Floating docks off Ostrow Island in the delta of the Vistula River, Danzig.

A large floating dock under construction with a floating crane alongside it off Ostrow Island in the delta of the Vistula River at Danzig. This is part of the shipbuilding yard of Schichau-Werke and on the left of the picture is the bow of the German Navy fleet supply ship Dithmarschen (1937) which was launched by Schichau-Werke at Danzig in June 1937 and commissioned in July 1939.

Object Details

ID: P91414
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Dithmarschen (1937)
Date made: 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm