 1934, sunk Feb 27, 1942. SHF Coll.
- EMERALD HMS, 1920-1948. SHF Coll.
- ENCOUNTER HMS(later HMAS) 1902-1932. SHF Coll.
- ENCOUNTER HMS 1934-sunk March 1, 1942. SHF Coll.
- ENSEIGNE D V HENRI FNS, 1965. April 1970. SHF Coll.
- ENTERPRISE USS, 1961,nuclear, enters Sydney Nov. 1964. SHF C
- EURYALUS HMS, 1904, Sydney 1904-5. SHF Coll.
- EXPRESS HMS, 1934,HMCS GATINAU 1943, scrap 1947. SHF Coll.
- FORMIDABLE HMS, 1939-1953, Sydney Oct. 1945. SHF Coll.
- FORMIDABLE HMS, 1939-1953. Sydney Sept 9, 1945. SHF Coll.
- FORT GRANGE RFA, 1978.During Gulf War. SHF Coll.
- GALATEA HMS, 1934- sunk Dec.14, 1941.postcard. SHF Coll.
- GALVESTON USS, built 1945.Sydney 1958. Scrap 1973. SHF Coll.
- GLORY HMS, 1945-1961, Sydney 1945. SHF Coll.
- GLORY, BERWICK & GUARDIAN HMSs at W'loo August 29, 1945. SHF
- GOLDFINCH or RINGDOVE HMSs, 1889. c.1890-1900. SHF Coll.
- GRIFFIN HMS, 1935,RCN 1943-1946. SHF Coll.
- HANCOCK USS 1944-1976, Sydney May 16, 1971. SHF Coll.
- HELENA USS, 1944-1974. Sydney 1963.
- HOOD HMS, 1919-1941, c. 1935. SHF Coll.
- HOOD HMS, 1919-1941, midships detail. SHF Coll.
- HOOD HMS, 1919-1941, Sydney 1924. SHF Col.
- HOOD HMS, 1919-1941. Sydney April 1924. SHF Coll.
- HORNET USS 1943-1970. Inbound March 1966. SHF Coll.
- HORNET USS, 1943-1970, nearing Sydney 1966. SHF Coll.
- ICARUS HMS 1936-1946.SHF Coll.
- ILLUSTRIOUS HMS 1982. Sydney Oct. 10, 1986. SHF Coll.
- ILLUSTRIOUS HMS 1982, in Sydney October 4, 1986. SHF Coll.
- ILLUSTRIOUS HMS, 1939-1956. March 1, 1942. SHF Coll.
- IMPLACABLE HMS 1942-1955 at 7 W'loo. June 14, 1945. SHF Col
- INTREPID HMS, 1936-sunk Sept 26, 1943.postcard. SHF Coll.
- ISHERWOOD USS, 1943- 1961 to Peru. SHF Coll.
- IWO JIMA USS, 1961, with helicopters 1962. SHF Coll.
- JAVA HNMS, 1925 -sunk Feb 27, 1942. in Indonesia, SHF Coll.
- JEANNE D'ARC 1931-1965, French cruiser, Sydney Feb 15, 1938.
- JEANNE D'ARC, 1931-1965, Sydney 1956. SHF Coll.
- JEANNE D'ARC, French, 1931-1965,leaves Sydney Feb 15 1938. S
- JOHN B McCAIN USS, 1969. SHF Coll.
- KHARKUS,Persian navy, taken Aug. 1941.SHF Coll.
- KUTTABUL (left) on USS CALIFORNIA, Sydney 1925. SHF Coll.
- LAGOS HMS, D44, 1944-1967. Sydney. SHF Coll.
- LIZARD HMS, 1886-1905.In Sydney. SHF Coll.
- LONDON HMS, 1927-1950, Sydney Feb. 22 1946. SHF Coll.
- LONG BEACH USS, 1961, nuclear. Sydney April 1967.SHF Coll.
- LONG BEACH USS,.nuclear, 1961. Sydney in April 1967.SHF Coll
- LOS ANGELES USS, 1945-1974. pic 1963.SHF Coll.
- LOS ANGELES USS, 1945-1974.SHF Coll.
- LOUISIANA USS, Battleship, guns,Sydney 1908 . SHF Coll.
- McMORRIS USS, 1960, Sydney Nov.1968.SHF Coll.
- MIDWAY USS, 1945, with tug SHELL COVE, Sept. 27, 1988.SHF Co
- MONTCALM French cruiser, 1901-c.1943. SHF Coll.
- MONTCALM, France,1901-c.1943. SHF Coll.
- MOUNTS BAY HMS, 1949- 1961 sold to Portugal. SHF Coll.
- MULLANY USS, 1942. SHF Coll.
- NELSON HMS, 1876-1910, Flagship Aust.Station. 1882-1888.SHF
- NELSON HMS, 1876-1910.SHF Coll.
- NELSON, ORLANDO and RAPID HMSs Australia Station. SHF Coll.
- NEW JERSEY USS, 1943, off Korea 1952. SHF Coll.
- NEW JERSEY USS. 1943, Sydney 1988. SHF Coll.
- NEW MEXICO USS, 1918-1947. Sydney 1924. SHF Coll.
- NEW ORLEANS USS, 1934-1959, war damage Sydney Nov. 1942. po
- NEWCASTLE HMS, 1936- 1959. SHF Coll.
- NORFOLK HMS, 1928-1950, pre WW2.SHF Coll.
- NORFOLK HMS, 1928-1950.in Malta.SHF Coll.
- NORTHAMPTON HMS , 1876-1905.SHF Coll.
- NORTHAMPTON USS, 1951-1977. SHF Coll.
- NORTHWIND USCG, 1945. SHF Coll.
- NYMPHE HMS, 1888- sold 1920.SHF Coll.
- O'BANNON USS, 1942,Sydney 1957.SHF Coll.
- OCEANOGRAPHER USS. Sydney 1967.SHF Coll.
- OCEANWAY HMS, 1943, LHD, ex USS DAGGER, CoDock WW2. SHF Col
- OCEANWAY HMS, 1943,ex USS DAGGER in CoDock, WW2. SHF Coll.
- OLMEDA RFA, 1965. ( Royal Fleet Aux.), SHF Coll.
- ORANGELEAF RFA, 1984. SHF Coll.
- ORLANDO HMS, in Sutherland Dock c. 1890 ( note Spectacle Is
- ORLANDO HMS, (1888-1905) in Hobart with P class cruiser c.18
- ORLANDO HMS, 1886-1905.SHF Coll.
- POWERFUL HMS, 1897-1929.Port quarter. SHF Coll.
- POWERFUL HMS, 1897-1929.@ anchor. SHF Coll.
- POWERFUL HMS, 1897-1929.SHF Coll.
- PRESIDENT STEYN RSA, 1963-1980, Sydney 1973. SHF Coll.
- PRESIDENT STEYN RSA, 1963-1980, Sydney 1973. SHF Coll.
- PROVIDENCE USS, 1945-1978. SHF Coll.
- RAIMONDO MONTICUCCOLI 1935-1964. Italian cruiser, Sydney 195
- REEVES USS, 1964.Sydney July 1968.SHF Coll.
- REGAULT DE GENOUILLY FNS, 1933-1940 with CAPTAIN COOK. SHF
- RENOWN HMS 1916-1948. Sydney 1920, SGP 7247. SHF Coll.
- RENOWN HMS, 1916-1948, Sydney 1927. SHF Coll.
- REPULSE HMS 1916-1941. SHF Coll.
- REPULSE HMS, visitors day, rainy, c. 1924. tiny print. SHF C
- REPULSE HMS. 1916-1941.SHF Coll.
- RESOURCE RFA, 1967. SHF Coll.
- RHODE ISLAND USS, 1904-1924.SHF Coll.
- ROANOKE USS, 1949-1958. SHF.Coll.
- ROANOKE USS, 1949-1958. W'loo, 1957. SHF Coll.
- ROCHESTER USS, 1946-1961, leads ROANOKE into Sydney 1957.
- Royal Navy's Australia Squadron, Sydney c. 1885. SHF Coll.
- ROYALIST HMNZS, 1942, ex HMS 1956, scrap 1967.SHF Coll.
- ROYALIST HMS, 1883-1923.SHF Coll.
- SHANGRI-LA USS, 1944-1971, Sydney 1970. SHF Coll.
- SPRINGFIELD USS, 1944-1978, missile launch.SHF Coll.
- SPRINGFIELD USS, 1944-1978. Sydney 1962. SHF Coll.
- SUSSEX HMS, 1928-1950. County class, in Sydney 1938. SHF Col
- TENNESSEE USS, 1920-1959, Sydney 1925. SHF Coll.
- THESEUS HMS 1944-1962, visitors day Sydney, July 30, 1947. S
- THESEUS HMS, light fleet carrier. 1944-1962, Sydney July 20,
- THESEUS HMS, light fleet carrier. 1944-1962, Sydney July 20,
- TOLEDO USS, 1946-1974, Sydney Cove 1958. SHF Coll.
- TOLEDO USS, 1946-1974, Sydney Cove 1958. SHF Coll.
- TORCH HMS 1894-1920. SHF Coll.
- TRENTON USS, 1924-1946. Sydney 1938. SHF Coll.
- TROMP HNMS, 1938-1968. Sydney August 29, 1945. SHF Coll.
- TULAGI 1979, Solomon Island Patrol boat. SHF Coll.
- Unit of RN Aux.squadron, Sydney, c.1880. SHF Coll.
- Units of RN Squad.HMS ORLANDO 3rd from left. 1880s.SHF Coll
- USS MACON 1945-1969. SHF Coll.
- USS MACON 1945-1969. SHF Coll.
- VANCOUVER USS, 1963. Sydney May 1965. SHF Coll.
- VIRAGO HMS 1842-1871. Survey ship. SHF Coll
- WAIKATO HMNZS 1968-2000, Sydney 1973. SHF Coll.
- WAINWRIGHT USS, 1966 in Sydney 1967.SHF Coll.
- WAVE RULER RFA, 1946. SHF Coll.