Historical information

The ship was originally requisitioned by the RAN as a collier and supply ship. It was decommissioned from RAN service in 1915 which may have required a caretaker. This image is one of several attached to loose album pages which include some images with miscellaneous undated and handwritten inscriptions.

Significance

This ship served in WW1. As an Australian ship may well have visited Melbourne and the Mission staff may have made ship visits and made this image.

Physical description

A sepia image of an older gentleman with moustache in a long jacket and a flat cap stands on a ship deck near a cargo hatch.

Inscriptions & markings

An inscription / title is drawn from an album page. (see image)