The burnt out wreck of the school cruise ship Seawise University (1940) capsized in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
A distant starboard bow view of the school cruise ship Seawise University (1940) capsized on her starboard side in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. She was the former Cunard passenger liner Queen Elizabeth (1940) which was being refitted for service as a schools cruise ship when she caught fire on 9 January 1972, capsized on the 10th and continued burning until 13 January. The photographer is on board a Royal Navy Ton class patrol vessel looking aft and from slightly ahead of her funnel which can be seen on the left of the picture.
Object Details
ID: | PM7963/27 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Queen Elizabeth (1940) |
Date made: | 28 November 1972 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |