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SS CLAN MACCORQUODALE as HMA Transport A6
SS CLAN MACCORQUODALE as HMA Transport A6

SS CLAN MACCORQUODALE as HMA Transport A6

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1913-1917
Object number00020200
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage of SS CLAN MACCORQUODALE as HMA Transport A6 off Dalgety Wharf, Millers Point, Sydney. HistoryCLAN MACCORQUODALE was requisitioned from Cayzer, Irvine & Company during the First World War as troopship A6. Part of the convoy which transported the first contingent of the AIF to Egypt in 1914.CLAN MACCORQUODALE was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean in 1917.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.