An aerial port quarter view, taken from very fine off the port quarter, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company liquified natural gas carrier Gandara (1976) under tow on the River Tyne at Shields.

An aerial port quarter view, taken from very fine off the port quarter, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company liquified natural gas carrier Gandara (1976) under tow on the River Tyne at Shields. The photographer is in an aeroplane high above the ship which has two tugs towing at her stern and one tug connected to her bow. Her engine is running astern. The Albert Edward Dock outer quay in North Shields is on the right. Alongside the Tyne Docks wharf at South Shields is the drilling rig Transocean No. 4 (1976). A Thos. & Jas. Harrison cargo liner is in a dry dock. A vertical format transparency. Transparencies numbers P62826CT to P62841CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P62827CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Gandara (1976); Transocean No. 4 (1976)
Date made: April-May 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 76 mm x 62 mm