Hulked vessels, Homebush Bay, December 1987 / photographed by Mark Fleming

ON 364

fonds

1987

840034

30 negatives - 5 film strips - 35 mm
1 photographic print - proof sheet (30 frames) - 24 x 34.4 cm

BUSTLER -- Built 1909 at South Shields by J P Renoldson & Co.
Length 125 feet
Beam 24 feet
Draught 10 feet
Displacement 268 tons gross
Power 130 hp engine
Remarks Launched as the Heroic for Fenwick & Co.

AYRFIELD -- Built 1911 by the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co.
Length 230 feet
Beam 34 feet
Draught 13 feet
Displacement 1140 tons gross
Power 118 hp Muir & Houston triple expansion engine
Remarks Launched as Corrimal for G S Vuill & Co.

MORTLAKE BANK -- Built 1924 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend
Length 235 feet
Beam 36 feet
Draught 15 feet
Displacement 1371 tons gross
Power 120 hp by Ahernethy & Co.
Remarks Launched as the Elfstone for the Crete Shipping Co.

HMAS KANGAROO — Built 1940 by Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Length 178 feet
Beam 32 feet
Draught 11 feet
Displacement 971 tons full load
Power 850 IHP
Remarks Purpose built warship

Reference:
Notes supplied by Mark Fleming, Library correspondence file

First row
no. 41 - right side forward of ex HMAS Kangaroo, a Bar Class Boom Defence Vessel
no.42 - as above, different angle
nil number - looking over the Kangaroo’s waist towards the right side of Bustler (ex Heroic), a Sydney tug
no.01 - looking towards the Kangaroo & Bustler from behind
no.02 - as above, different angle
no.03 - remains of coastal collier Mortlake Bank (ex Elfstone), after section left
side
Second row
no.04 - left side, aft looking forward on the Ayrfield (ex Corrimal) a collier
no.05 - stern view of Ayrfield, note her name in raised letters across the stern
no.06 - midships section, right side Ayrfield
no.07 - fore section, right side Ayrfield
no.08 - Mortlake Bank remains
no.09 - remains as above
Third row
no.10 - left side, Ayrfield
no.11 - close up stern Ayrfield
no.12 - right side, Ayrfield
no.13 - right side, fore section Ayrfield
no.14 - Mortlake Bank
no.15 - Bustler & Kangaroo
Fourth row
no.16 - left side, superstructure Bustler
no.17 - left side, superstructure, after section Bustler
no.18 - left side, stem, Kangaroo
no.19 - head on view Bustler
no.20 - close up, superstructure, left side Bustler
no.21 - close up, after superstructure, Bustler
Fifth row
no.35 - Bustler, left side view
no.36 - as above
no.37 - superstructure, Bustler
no.38 - fore section Bustler, left side
no.39 - close up, Bustler
no.40 - close up, stem of Kangaroo

Reference:
Contents list from index supplied by Mark Fleming, Library correspondence file

Proof sheet filed at ON 364

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Photographer's proof sheet 871215