The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Rapidol (1917) alongside the passenger liner Queen Mary (1936) at Cape Town.
A port near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger liner Queen Mary (1936) at anchor off Cape Town with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Rapidol (1917) and a local tug alongside. The Rapidol supplied the liner with 6498 tons of furnace fuel oil. A copy negative of a photographic print.
Object Details
| ID: | P68548 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Queen Mary (1936); Rapidol (1917) |
| Date made: | 3 April 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 118 mm x 163 mm |