Some Interesting photo history.

Reading about ships of the Waratah period is not enough and leaves a lot to the readers imagination of what things really looked like. I have put a series of photographs from my personal collection to help readers to understand how things appeared in that period.  (note all photos are copyright and may not be used without my express permission).
We often read about ships carrying coal on deck for extended voyages but never see what coal on the deck really looks like, in this example I have selected two pictures involving the Ropner's tramp steamer Burnby  built in 1905.

About 250 tons on hatch No 1 and 2.

 

            s s Burnby,  Ropners  Steamship Company sank by U boat 39 North of Sardinia 1917.

 

                                  A bunker fire with smoke coming up through bunker grating.

 

 

 

 

         Passengers boarding Lund's ss Commonwealth in London. Note life boats not painted white        also another Lund ship in picture s s Geelong.

 

                              s s Commonwealth leaving London docks with third class passengers.

 

                                                    s s Commonwealth arriving at Adelaide.

        A beautiful ship, sister ship to the Geelong the s s Commonwealth discharging ballast water.

                                 s s City of London often mistaken for the Waratah at sea.
Note the high vents on the fore deck and similar wheelhouse.

In My Next post I shall put up some more interesting pictures of the Waratah period. The s s Commonwealth eventually had her lifeboats painted white at a later stage.