On board the cargo liner Waroonga (1957) while loading for Melbourne alongside a berth in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

On board the cargo liner Waroonga (1957) while loading for Melbourne alongside a berth in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The ship is port side to the berth. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard from the port rear corner of the open hatch number 5 showing a packing case of Bedford Truck spares being lowered into number 5 hold. A 90 ft long container on the deck to starboard of the after hatches holds a Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Ltd Blue Streak rocket which is to be test fired at the Woomera rocket range in Australia. Negatives numbers N85674 to N85684 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: N85681
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Owain-Jones, R. E.
Vessels: Waroonga (1957)
Date made: 23 June 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm x 62 mm
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