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Unidentified commander of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS
Unidentified commander of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS

Unidentified commander of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1913-1925
Object number00021165
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
DimensionsOverall: 80 x 138 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
Terms
DescriptionSS HYMETTUS was built in 1906 and acquired by the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd in 1913. It was leased to the Australian Government during World War I and handed back in May 1917. In 1925, it was sold and renamed SEIUN MARU.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.
Unidentified chief officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS
Unidentified chief officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1925
Unidentified merchant marine of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS
Unidentified merchant marine of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS HYMETTUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1925
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS GRACCHUS
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS GRACCHUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1923
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS GRACCHUS
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS GRACCHUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1923
Unidentified commander on board SS SHIRALA of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Unidentified commander on board SS SHIRALA of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Samuel J Hood Studio
1901-1918
Unidentified commander on board SS SHIRALA of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Unidentified commander on board SS SHIRALA of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Samuel J Hood Studio
1901-1918
Unidentified Chief Officer onboard British India Steam Navigation Company's SS HYMETTUS
Unidentified Chief Officer onboard British India Steam Navigation Company's SS HYMETTUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1926
Unidentified Chief Officer onboard the British India Steam Navigation Company's SS HYMETTUS
Unidentified Chief Officer onboard the British India Steam Navigation Company's SS HYMETTUS
Samuel J Hood Studio
1913-1926
Unidentified merchant marine commander on board the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd's SS CHINDWARA II
Unidentified merchant marine commander on board the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd's SS CHINDWARA II
Samuel J Hood Studio
1912-1933
Unidentified merchant marine commander on board the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd's SS CHINDWARA II
Unidentified merchant marine commander on board the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd's SS CHINDWARA II
Samuel J Hood Studio
1912-1933
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS UJINA
Unidentified second officer of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd on board SS UJINA
Samuel J Hood Studio
1898-1922
Unidentified merchant marine commander of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Unidentified merchant marine commander of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Samuel J Hood Studio
1899-1953