A close-up bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chupra (1944) loading rail carriages in the Royal Docks, London.
A close-up bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chupra (1944) loading rail carriages in the Royal Docks, London. She is berthed starboard side on to the quay and the floating crane London Titan (1943) is on her port side swinging a railway carriage athwartships onto the Chupra's number two hatch. The carriage, which was built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd, does not have its bogies fitted. A copy negative of a photographic print.
Object Details
ID: | N85037 |
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Type: | Sheet film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Photowork Ltd |
Vessels: | Chupra (1944); London Titan (1943) |
Date made: | 1953 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Image: 118 mm x 164 mm |