LR/IMO: 5155862
Name: HOWARD SMITH
Year: 1952
Type: Tug
Flag: AUS
Tons: 496
Link: 1010
Yard No: 830
Country of build: GBR
Builder: Hall Russell
Location of yard: Aberdeen
1969 MELBOURNE
collision (NIEUW HOLLAND) off Melbourne 9.8.72, raised, stripped 1975 & scuttled in Moreton Bay 1.79

A great shot of this vessel and a interesting background view , the only thing that is still around today is the then harbour control tower in the background which is in derelict condition these days.

The ship's cook at the time of the sinking was William "Bill" Corns, a Second World War M.N. veteran of the Battle of the Atlantic.