Three British India Steam Navigation Company cadets cleaning the grp sailing dinghy Altair on board the cargo liner and cadet training ship Chantala (1950) while berthed in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

Three British India Steam Navigation Company cadets cleaning a grp sailing dinghy on board the cargo liner and cadet training ship Chantala (1950) while berthed in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard showing the boat stowed on deck inboard of lifeboat number 6. The glass reinforced plastic dinghy is about 14 feet in length and is seen from abaft the transom. She is named Altair. A dartboard is hanging against the bulkhead in the background. Negatives numbers N85778 to N85818 inclusive were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: N85794
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