Thornycroft Collection: SS Commandant Quere (1948) (Yard No. 4114)

A large leather bound album with the spine badly worn and the front cover detached. The front cover is stamped with:
UNION CASTLE LINE
SOUTH & EAST AFRICA
ROYAL MAIL
DONALD CURRIE & CO, MANAGERS
There are 55 pages and 24 photographs mounted one to a page and individually captioned. The reverse sides of the pages carry colour advertisements for popular products of the day.
The album features Sir Donald Currie (died 1909) and also the following locations: Madiera, Cape Town, Oporto, Southampton, Victoira Falls, Johannesburg, Tenerife.
Also included are the following vessels:
Armdale Castle (1903) - interiors
Kinfauns Castle (1899) - interiors and ship portraits
Walmer Castle (1902) - interiors and ship portraits
Mooltan (1905) (pictured in P&O advertisement)
Kildonan Castle (1899)
Durham Castle (1904)
Saxon (1900) Winchester Castle (1936)
Warwick Castle (ex Pretoria Castle) (1939)
Durban Catle (1938)

Object Details

ID: ALB0435
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 349 mm x 254 mm