A bow view of the motor tug Rahim (1965) being hoisted aboard the cargo liner Shahristan (1965) in Millwall Dock, London.

A bow view of the motor tug Rahim (1965) being hoisted aboard the cargo liner Shahristan (1965) in Millwall Dock, London. The tug is being loaded aboard the Shahristan, using the ship's own 180 ton Stulcken derrick, for shipment to the Persian Gulf. The Shahristan is alongside M Shed. The photographer is on board the ship looking forward over a deck cargo of logs on the port side abreast hatch number 3 showing the tug being positioned on the port side of the deck abreast number 2 hatch. Negatives numbers N85629 to N85639 inclusive were taken of the same event.

Object Details

ID: N85637
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Armes, F. J.
Vessels: Rahim (1965); Shahristan (1965)
Date made: 17-21 May 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 130 mm x 113 mm