Saturday 31 March 2018

Australian National Maritime Museum, boat and memorial

Two exhibits of the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour. The MB172 is an elegant timber motor boat which once ferried naval officers but now transports museum staff and guests on Sydney Harbour. It was built by the Royal Australian Navy at Garden Island dockyard and worked mostly on on Port Phillip and later Jervis Bay. The art work is entitled ‘… the ocean bed their tomb’ and takes the form of a floating stainless steel wreath, which is six metres in diameter,  but is usually partly submerged in the water. It was created by Warren Langley and unveiled in 2015 to commemorate the disappearance of submarine HMAS AE1 and the loss of its 35 crew in 1914.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections.

12 comments:

  1. The stainless steel art is so moving. It lifts my heart to think that those souls lost more than a hundred years ago are now honored in this way.

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  2. A fitting memorial. Not often you see one that is installed out on the water.

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  3. The wreath is a perfect memorial to the departed souls.

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  4. Love this artwork in design, but also in its tribute to the disappearance of the submarine! Thanks for sharing:)

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  5. A beautiful art piece as a memorial! The boat reminds me of our recent boat ride.

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  6. The city would had to have had elegant timber motor boat to ferry naval officers around :) You wouldn't have wanted them in squishy, inelegant conditions.

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  7. An unusual memorial, but very effectively done.

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  8. I remember standing above that almost floating memorial and being very moved. But I've never seen that boat. Wow, it's beautiful.
    It is so sad when a submarine disappears. We had a similar case in Israel.

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