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

SS VIENNA, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1899-1917
Object number00020414
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionSS VIENNA was built in 1899 by Barclay, Curle and Company Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland. On 11 September 1917, VIENNA was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-49, with a loss of 25 lives.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.