Single masted lighters packed into George Town harbour on Penang Island, Malaya.

Single masted lighters packed into George Town harbour on Penang Island, Malaya. They are working cargoes of sacked produce, bricks, oil drums, etc. and there is a line of flat-bed motor lorries on the quayside. A few junks are also in the harbour and anchored in Penang Strait are a number of coastal and ocean-going passenger steamships and passenger/cargo vessels.

Object Details

ID: P94254B
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 106 mm