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Three-masted barque MENNOCK in a harbour
Three-masted barque MENNOCK in a harbour

Three-masted barque MENNOCK in a harbour

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1890-1909
Object number00035056
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts the three-masted barque MENNOCK in a harbour.
HistoryThe three-masted iron barque MENNOCK was built by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow, Scotland in 1876. It was launched on 9 August 1876. It passed ownership from Bramwell and Gardiner of London, to A Weir and Company of Glasgow and Borquez y Cia of Chile. The ship was broken up in 1909 and wrecked at Punta Lirquen, Chile in Febrary 1923.
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.