SS ZAMBESI, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

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

Date1901-1917

Object number00020385

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionTurner, Brightman and Company's SS ZAMBESI was built in 1901. On 1 April 1917, three crew members were killed when the vessel was torpedoed by the German submarine U-63.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.