On board the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) off Sembawang, Singapore

On board the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) working off Sembawang, Singapore. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side horn showing four of the crew on the round-down of the bow looking down on a mooring buoy while another man is connecting a wire strop to the buoy's mooring chains. Negatives numbers P99801 to P99847 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.