South Africa’s Maritime Centre is one of the eleven museums in IZIKO system. The Maritime Centre features and overview of shipping in Cape Town and the earliest existing model of Table Bay Harbor complete in 1888 by prisoners and wardens of Breakwater Prison. Images depicting Table Bay Harbor from the 17th to the 20th century give an idea of the development of the harbor. There is a collection of ship models, photographs, and objects associated with the shipping industry, with emphasis on mail ships and the Union-Castle line. A key part of the Maritime Centre is the John H. Marsh archive. Consisting of nearly 20,000 photographs, the Marsh archive includes images of 9,200 vessels dating from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.
Photos courtesy of the IZIKO Martime Centre and the Portfolio Travel Agency Website
https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/maritime-centre
https://www.portfoliocollection.com/visit/iziko-maritime-centre