The passenger landing steps on the south side of the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Looking north from the passenger landing steps on the south side of the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados, showing a motor lifeboat from the Kungsholm (1928) alongside the landing. The bow of a vessel named Ida is in the left foreground. The Blackwoods Screw Dock is next to the steps and five of the tall screw threaded uprights of the dock are clearly visible. The 2 masted schooner rigged, Ramsgate registered, former fishing trawler Quartette (1895) is alongside the quay next to the screw dock and two other schooners are berthed ahead of her. A 2 masted schooner is berthed alongside The Wharf Road on the north side of the Careenage next to the premises of T.S. Garraway & Co Ltd. The clock tower of the Public Building in Broad Street is in the centre background. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P90629
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Quartette (1895); Kungsholm (1928)
Date made: 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 167 mm x 116 mm