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SS CAPE FINISTERRE I, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS CAPE FINISTERRE I, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS CAPE FINISTERRE I, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1907-1917
Object number00020398
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionLyle Shipping Company Ltd's SS CAPE FINISTERRE I was built in 1907 in Glasgow, Scotland. On 2 November 1917, 35 crew members were killed when it was torpedoed and sunk by submarine UC17 near Cornwall.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.