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SS TROPEA, possibly near Pyrmont in Sydney
SS TROPEA, possibly near Pyrmont in Sydney

SS TROPEA, possibly near Pyrmont in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1892-1901
Object number00020381
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionEdward C Thin's SS TROPEA was built in 1892. In 1901, it was sold to Lunn and Maccoy and renamed SS BIRDOSWALD. On 26 June 1917, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-63. All crew members survived.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.