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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 81499 Steamship, Orford docked at Brett's Wharf, Hamilton, Brisbane, ca. 1929.jpg en Orient Steam Navigation Co steamship Orford at Brett's Wharf Hamilton Brisbane circa 1929 A group of dignitaries poses before the ship Orford was a 19 941 GRT ship built at Barrow by Vickers Shipbuilding in 1928 She was a passenger liner between London Australia and New Zealand until 1939 when she was requisitioned as a troop ship On the 1st June 1940 she was bombed and set afire off Marseilles subsequently being beached and abandoned In 1947 she was refloated and scrapped at Savona Information taken from J M Maber North Star to Southern Cross 1967 In 1928 the Queensland Government leased to Messrs Brett and Company a part of the Port Estate at Hamilton on the Brisbane River and a subsidiary company Brett's Wharves and Stevedoring Co Ltd was formed to take over the firm's shipping interests In October 1928 plans and specifications were prepared for a wharf suitable for the largest ships visiting the port Provision was to be made for the storage and handling of general cargo including wool and large quantities of timber A timber wharf was subsequently built equipped with two electric cranes The contract for the wharf was let to Messrs Taylor Bros of Brisbane on the 1st December 1928 The first pile was driven on the 16th January 1929 and the first ship berthed at the wharf on the 26th July This was the Texas Oil Company's 11 628 GRT tanker Australia Information taken from Edward Boyd Cullen The construction of Brett's Wharf Brisbane 1933 circa 1929 handle 10462/deriv/144118 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Thiel F W PD-Australia StateLibQld-License DEFAULTSORT Orford 1928 Orford ship 1928 Black and white photographs of ships Public servants of Australia Bretts Wharf 1929 in Brisbane Ships in Brisbane | ||||
