Non-Australian ships
If there were many locally owned and manned ships passing before the cameras of the interested there were many more that arrived from the rest of the world. Here we see the varied range of cargo ships that served Europe and the USA along with the ships of Germany ( some with the Nazi ensign) and Japan. Tragically a large number of these ships went to war between 1939 and 1945 and took their crews to the bottom.
Smokey coal burners, motor ships with finger-like funnels, tank ships with bulging sides and Nordic ships with ice-breaker bows, all enliven this ship-lover’s feast.
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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- ABBEKERK, 1946.SHF Coll.
- ABSIRTO 1943, ex Liberty Ship, GLENN CURTIS. SHF Coll.
- ADELAIDE STAR 1950,with launch CAMDEN. SHFColl.
- ADELAIDE STAR 1950. SHF Coll.
- ADELAIDE STAR 1950.Cape Town Sept. 1957. SHF Coll.
- AFRICAN GLEN, 1945 WW2 Victory ship.US Farrell Lines. SHF Co
- AKADEMIK SHUMANSKY. 1964.SHF Coll.
- AKKRUMDYK 1945. SHF Coll.
- ALAMEDA 1944 Victory type.Matson, Sydney Cove. SHF Coll.
- ALBANY 1957. SHF Coll.
- ALMKERK ,1943. SHF Coll.
- AMERICA STAR, 1964.postcard. SHF Coll.
- AMERICAN INVENTOR. 1945. SHFColl.
- ARAFURA 1954. Real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- ARGYLSHIRE 1956. SHF Coll.
- ATLANTIC BREEZE 1943 Walsh Bay, SHF Coll.
- AUCKLAND STAR 1958. SHF Coll.
- AUDAX at Suez. SHF Coll.
- AUSTRALIA DEL MAR, SHF Coll.
- AYRSHIRE 1957. SHF Coll.
- BALTIC SEA, 1960.Real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- BANDA 1956. SHF Coll.
- BANKURA 1959.SHF Coll.
- BARBER TAMPA(TAMPA), 1984. SHF Coll.
- BEMBRIDGE HILL SHF Coll.
- BENNEVIS 1944.Real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- BENREOCH 1952. SHF Coll.
- BENRINNES, 1944. SHF Coll.
- BENVANNOCH 1944. SHF Coll.
- BERMUDA TRADER, SHF Coll.
- BETAVISTA 1944, unloads timber to lighters. SHF Coll.
- BOMBALA 1961. SHF Coll.
- BOMBAY 1945. SHF Coll.
- BOOGABILLA 1946. SHF Coll.
- BOOGABILLA 1978. Sydney 1983. SHF Coll.
- BP ENDEAVOUR 1967-1993. SHF Coll.
- BP ENTERPRISE 1968-1984.SHF Coll.
- BRAUNSCHWEIG 1953 at 7 W'loo. SHF Coll.
- BRITISH ENSIGN 1964. SHF Coll.
- BRITISH FAITH 1958. SHF Coll.
- BRITISH LIGHT. at Basrah. SHF Coll.
- BRITISH RIVER outbound 1962. SHF Coll.
- BRITISH TRADER 1958. SHF Coll.
- BUCHENSTEIN 1958. real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- BULIMBA 1959-1971. Real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- CALEDONIA STAR 1942. SHF Coll.
- CALEDONIAN COAST. 1948. SHF Coll.
- CALTEX OSLO 1945. SHF Coll.
- CANBERRA 1948-1962. SHF Coll.
- CANBERRA MARU 1958. SHF Coll.
- CAP CORRIENTES 1958. SHF Coll.
- CEDARBANK 1955,in Brisbane River.SHF Coll.
- CELEBES 1943. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF ADELAIDE 1964. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF ATHENS 1945. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF AUCKLAND 1958. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BATH 1947, SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BIRKENHEAD 1950. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, SHF. Coll.
- CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BRISBANE 1951. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BRISTOL 1943. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF BROOKLYN 1949. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF CALCUTTA 1940. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF CARLISLE 1946. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF CARLISLE, 1946. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF CHESTER 1944. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF CHICAGO 1950. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF COVENTRY 1950 SHF Coll.
- CITY OF DURHAM 1945. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF HULL 1947. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF KARACHI, SHF Coll.
- CITY OF KHARTOUM 1946. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF LANCASTER 1958 with tug MANLY COVE, SHF. Coll.
- CITY OF LIVERPOOL 1949. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF LONDON 1947. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF LUCKNOW 1946. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF MADRAS 1945. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF MANCHESTER 1950. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF MELBOURNE 1959.SHF Coll.
- CITY OF NEW YORK 1947. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF NEWCASTLE 1956. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF OTTAWA 1950. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF OXFORD 1948. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF OXFORD 1948.SHF Coll.
- CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 1949. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, 1949. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF POONA 1946.SHF Coll.
- CITY OF PRETORIA 1947 at Cape Town 1952.SHF Coll.
- CITY OF RIPON 1956. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF ROCHESTER 1943. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF SYDNEY 1960.SHF Coll.
- CITY OF WELLINGTON 1956. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF WINCHESTER 1952 and ORION 13-14 Pyrmont. SHF Coll.
- CITY OF WINNIPEG 1956. SHF Coll.
- CLAN CHATTAN 1944. SHF Coll.
- CLAN FINLAY 1962. Nov 1965. SHF Coll.
- CLAN FORBES 1961. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACDOUGALL 1964.SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACGOWAN 1964.SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACINNES 1952 at Browns Wharf, W'loo. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACINNES 1952.Real photo postcard. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACINTOSH 1951. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACIVER 1958.Real photo post card. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACKINNON 1945. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACLACHLAN 1947. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACLAREN 1946.SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACLAY 1949. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACLEAN 1947, with crane hulk PENGUIN 1954. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MACLENNAN 1947. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MALCOLM 1957. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MATHESON 1957. SHF Coll.
- CLAN MCLEOD 1948.SHF Coll.
- CLAN MENZIES 1958. SHF Coll.
- CLAN ROBERTSON 1954. SHF Coll.
- CLAN SHAW 1950. SHF Coll.
- CLAN SINCLAIR 1950.SHF.Coll.
- CLAN SUTHERLAND 1951. SHF Coll.
- COTTON STATE, WW2 Victory ship at Le Havre 1950. SHF Coll.
- DORCASIA 1966. SHF Coll.
- DOSINA 1966 at Gore Cove, SHF Coll.
- EASTERN ARGOSY 1956. SHF Coll.
- EASTERN GLORY 1949. SHF Coll.
- EASTERN MOON 1947, SHF Coll.
- EASTERN PLANET Sydney c. 1925. SHF Coll.
- EASTERN PRINCESS 1957. SHF Coll.
- EASTERN QUEEN 1953.SHF Coll.
- EMPIRE STAR 1946.inbound Sydney, SHF Coll.
- ENGLISH STAR 1950,inbound, SHF Coll.
- ENGLISH STAR. 1950. SHF coll.
- ERO.outbound, SHF Coll.
- EURYALUS, Greek, Sept 1965. SHF Coll.
- FAIRLIFT unloads RAN HUON Newcastle, Sept 1995. SHF Coll.
- FERNBANK 1955. postcard, SHF Coll.
- FERNMOUNT 1961.postcard SHF Coll.
- FERNVIEW 1960.postcard SHF Coll.
- FIJIAN TRADER ex DUNMORE 1944-wrecked 1964. SHF Coll.
- FREMANTLE STAR 1944, alongside. SHF Coll.
- FREMANTLE STAR 1944,later CATALINA STAR. SHF Coll.
- FRESNEL, France Telecom, Sydney, Nov. 7, 1998.SHF Coll.
- FUNING 1950- 1963 STARFORD. SHF Coll.
- GALWAY 1959, at No. 3 W'loo. SHF Coll.
- GIESSENKERK 1956 at 5 Walsh Bay, SHF Coll.
- GLADSTONE STAR 1957. SHF Coll.
- GOLDEN GATE SUN, inbound. SHF Coll.
- GOLDEN WONDER 's counter stern, Sydney 1964.SHF Coll.
- GOLDEN WONDER, Sydney, May 1964. SHF Coll.
- GOONAWARRA 1962. SHF. Coll.
- GOSLAR. SHF Coll.
- GRANEFORS, Blue Star charter c.1955. SHF Coll.
- HAKABASAN MARU 1959, Browns Wharf, SHF Coll.
- HAWKES BAY, with BOTANY COVE, Sept. 1994. SHF Coll.
- HECTOR 1950, SHF Coll.
- HELMSPEY, Liberty ship. SHF Coll.
- HEMIFUSES,1954 outbound,SHF Coll.
- HOROMYA 1956.postcard. SHF Coll.
- HOWARD SMITH 1952-1979. (tug) with ESSEX.SHF Coll.
- ICENIC 1960. Dalgettys, Millers Pt. SHF Coll.
- IMPERIAL STAR 1948. SHF Coll.
- IMPERIAL STAR 1948. under way, SHF Coll.
- INDUS 1950. postcard. SHF Coll.
- IONIC 1959. SHF Coll.
- IXION 1951.Walsh Bay. SHF Coll.
- KATARINA 1951.SHF. Coll.
- KIELDRECHT, SHF Coll.
- KINA 1948. SHF Coll.
- KIRKII tanker, with bow missing, July 1991. SHF Coll.
- KIRKII under tow, July 1991. SHF Coll.
- KIRKII with bow missing off WA. July 1991. SHF Coll.
- KIRKII with bow missing, July 1991. SHF Coll.
- KIRRIBILLI 1956. SHF Coll.
- KOKODA 1946-1961. SHF Coll.
- KOMATA 1946-1978 in W'loo. SHF Coll.
- KOYO MARU, with COOLAC line launch. SHF Coll.
- LAE EXPRESS 1971,outbound 1976. SHF Coll.
- LAURA MAERSK 1966. Sydney 1976. SHF Coll.
- LOORANA 1963 at Brisbane, 1979. SHF Coll.
- LUZON LOGGER SHF Coll.
- MAAS LLOYD, postcard.SHF Coll.
- MADISON LLOYD, postcard. SHF Coll.
- MAGDALA 1951.SHF Coll.
- MALAY,SHF Coll.
- MALAYA, SHF Coll.
- MANGOLA 1920-1964. SHF.Coll.
- MARNE LLOYD 1957, SHF, postcard. Coll.
- MELBOURNE STAR 1956, alongside, SHF Coll.
- MELBOURNE STAR 1956, passing Hobart floating bridge. postca
- MELVA 1946, ex YF-1047 at Townsville, scuttled 1966.SHF Col
- MISSISSIPPI LLOYD 1958.postcard. SHF Coll.
- MONTREAL STAR 1963. SHF Coll.
- MORMACAPE, 1960.SHF Coll.
- MORMACPRIDE 1960. SHF Coll.
- MOROBE COAST 1988, as built, SHF Coll.
- MOROBE COAST 1988, rebuild. SHF Coll.
- MUNSTERLAND 1960. SHF Coll.
- MUSILLOYD, 1957.postcard. SHF Coll.
- NANKIN 1945 with lograft and B and J Co. tug. SHF Coll.
- NARDANA 1956, swinging. SHF Coll.
- NARRANDERA 1944, SHF Coll.
- NEDER EEMS 1959.postcard. SHF Coll.
- NELLORE 1945 Kobe 1954. SHF Coll.
- NELLORE 1945. SHF Coll.
- NESTOR 1952. SHF Coll.
- NESTOR,1952. SHF.Coll.
- NEW ZEALAND STAR 1967. SHF Coll.
- NEWCASTLE STAR 1956.At 13 Pyrmont. SHF Coll.
- NEWCASTLE STAR, 1956. SHF Coll.
- NGAHERE 1966-2000. SHF Coll.
- NGAKUTA 1961-sank 1992. SHF Coll.
- NGAKUTA 1962-1992. SHF Coll.
- NIJERK, SHF Coll.
- NIMOS 1977, inbound. SHF Coll.
- NIMOS 1977. SHF Coll.
- NIMOS 1977. SHF.Coll.
- NIUVAKAI 1958-1984.SHF Coll.
- NORMAN STAR, SHF Coll.
- NORTHBANK 1957. SHF Coll.
- NORTHUMBERLAND 1955, SHF Coll.
- NOSAC TAI SHAN, SHF Coll.
- NUCULANA, Shell. SHF Coll.
- NURNBURG 1961. postcard. SHF Coll.
- NYANZA 1956, postcard. SHF Coll.
- OAKLAND STAR, SHF Coll.
- OLYMPIC GAMES 1964 and CALTEX LIVERPOOL 1964 at Kirribilli
- ORIENTAL ENTERPRISE 1945, c.1970s. SHF Coll.
- ORISSA and CALTEX LIVERPOOL at Kirribilli dolphins. SHF Coll
- OSAKA MARU at 12 Pyrmont, SHF Coll.
- PACIFIC STAR, Liberty ship. SHF Coll.
- PAPAROA 1944, SHF Coll.
- PAPUAN CHIEF, 1977, SHF Coll.
- PAPUAN EXPLORER 1952, ex HANNE SVEN 1954.Scrap 1984. SHF Co
- PARAGUAY STAR 1948. postcard,SHF Coll.
- PARALLA 1971, Darling Harbour.SHF Coll.
- PATAGONIA STAR 1943.SHF Coll.
- PIONEER ISLE, WW2 Victory ship, SHF Coll.
- PIONEER SEA, SHF Coll.
- PIONEER STAR, SHF Coll.
- POELAU LAUT, postcard. SHF Coll.
- PORT ADELAIDE 1951, postcard. SHF Coll.
- PORT ALBANY, 1965. SHF Coll.
- PORT ALFRED 1961, Sydney 1965.SHF Coll.
- PORT AUCKLAND 1949, postcard, SHF Coll.
- PORT AUCKLAND, 1922-sunk 1943, Sydney 1932.postcard. SHF Col
- PORT BRISBANE 1949 with Brisbane tug FORCEFUL.SHF Coll.
- PORT BRISBANE, 1949. postcard.SHF Coll.
- PORT BURNIE, 1966, SHF Coll.
- PORT BURNIE. 1966. SHF Coll.
- PORT CAMPBELL 1960. SHF. Coll.
- PORT CAROLINE 1968. SHF Coll.
- PORT CHALMERS 1933, SHF Coll.
- PORT CURTIS, SHF Coll.
- PORT ELLIOTT, SHF Coll.
- PORT HARDY, 1944. Ex HEREFORDSHIRE 1954. SHF coll.
- PORT HOBART, 1946, as built. SHF Coll.
- PORT HOBART, 1946, postcard, aerial. SHF Coll.
- PORT HOBART, 1946. SHF Coll.
- PORT HUON 1946, trials.SHF Coll.
- PORT HUON 1946, postcard.SHF Coll.
- PORT INVERCARGILL 1958.SHF Coll.
- PORT LAUNCESTON 1957, trials. SHF Coll.
- PORT LINCOLN 1946, SHF Coll.
- PORT LYTTELTON 1947, postcard. SHF Coll.
- PORT MACQUARIE 1944, SHF Coll.
- PORT MELBOURNE 1955, inbound Tasman Bridge, Hobart. SHF Col
- PORT MONTREAL 1954, speed trials, postcard, SHF Coll.
- PORT NAPIER 1947, postcard, SHF Coll.
- PORT NAPIER 1947, SHF Coll.
- PORT NELSON 1951, postcard, SHF Coll.
- PORT NEW PLYMOUTH 1960, postcard, SHF Coll.
- PORT NEW PLYMOUTH 1960. SHF Coll.
- PORT NICHOLSON 1962, speed trials, SHF Coll.
- PORT PHILLIP 1942, SHF Coll.
- PORT PIRIE 1947, inbound, SHF Coll.
- PORT PIRIE 1947, SHF Coll.
- PORT STEPHENS 1944. SHF Coll.
- PORT SYDNEY 1955, inbound. SHF Coll.
- PORT SYDNEY 1955, postcard.SHF Coll.
- PORT TOWNSVILLE 1951. postcard. SHF Coll.
- PORT VICTOR 1944 at Browns Wharf,Sydney.SHF Coll.
- PORT VICTOR 1944, SHF Coll.
- PORT VINDEX 1944, as HMS, postcard.SHF Coll.
- PORT VINDEX 1944(as HMS), SHF Coll.
- PORT WELLINGTON 1946. postcard. SHF Coll.
- PORT WYNDHAM 1945, inbound Sydney.SHF Coll.
- RHODESIA STAR 1943. SHF Coll.
- RISDON 1959 1984.SHF Coll.
- ROCKHAMPTON STAR 1957.SHF Coll.
- ROTENFELLS 1947, postcard, SHF Coll.
- ROTHENSTEIN 1946, SHF Coll.
- SALMARA 1956. postcard. SHF Coll.
- SALSETTE 1956. SHF Coll.
- SAN CONRADO 1960, postcard. SHF Coll.
- SANCHI MARU No.3.at 7b Sydney Cove. SHF Coll.
- SANLEVEN, WW2. Liberty ship. SHF Coll.
- SAXON STAR 1942. SHF Coll.
- SCOTTISH STAR 1950, SHF Coll.
- SHANSI 1948,KOTAH RAJAH 1967. berthing. SHF Coll.
- SHOHO MARU 1981, SHF Coll.
- SHOKUKU MARU 1966.SHF Coll.
- SIAM VENTURE 1972, inbound. SHF Coll.
- SIAM VENTURE 1972. SHF Coll.
- SILETTA, Sydney 1962. SHF Coll.
- SLIDRE, SHF Coll.
- SLOMAN ALSTERPARK, SHF Coll.
- SMIT- LLOYD 14, SHF Coll.
- SMIT-LLOYD 4, SHF Coll.
- SMIT-LLOYD 14- SHF Coll.
- SMIT-LLOYD 14. SHF Coll.
- SOCOTRA 1943. postcard. SHF Coll.
- SOUTH AFRICA STAR 1944. SHF Coll.
- SOUTHERN ANGEL, Sydney 1982. SHF Coll.
- SOUTHLAND STAR 1967. SHF Coll.
- STAR KERRY about to lose timber in big seas. 1975. SHF Coll.
- STAR KERRY, in big seas off North Head, 1975. SHF Coll.
- STENA SEAWELL. SHF Coll.
- STRATHARDLE 1967. SHF Coll.
- STRATHMUIR 1971. SHF Coll.
- SURREY 1952.postcard. SHF Coll.
- SUZANNE 1976, Sydney 1982. SHF Coll.
- TAMAKI 1972, tug, Auckland. SHF Coll.
- TAMARA 1974, SHF Coll.
- TAMPA 1984, inbound in 2002, SHF Coll.
- TAMPA 1984, inbound 2002. SHF Coll.
- TAMPA 1984, inbound 2002. SHF Coll.
- TARAGO 1963, SHF Coll.
- TASMANIAN STAR 1950, working cargo. SHF Coll.
- TASMANIAN STAR 1950, in Sydney, SHF Coll.
- TELEMACHUS 1950. SHF Coll.
- TERVAETE, WW2 Victory class, postcard, SHF Coll.
- TETSUZUI MARU 1970, SHF Coll.
- THALA DAN 1957. SHF Coll.
- THODE FLAGELUND, on Cronulla Beach. postcard. SHF Coll.
- THORSGAARD 1951. SHF Coll.
- TIMARU STAR 1967. SHF Coll.
- TITOKI 1958-1987, on slip. SHF Coll.
- TJIMANUK 1959, Browns Wharf, Sydney. SHF Coll.
- TJITARUM 1959. SHF Coll.
- TNT ALLTRANS 1983. Later ALLTRANS 1994. SHF Coll.
- TREVANION.SHF Coll.
- TRIANON 1961. SHF Coll.
- TRICOLOR, 1972. SHF C oll.
- TRICOLOR, Sydney 2000. SHF Coll.
- TULAGI 1955- sold 1970. Outbound.SHF Coll.
- UNION ENDEAVOUR 1982, outbound Sydney. SHF Coll.
- UNION MELBOURNE 1975, SHF Coll.
- URUGUAY STAR 1948. SHF Coll.
- VAN NECK, 7a Sydney Cove. SHF Coll.
- VAN NECK. SHF Coll.
- VENTURA, Victory ship,WW2. SHF Coll.
- VIBEKE MAERSK, SHF Coll.
- WAIKAWA 1946- sold 1959. SHF Coll.
- WAIMEA 1953. NZ. SHF Coll.
- WANAKA 1970 sold 1976. SHF Coll.
- WAROONGA 1957. SHF Coll.
- WEISENFELLS, German, sinking in Operation Bishop, 1941. SH
- WELLINGTON STAR 1952, inbound Sydney. SHF Coll.
- WELLINGTON STAR 1952,at 2 Glebe Is. SHF Coll.
- WELLINGTON STAR 1952,at Cape Town. SHF Coll.
- WENCHOW 1950,ex WENDOVER 1964. SHF Coll.
- WERRASTEIN, 1953.SHF Coll.
- WEST WALES, SHF Coll.
- WESTERDAM 1946, SHF Coll.
- WEYBRIDGE 1958. PR card. SHF Coll.
- WHAKATANE 1954 in Sydney. SHF Coll.
- WHANGAROA 1945, Sydney 1963. SHF Coll.
- WHARANUI 1956, Sydney 1965. SHF Coll.
- WUPPERTAL, pre WW2 with Nazi swastika flag. SHF Coll.
- XI FENG KOU 1980, Sydney. SHF Coll.
- XI FENG KOU, 1980. SHF Coll.
- XI FENG KOU, Darling Harbour. SHF Coll.
- YAMAHATA MARU 1965, Sydney 1976.SHF Coll.
- YUE ON 1974, Sydney 1975. SHF Coll.
- ZEALANDIC 1957, SHF Coll.
- ZEALANDIC WW2, in Athol Bight.SHF Coll.
- ZEALANDIC, built WW2. SHF Coll.
- ZEELAND 1946, postcard. SHF Coll.
- ZEPHYR 11, 1952- hulk c.1990. Burns Philp. SHF Coll.
- ZINCMASTER 1975-2007. SHF Coll.