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
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