Loading cargo off a sandy beach at Bahia, Brazil

A two masted, Bahia registered sailing coaster anchored off a sandy shore at Bahia, Brazil, with a man standing in the water by the boat's transom carrying a sack and a bundle of cargo for loading on board. Another man is standing on the transom ready to take the bundle and sack to stow them aboard with other cargo. The boat has a flat transom and large wooden rudder. A stone breakwater is in the background.

Object Details

ID: P90422
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1948-1949
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 118 mm x 163 mm
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