Barque VINCENNES aground at Manly Beach

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

DateMay 1906

Object number00034554

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

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DescriptionImage of the barque VINCENNES aground at Manly Beach by Samuel Hood.HistoryVINCENNES ran aground on Manly Beach during an easterly gale on 24 May 1906. It was refloated on 2 June and taken to Mort's Dock for repairs, it was ready to leave Sydney for New Caledonia in July 1906.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.