English: This image depicts the White Star liner THEMISTOCLES moored off Neutral Bay in Cremorne Point and dressed as the flagship for the 96th Anniversary Day Regatta on 26 January 1933. 'The Sydney Morning Herald' reported on one interesting aspect of the day's festivities:

'Variety was given to the harbour scene by a representation of a huge sea serpent being propelled, apparently without effort, around the flagship, followed by a miniature "Ark Ararat" and other small craft symbolical of historical events.'
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William J Hall collection. The Hall collection combines photographs from both William J Hall and his father William F Hall. The images provide an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century. The collection also includes studio portraits and images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.
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Object number 00013782