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SS HALLAMSHIRE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
SS HALLAMSHIRE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

SS HALLAMSHIRE, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1907-1915
Object number00020380
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionHelmsdale Steamship Company Ltd's SS HALLAMSHIRE was built in 1907. On 19 November 1915, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34. 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.