A posed photograph of a British India Steam Navigation Company cadet at semaphore practice on deck on board the cargo liner and cadet training ship Chantala (1950) while berthed in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A posed photograph of a British India Steam Navigation Company cadet at semaphore practice on deck on board the cargo liner and cadet training ship Chantala (1950) while berthed in the Royal Albert Dock, London. He is standing by an engine room ventilator abaft the funnel and is making the letter M. The photographer is looking forward and slightly to starboard on the port side by the engine room skylights. Negatives numbers N85778 to N85818 inclusive were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: N85786
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Owain-Jones, R. E.
Vessels: Chantala (1950)
Date made: 10 October 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 64 mm x 62 mm