A port bow view of the Shell tanker Serenia (1961) on the stocks prior to launching.

A colour photograph of a port bow view of the Shell tanker Serenia (1961) on the stocks prior to launching at the Vickers-Armstrong (Shipbuilders) Ltd High Walker Yard. Three men are standing on the scaffolding beside the port hawse hole. The tanker was launched on 18 October 1960 and completed in July 1961.

Object Details

ID: ALB0678.1
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Serenia (1961)
Date made: Circa October 1960
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 209 mm x 280 mm
Parts: Serenia (1961) built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Newcastle, yard no. 161 (Photograph album)