A photographic print of the Cunard passenger liner Queen Elizabeth (1940) arriving at 44/45 berths in Southampton Docks on 20 August 1945.

A starboard bow view, taken from the quayside fine off the bow, of the Cunard passenger liner Queen Elizabeth (1940) arriving at Berth 44/45 in Southampton Docks on 20 August 1945 while serving as a troopship. She has an external degaussing coil on her hull and is fitted with a radar lantern. This was her first arrival at the port which was to become her regular UK port of call for the next 23 years. A copy transparency of a photographic print displayed on board the ship at Port Everglades to illustrate her history.

Object Details

ID: PCT2554
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Baker, Aaron Moses
Vessels: Queen Elizabeth (1940)
Date made: 7 July 1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm