A posed full length portrait of the ship's commander standing on the port bridge wing on board the cargo liner and cadet training ship Chantala (1950) while berthed in the Royal Albert Dock, London. He has four medal ribbons on his jacket and is holding a pair of binoculars. The engine room telegraph, manufactured by J.W. Ray & Co., is set for "finished with engines". The photographer is looking to starboard from the port side showing the wheelhouse in the background. Negatives numbers N85778 to N85818 inclusive were taken on the same day.