Stockless anchors, chains and cable floats in the hold of the cable ship Dame Caroline Haslett (1950), probably while in the R. & H. Green and Silley Weir ship repair yard at Blackwall, London.

Stockless anchors, chains and cable floats in the hold of the cable ship Dame Caroline Haslett (1950), probably while in the R. & H. Green and Silley Weir ship repair yard at Blackwall, London. Eight large stockless anchors, a quantity of steel stud link anchor chain and eleven cable marker floats are in the picture and they are all tied down. The ship was convertedfrom a collier to a permanent cable layer by Green & Silley Weir in 1966.

Object Details

ID: P63552CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Dame Caroline Haslett (1950)
Date made: 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 59 mm x 62 mm