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 |
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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 |