Launch of HMAS WARREGO (II)
This photograph shows shipwrights celebrating the launch of HMAS WARREGO at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. It shows the custom whereby the shipwrights who had 'railed up' or readied the vessel for launch on the slipway were rewarded with a keg of beer. The barrel is on a stand outside a shed on Cockatoo Island.
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Object number 00020156
Photographer Samuel J Hood
Similar image appears in a SLNSW Hood album, see image with digital order no: a237008
Launch of HMAS WARREGO (II)
This photograph shows shipwrights celebrating the launch of HMAS WARREGO at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. It shows the custom whereby the shipwrights who had 'railed up' or readied the vessel for launch on the slipway were rewarded with a keg of beer. The barrel is on a stand outside a shed on Cockatoo Island.
The Australian National Maritime Museum undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. If you can identify a person, vessel or landmark, write the details in the Comments box below.
Thank you for helping caption this important historical image.
Object number 00020156
Photographer Samuel J Hood
Similar image appears in a SLNSW Hood album, see image with digital order no: a237008