The aft sections of the Orient Steam Navigation Company liquefied petroleum gas carrier Galpara (1978) on the building berth at the Thyssen Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden, West Germany.
The aft sections of the Orient Steam Navigation Company liquefied petroleum gas carrier Galpara (1978) on the building berth at the Thyssen Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden, West Germany. The photographer is looking aft from close to the port bow of the hull showing the white painted base blocks for the forward gas tanks and the ends of the aft gas tanks. Cranes numbers 2 and 4 are at the seaward end of the berth. Transparencies numbers P62778CT to P62780CT and P62782CT were taken at almost the same time. A vertical format transparency. Transparencies numbers P62771CT to P62785CT inclusive show the ship in the early stages of construction, long before launching, which took place on 4 June 1977.
Object Details
ID: | P62774CT |
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Type: | Colour transparency |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Galpara (1978) |
Date made: | April 1977 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 78 mm x 61 mm |